MWF 12 PM - 12:50 PM | OPL 103 | http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/f17phy741/ |
Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth | Phone:758-5510 | Office:300 OPL | e-mail:natalie@wfu.edu |
Date | F&W Reading | Topic | Assignment | Due | |
1 | Mon, 8/28/2017 | Chap. 1 | Review of basic principles | #1 | 9/6/2017 |
2 | Wed, 8/30/2017 | Chap. 1 | Linear vector spaces | #2 | 9/6/2017 |
3 | Fri, 9/01/2017 | Chap. 1 | Linear vector spaces | #3 | 9/6/2017 |
4 | Mon, 9/04/2017 | Chap. 4 | Principles of Quantum Mechanics | #4 | 9/8/2017 |
5 | Wed, 9/06/2017 | Chap. 5 | Examples in 1 dimension | ||
6 | Fri, 9/08/2017 | Chap. 5 | Schrödinger equation in one-dimension | #5 | 9/13/2017 |
7 | Mon, 9/11/2017 | Chap. 5 | Schrödinger equation in one-dimension | ||
8 | Wed, 9/13/2017 | Chap. 7 | Schrödinger equation in one-dimension | #6 | 9/15/2017 |
9 | Fri, 9/15/2017 | Chap. 7 | Schrödinger equation in one-dimension | #7 | 9/20/2017 |
10 | Mon, 9/18/2017 | Chap. 5 and 7 | Schrödinger equation in one-dimension | ||
11 | Wed, 9/20/2017 | Chap. 9 | Commutator formalism | #8 | 9/22/2017 |
12 | Fri, 9/22/2017 | Chap. 10 | Quantum mechanics of multiparticle systems | #9 | 9/25/2017 |
13 | Mon, 9/25/2017 | Chap. 10-12 | Multiparticle systems and angular momentum | ||
14 | Wed, 9/27/2017 | Chap. 12 | Eigenstates of angular momentum | ||
15 | Fri, 9/29/2017 | Chap. 1,4,5,7,9,10,12 | Review | ||
Mon, 10/02/2017 | Take-home exam -- No class | ||||
Wed, 10/04/2017 | Take-home exam -- No class | ||||
16 | Fri, 10/06/2017 | Chap. 12-13 | Spherically symmetric systems | ||
17 | Mon, 10/09/2017 | Chap. 13 | Quantum mechanics of a hydrogen atom | #10 | 10/16/2017 |
18 | Wed, 10/11/2017 | Chap. 13 | Quantum mechanics of multi-electron atoms | ||
Fri, 10/13/2017 | Fall break -- No class | ||||
19 | Mon, 10/16/2017 | Discuss exam questions and topics for presentations | Topic | 10/18/2017 | |
20 | Wed, 10/18/2017 | Chap. 14 | Intrinsic spin | #11 | 10/20/2017 |
21 | Fri, 10/20/2017 | Chap. 15 | Addition of Angular Momentum | #12 | 10/23/2017 |
22 | Mon, 10/23/2017 | Chap. 15 | Multi-electron atoms | #13 | 10/25/2017 |
23 | Wed, 10/25/2017 | Chap. 15 | Multi-electron atoms | #14 | 10/30/2017 |
24 | Fri, 10/27/2017 | Effects of nuclear motion | |||
25 | Mon, 10/30/2017 | Chap. 17 | Time-independent perturbation theory | #15 | 11/3/2017 |
26 | Wed, 11/01/2017 | Chap. 17 | Time-independent perturbation theory | ||
27 | Fri, 11/03/2017 | Effects of a static magnetic field | |||
28 | Mon, 11/06/2017 | Chap. 18 | Time-dependent perturbation theory | #16 | 11/10/2017 |
29 | Wed, 11/08/2017 | Chap. 18 | Time-dependent perturbation theory | ||
30 | Fri, 11/10/2017 | Chap. 19 | Scattering theory | #17 | 11/15/2017 |
Mon, 11/13/2017 | Class cancelled | ||||
31 | Wed, 11/15/2017 | Chap. 19 | Scattering theory | ||
32 | Fri, 11/17/2017 | Chap. 20 | Dirac Equation | ||
33 | Mon, 11/20/2017 | Chap. 20 | Dirac Equation | ||
Wed, 11/22/2017 | Thanksgiving Holiday -- No class | ||||
Fri, 11/24/2017 | Thanksgiving Holiday -- No class | ||||
34 | Mon, 11/27/2017 | Chap. 20 | Dirac Equation | ||
35 | Wed, 11/29/2017 | Chap. 20 | Dirac Equation | ||
36 | Fri, 12/01/2017 | Chap. 1-20 | Review | ||
Mon, 12/04/2017 | Presentations I | ||||
Wed, 12/06/2017 | Presentations II | ||||
Fri, 12/08/2017 | Presentations III |
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Read Chapter 1 in Shankar .
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Read Chapter 4 after skimming Chapters 2 and 3 in Shankar .
Continue reading Chapter 5 in Shankar .
Continue reading Chapter 5 in Shankar .
Continue reading Chapter 7 in Shankar .
Read Chapter 9 in Shankar .
Read Chapter 10 in Shankar .
Read Chapter 13 in Shankar .
Read Chapter 14 in Shankar .
Read Chapter 15 in Shankar .
Read Chapter 15 in Shankar .
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Read Chapter 17 in Shankar .
Read Chapter 18 in Shankar .
Read Chapter 19 in Shankar .