"TO" refers to the Townsend text and "GR" refers to the Griffiths text.
| Date | Topic | Reading | HW Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 25 Aug | Stern-Gerlach expts I | TO 1.1-1.6 | HW1: 4 Sep |
| L2 27 Aug | SG Expts II | TO 1.1-1.6 | HW1: 4 Sep |
| L3 1 Sep | Rotation, identity, projection operators | TO 2.1-2.3 | HW2: 11 Sep |
| L4 3 Sep | Matrix representation of operators and changing representations | TO 2.4-2.5 | HW2: 11 Sep |
| L5 8 Sep | Expectation values, photon polarization and photon Spin | TO 2.6-2.8 | HW3: 18 Sep |
| L6 10 Sep | Rotations, commuting operators, Eigenvalues/eignevectors of angular momentum | TO 3.1-3.3 | HW3: 18 Sep |
| L7 15 Sep | Raising and lowering operators, uncertainty relations and angular mo | TO 3.4-3.5 | HW4: 25 Sep |
| L8 17 Sep | Spin-½ eigenvalue problem, SG Expt w/ spin-1 particles | TO 3.6-3.8 | HW4: 25 Sep |
| L9 22 Sep | Hamiltonian and Schrödinger equation, expectation value time dependendence | TO 4.1-4.2 | HW5: 5 Oct |
| L10 24 Sep | Precession of spin-½ particle in B-field, Magnetic Resonance | TO 4.3-4.4 | HW5: 5 Oct |
| L11 29 Sep | The NH3 molecule and maser, Energy-time uncertainty relation | TO 4.5-4.7 | HW6: 9 Oct |
| L12 1 Oct | TEST (take-home) | TO Chap: 1-3 | |
| L12 1 Oct | Basis states for 2 spin-½ particles Hyperfine splitting for ground state of H | TO 5.1-5.2 | HW6: 9 Oct |
| L13 6 Oct | Addition of angular mo for 2 spin-½ particles EPR paradox | TO 5.3-5.4 | HW7: 16 Oct |
| L14 8 Oct | Bell inequalities, entanglement, quantum teletransportation | TO 5.5-5.6 GR 12 | HW7: 16 Oct |
| L15 13 Oct | Density operator | TO 5.7-5.8 | HW8: 23 Oct |
| L16 15 Oct | Position eigenstates and Ψ, translation operator, generator of translations | TO 6.1-6.3 | HW8: 23 Oct |
| L17 20 Oct | p̂ in position basis, momentum space, gaussian wave packet, 2-slit expt | TO 6.4-6.7 | HW9: 30 Oct |
| L18 22 Oct | Gen'l props of sols to Sch. Eqn, particle in a box, 1-D scattering | TO 6.8-6.11 | HW9: 30 Oct |
| L19 27 Oct | HO operator methods, raising/lowering ops, position space Ψs, zero-pt energy | TO 7.1-7.5 | HW10: 6 Nov |
| L20 29 Oct | Large-n limit, time dependence, coherent states | TO 7.6-7.8 | HW10: 6 Nov |
| L21 3 Nov | Solving Sch-Eqn in position space, Inversion symmetry and parity operator | TO 7.9-7.11 | HW11: 13 Nov |
| L22 5 Nov | 3D wave mechanics, trans'l invariance & conservation of linear mo, Relative and COM coordinates, grnd state E estimates from uncertainty principle | TO 9.1-9.4 | HW11: 13 Nov |
| L23 10 Nov | Rot'l inv & cons of angular mo, complete set of commuting observables, vibes and rots of a diatomic molecule | TO 9.5-9.7 | HW12: 20 Nov | L24 12 Nov | TEST (take-home) | TO Chap: 4-6 |
| L24 12 Nov | Pos-space rep of L̂ in spherical coords, orbital angular mo eigenfunctions | TO 9.8-9.10 | HW12: 20 Nov |
| L25 17 Nov | Radial Ψ near the origin, Coulomb potential and H | TO 10.1-10.2 | HW13: 1 Dec |
| L26 19 Nov | Finite spherical well and the deuteron, Infinite spherical well | TO 10.3-10.4 | HW13: 1 Dec |
| L27 24 Nov | 3D isotropic harmonic osc. | TO 10.5-10.6 | |
| L28 1 Dec | Review/Special Lecture | ||
| Mon., 14 Dec | Final Exam | Cumulative and Online | 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
