Fall 2018
PHYS 5382
Introduction to Quantum
Mechanics
Instructor: Dr. Simon Dalley
Office 207 Fondren Science. E-mail: sdalley@physics.smu.edu
Required Text: Introduction
to Quantum Mechanics (3rd Edition) by David J. Griffiths and Darrell F. Schroeter, ISBN-13: 978-1-107-18963-8. Other editions are OK
provided you make the translation for problem numbering.
Classes: TTh, 3:30 pm-4:50 pm, 157 Fondren Science Building
Office Hour: M 2 - 3 pm, 207 Fondren
Science Building
Videos and
Images
Waves and Wavefunctions
Electron
Double Slit Experiment
Electron wave packet in
ordered array of dopants
Diffraction
from apertures compared to wavelength
Images of
Spitzer (85 cm diam wavelength 3 - 160 microns) vs
Hubble (2.4 m diam visible wavelengths)
Standing waves
& Fourier Decomposition
Beats
(waves of 2 different frequencies added)
Solutions
of Schrodinger in 1D
Specific Heat of
Diamond (Quantum SHO vs. Classical models)
Free wave packet (moving),
real part of wave function
Free wave packet (moving) as
sum of harmonic waves
Wave packet at rest, real
part of wave function
Wave packet at rest,
probability density
2D electron
momentum distribution (Gaussian) from photoelectron
spectra
Tunnel effect, probability
density
Wave packet incident on
double barrier, real part of wave function
Surface studies with a
scanning tunneling microscope
Wave Packet traverses finite
square well, probability density
Wave packet hits low upward potential
step, probability density
Wave packet hits high upward
potential step, probability density
Formalism
Stern-Gerlach
experiment, electron spin has only 2 eigenvalues
Actual image of Stern Gerlach
experiment (they used silver atoms)
Higgs decay to two
photons illustrating time – energy (mass) uncertainty
Solutions
of Schrodinger in 3D
Visible light from Hydrogen is mix of these colors from
transitions to n=2 Zeeman Effect - hydrogen spectra
lines split in a magnetic field
Spectrum
of Carbon Monoxide diatomic molecule (rigid rotator)
The meaning of it all
Schrodinger’s Cat (by Rebecca Moore)
Quantum
Entanglement and the EPR Paradox