PHY 742 Quantum Mechanics II

MWF 9-9:50 AM OPL 107 http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s99phy742/

Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth Phone:758-5510Office:300 OPL e-mail:natalie@wfu.edu

General Information

This course is a continuation of PHY 741 (Quantum Mechanics I) at the graduate level. There are two text books chosen from the series of texts written by Dr. Walter Greiner and published by Springer-Verlag:

  • Quantum Mechanics -- Special Chapters (SCQM)
  • Relativistic Quantum Mechanics -- Wave Equations (2nd. edition) (RQM)

The first few lectures will use your text from PHY 741 -- Quantum Mechanics by Cohen-Tannoudji, Diu, and Laloe, Volume II ( CT).

It is likely that your grade for the course will depend upon the following factors:

Problem sets*

40%

Computational project

20%

Exams

40%

*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.

Course schedule

(Preliminary schedule -- subject to frequent adjustment.)
  1. Wed. Jan. 13, 1999 -- Chap. XIII CT Time-dependent perturbation theory.
  2. Fri. Jan. 15, 1999 -- Chap. XIII CT Time-dependent perturbation theory.
  3. Mon. Jan. 18, 1999 -- Martin Luther King Holiday
  4. Wed. Jan. 20, 1999 -- Chap. XIII CT Time-dependent perturbation theory.
  5. Fri. Jan. 22, 1999 -- Chap. XIII CT Time-dependent perturbation theory.
  6. Mon. Jan. 25, 1999 -- Chap. 1 SCQM Quantum theory of electromagnetic waves.
  7. Wed. Jan. 27, 1999 -- Chap. 1 SCQM Quantum theory of electromagnetic waves.
  8. Fri. Jan. 29, 1999 -- Chap. 1 SCQM Quantum theory of electromagnetic waves.
  9. Mon. Feb. 1, 1999 -- Chap. 2 SCQM Interaction of matter with electromagnetic waves.
  10. Wed. Feb. 3, 1999 -- Chap. 2 SCQM Interaction of matter with electromagnetic waves.
  11. Fri. Feb. 5, 1999 -- Chap. 2 SCQM Interaction of matter with electromagnetic waves.
  12. Mon. Feb. 8, 1999 -- Chap. 3 SCQM "Second" quantization.
  13. Wed. Feb. 10, 1999 -- Chap. 3 SCQM "Second" quantization.
  14. Fri. Feb. 12, 1999 -- Chap. 6 SCQM Treatment of interactions (skipping Chapters 4-5).
  15. Mon. Feb. 15, 1999 -- Chap. 6 SCQM Bose ground state
  16. Wed. Feb. 17, 1999 -- Chap. 6 SCQM Bose particles
  17. Fri. Feb. 19, 1999 -- Chap. 9 SCQM Fermi particles
  18. Mon. Feb. 22, 1999 -- Chap. 9 SCQM Fermi particles
  19. Wed. Feb. 24, 1999 -- BCS paper -- Superconductivity
  20. Fri. Feb. 26, 1999 -- BCS paper -- Superconductivity
  21. Mon. Mar. 1, 1999 -- Chap. 11SCQM Structure of atoms
  22. Wed. Mar. 3, 1999 -- Chap. 11SCQM Structure of atoms
  23. Fri. Mar. 5, 1999 -- Chap. 11SCQM Structure of atoms
  24. Mon. Mar. 15, 1999 -- Chap. 11SCQM Structure of atoms
  25. Wed. Mar. 17, 1999 -- Chap. 11SCQM Structure of atoms
  26. Fri. Mar. 19, 1999 -- Chap. 11SCQM Structure of atoms
  27. Mon. Mar. 22, 1999 -- APS meeting -- work on computational project
  28. Wed. Mar. 24, 1999 -- APS meeting -- work on computational project
  29. Fri. Mar. 26, 1999 -- APS meeting -- work on computational project
  30. Mon. Mar. 29, 1999 -- Chap. 12SCQM Structure of molecules
  31. Wed. Mar. 31, 1999 -- Chap. 12SCQM Structure of molecules
  32. Fri. Apr. 2, 1999 -- Good Friday holiday
  33. Mon. Apr. 5, 1999 -- Chap. 1 RQM Klein-Gordon Equation
  34. Wed. Apr. 7, 1999 -- Chap. 1 RQM Klein-Gordon Equation
  35. Fri. Apr. 9, 1999 -- Chap. 1 RQM Klein-Gordon Equation
  36. Mon. Apr. 12, 1999 -- Chap. 1 RQM Klein-Gordon Equation
  37. Wed. Apr. 14, 1999 -- Chap. 2 RQM Dirac Equation
  38. Fri. Apr. 16, 1999 -- Chap. 2 RQM Dirac Equation
  39. Mon. Apr. 19, 1999 -- Chap. 9 RQM Dirac particles in EM field
  40. Wed. Apr. 21, 1999 -- Chap. 9 RQM Dirac particles in EM field
  41. Fri. Apr. 23, 1999 -- Chap. 9 RQM Dirac particles in EM field
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