Last edit: 15 Mar 2021
To refers to the Townsend text and Gr to the Griffiths text.
| Date | Topic | Reading | HW Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 26 Jan | Review of QM 1; Quantum SHO operator methods | TO 7.2 | |
| L2 28 Jan | SHO raising/lowering ops; position space wave functions | To 7.3-7.4 | |
| L3 2 Feb | SHO zero pt. energy, Large-n limit; time-dependence | To 7.5-7.7 | |
| L4 4 Feb | SHO coherent states, inversion symmetry & parity operator | To 7.8 - 7.10 | |
| L5 9 Feb | 3D wave mechanics, Lin. momentum cons., CoM coordinates | To 9.1-9.3 | |
| L6 11 Feb | GS energies via Uncertainty Principle Commuting Observables | To 9.4-9.5 | |
| L7 16 Feb | Commuting Observables, Diatomic molecule vibration/rotation | To 9.6-9.7 | |
| L8 18 Feb | L operator in spherical coords, L operator eigenfunctions | To 9.8-9.9 | |
| L9 23 Feb | Coulomb Potential and H-atom | To 10.1-10.2 | |
| L10 25 Feb | Finite and Infinite Spherical well | To 10.3-10.4 | |
| L11 2 Mar | 3D isotropic SHO | To 10.5 | |
| L12 4 Mar | Nondegenerate perturbation theory | To 11.1 | |
| L13 9 Mar | Degenerate perturbation theory Stark effect and NH3 molecule | To 11.2-11.4 | |
| L14 11 Mar | Relativistic perturbations to H-atom | To 11.5 | |
| L15 16 Mar | H-atom E levels & Zeeman effect | To 11.6-11.7 | |
| L16 18 Mar | Identical particles Effects of exclusion principle | To 12.1 & TEC notes | |
| L17 23 Mar | Degeneracy pressure & Astrophysics | TEC notes | |
| L18 25 Mar | He atom | To 12.2 | |
| L19 30 Mar | Periodic Table, Covalent Bonding | To 12.3-12.4 | L20 1 Apr | Quantum scattering I | To 13.1 | L20+ 2 Apr | TBD | To TBD |
| L21 6 Apr | Born approximation, Yukawa potential | To 13.2-13.3 | L22 8 Apr | Partial Wave Expansion | To 13.4 |
| L23 13 Apr | Phase shift examples | To 13.5 | |
| L24 15 Apr | Aharonov-Bohm effect, EM-field Hamiltonian | To 14.1-14.2 | |
| L25 20 Apr | EM-field Hamiltonian, Quantization of the radiation field | To 14.2-14.3 | |
| L26 22 Apr | H of the atom + EM-field Time-dependent perturbation theory | To 14.4-To 14.5 | |
| L27 27 Apr | TDPT and fermi's golden rule | To 14.5 - To 14.6 | |
| L28 28 Apr | Spontaneous emission | To 14.7 | |
| 7 May | Final Exam: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Cumulative |