| MWF 11-11:50 AM | OPL 107 | http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/f04phy741/ |
| Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth | Phone:758-5510 | Office:300 OPL | e-mail:natalie@wfu.edu |
This course is a the first of a two semester survey of Quantum Mechanics at the graduate level, using the textbook: Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals, (Second edition) by Kurt Gottfried and Tung-Mow Yan (2003 Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.)
It is likely that your grade for the course will depend upon the following factors:
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Problem sets* |
45% |
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10% |
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Exams |
45% |
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In general, there will a new assignment after each lecture, so that for optimal learning, it would be best to complete each assignment before the the next scheduled lecture. According to the honor system, all work submitted for grading purposes should represent the student's own best efforts.| Date | Reading | Topic | Assignment |
| Wed, 8/25/04 | Chap. 1 | Fundamental concepts | HW 1 |
| Fri, 8/27/04 | Chap. 2 | Hilbert space formalism | HW 2 |
| Mon, 8/30/04 | Chap. 2 | Wavefunctions and operators | HW 3 |
| Wed, 9/1/04 | Chap. 2 | Wavefunctions and operators | HW 4 |
| Fri, 9/3/04 | Chap. 2 | Equations of motion | HW 5 |
| Mon, 9/6/04 | Chap. 2 | Equations of motion | HW 6 |
| Wed, 9/8/04 | Chap. 3 | Angular momentum | HW 7 |
| Fri, 9/10/04 | Chap. 3 | Angular momentum | |
| Mon, 9/13/04 | Chap. 3 | Angular momentum | HW 8 |
| Wed, 9/15/04 | Chap. 3 | Addition of angular momenta | HW 9 |
| Fri, 9/17/04 | Chap. 3 | Addition of angular momenta | |
| Mon, 9/20/04 | Chap. 3 | Time independent Schrödinger Equation | HW 10 |
| Wed, 9/22/04 | Chap. 3 | Perturbation theory | HW 11 |
| Fri, 9/24/04 | Chap. 3 | Variational methods | |
| Mon, 9/27/04 | Chap. 3 | Time dependent perturbation theory | HW 12 |
| Wed, 9/29/04 | Chap. 3 | Numerical methods | HW 13 |
| Fri, 10/1/04 | Chap. 2 | Time evolution operators | |
| Mon, 10/4/04 | Chap. 4 | Spectroscopy in 2-level systems | HW 14 |
| Wed, 10/6/04 | Chap. 4 | The harmonic oscillator | |
| Fri, 10/8/04 | Chap. 4 | The harmonic oscillator | |
| Mon, 10/11/04 | Chap. 4 | Motion in a magnetic field | |
| Wed, 10/13/04 | Chap. 4 | Scattering in one dimension | |
| Fri, 10/15/04 | (Fall break) | ||
| Mon, 10/18/04 | Chap. 5 | Hydrogenic atoms | HW 15 |
| Wed, 10/20/04 | Chap. 5 | Hydrogenic atoms | HW 16 |
| Fri, 10/22/04 | Chap. 5 | Hydrogenic atoms | |
| Mon, 10/25/04 | Chap. 6 | Two-electron atoms | HW 17 |
| Wed, 10/27/04 | Chap. 6 | Two-electron atoms | HW 18 |
| Fri, 10/29/04 | Chap. 6 | Many-electron atoms | |
| Mon, 11/1/04 | Chap. 6 | (Class cancelled) | |
| Wed, 11/3/04 | Chap. 6 | Many-electron atoms | HW 19 |
| Fri, 11/5/04 | Chap. 6 | Many-electron atoms | HW 20 |
| Mon, 11/8/04 | Chap. 8 | Scattering theory | |
| Wed, 11/10/04 | Chap. 8 | Scattering theory | HW 21 |
| Fri, 11/12/04 | Chap. 8 | Scattering theory | HW 22 |
| Mon, 11/15/04 | Chap. 8 | Scattering theory | HW 23 |
| Wed, 11/17/04 | Chap. 8 | Scattering theory | |
| Fri, 11/19/04 | Chap. 8 | Scattering theory | HW 24 |
| Mon, 11/22/04 | Chap. 8 | Scattering theory | |
| Wed, 11/24/04 | Thanksgiving holiday | ||
| Fri, 11/26/04 | Thanksgiving holiday | ||
| Mon, 11/29/04 | Chap. 8 | Scattering theory | |
| Wed, 12/1/04 | Review | ||
| Fri, 12/3/04 | Review | ||
| Tue, 12/7/04 | Presentations |