PHYS 5383 Syllabus

T.E. Coan        Spring 2003

Last edit: 18 Feb 2003

Ga refers to the Gasiorowicz text, Gr to the Griffiths text.

Date     Topic Reading       HW Due
     
L1 14 Jan Matrices and Angular MomentumGa14   HW1: 24 Jan
L2 16 Jan Matrices, Angular Momentum and SpinGa14, Gr4.4.1   HW1: 24 Jan
     
L3 21 Jan Addition of SpinGa15, Gr4.4.1  HW1: 24 Jan
L4 23 Jan Addition of Spin + C-G coeffs.Ga15, Gr4.4.3   HW2: 31 Jan
     
L5 28 Jan Stern-Gerlach exp't and e- in B-field TEC notes + Gr4.4.2   HW2:31 Jan
L6 30 Jan Time independent perturbation theoryGa16; Gr6 HW2: 31Jan
     
L7 4 Feb Time independent perturbation theoryGa16; Gr6 HW3: 7 Feb
L8 6 Feb Time independent perturbation theoryGa16; Gr6 HW3: 7 Feb
     
    9 Feb Exam 1 this week
L9 11 Feb Identical particles and the Pauli principle TEC, Ga8; Gr5 HW4: 25 Feb
L10 13 Feb IP's, Slater Determinant, Composite particlesTEC, Ga8; Gr5 HW4: 25 Feb
     
L11 18 Feb He atom Ga18; Gr5.2
L12 20 Feb Multi-electron atoms Ga19; Gr5.2
     
L13 25 Feb Multi-electron atoms Ga19; Gr5.2
L14 27 Feb Time dependent perturbation theory TEC notes; Gr9.1
     
L15 4 Mar TDPT TEC notes; Gr9.1 HW5: 14 Mar
L16 6 Mar TDPT TEC notes; Gr9.1 HW5: 14 Mar
     
    16 Mar Exam 2 this week
L17 18 Mar TDPT TEC notes; Gr9.2
L18 20 Mar TDPT, Spontaneous emission TEC; Gr9.3
     
L19 25 Mar Quantum systems+ E/B fieldsGa ; Gr
L20 27 Mar Quantum systems + E/B fields Ga ; Gr
     
L21 1 Apr Quantum systems + E/B fields Ga ; Gr
L22 3 Apr Quantum scattering Ga ; Gr
     
L23 8 Apr Quantum scattering Ga ; Gr
L24 10 Apr Quantum scattering Ga ; Gr
     
    13 Apr Exam 3 this week
L25 15 Apr Depends on my mood TEC notes
L26 17 Apr Depends on my mood TEC notes
     
L27 22 Apr Review
     
    5 May Final Exam Cumulative 

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