PHYS 5383 Syllabus

T.E. Coan        Spring 2012

Last edit: 20 Jan 2012

Gr to the Griffiths text.

Date     Topic Reading       HW Due
     
L1 17 Jan Review of QM 1  
L2 19 Jan Gentle intro to formalism I  
     
L3 24 Jan Eigenvalues, eigenvectors and observablesGr 3.1 - 3.3  HW1: 24 Jan
L4 26 Jan Probabilistic interpretation.Gr 3.4   HW2: 31 Jan
     
L5 31 Jan Stern-Gerlach exp't and e- in B-field Gr 3.5   HW2:31 Jan
L6 2 Feb Time independent perturbation theoryGr6 HW2: 31Jan
     
L7 7 Feb Time independent perturbation theoryGr6 HW3: 7 Feb
L8 9 Feb Time independent perturbation theoryGr6 HW3: 7 Feb
     
    9 Feb Exam 1 this week
L9 14 Feb Identical particles and the Pauli principle TEC, Gr5 HW4: 25 Feb
L10 16 Feb IP's, Slater Determinant, Composite particlesTEC, Gr5 HW4: 25 Feb
     
L11 21 Feb He atom Gr5.2
L12 23 Feb Multi-electron atoms Gr5.2
     
L13 28 Feb Multi-electron atoms Gr5.2
L14 1 Mar Time dependent perturbation theory TEC notes; Gr9.1
     
L15 6 Mar TDPT TEC notes; Gr9.1 HW5: 14 Mar
L16 8 Mar TDPT TEC notes; Gr9.1 HW5: 14 Mar
     
    16 Mar Exam 2 this week
L17 20 Mar TDPT TEC notes; Gr9.2
L18 22 Mar TDPT, Spontaneous emission TEC; Gr9.3
     
L19 27 Mar Quantum systems+ E/B fieldsGa ; Gr
L20 29 Mar Quantum systems + E/B fields Ga ; Gr
     
L21 3 Apr Quantum systems + E/B fields Ga ; Gr
L22 5 Apr Quantum scattering Ga ; Gr
     
L23 10 Apr Quantum scattering Ga ; Gr
L24 12 Apr Quantum scattering Ga ; Gr
     
    13 Apr Exam 3 this week
L25 17 Apr Depends on my mood TEC notes
L26 19 Apr Depends on my mood TEC notes
     
L27 24 Apr TBD
L28 26 Apr TBD
     
L29 1 May Review
     
    2 May Final Exam: 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Cumulative 

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