Quantum Mechanics I
PHYS 3143 - Spring 2020
| 3143 A | 3143 B & ESL-NC57L-PHBC |
Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00 - 13:15pm |
Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays 13:30 - 14:45pm |
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Stern-Gerlach Experiment
Textbook
"A modern approach to Quantum Mechanics". 2nd Edition. John. S. Townsend ISBN
978-1-891389-78-8.
Course Schedule
Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Homework |
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| January | 7 Tue | Stern-Gerlach Experiments | 1.1-1.2 | |
| 9 Thu | Stern-Gerlach Experiments, The Quantum State Vector | 1.3-1.6 | ||
| 14 Tue | Matrix Mechanics, Rotation Operators | 2.1-2.2 | ||
| 16 Thu | The Identity and Projection Operators, Matrix Representation of Operators | 2.3-2.4 | ||
| 21 Tue | Changing Representations, Expectation Values | 2.5-2.6 | HW#1 Chapter 1, #3,4,5,6,7, 9,10,11,14 |
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| 23 Thu | Rotations, Generators, Commuting Operators | 3.1-3.2 | ||
| 28 Tue | Review | HW#2 Chapter 2, #1-2,4-5,7-10,24 |
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| 30 Thu | Quiz 1 | |||
| February | 4 Tue | The Eigenvalues and Eigenstates of Angular Momentum | 3.3-3.4 | |
| 6 Thu | Uncertainty Relations and Angular Momentum | 3.5 | ||
| 11 Tue | The Spin-½ Eigenvalue Problem | 3.6 | ||
| 13 Thu | A Stern-Gerlach Experiment with Spin-1 Particles | 3.7 | ||
| 18 Tue | The Hamiltonian and the Schrodinger Equation, Time Dependence of Expectation Values | 4.1-4.2 | HW#3 Chapter 3, #1,2,8-10 |
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| 20 Thu | Precession of a Spin-½ Particle in a Magnetic Field | 4.3 | ||
| 25 Tue | Magnetic Resonance | 4.4 | HW#4 Chapter 3, #6,12-17,25 |
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| 27 Thu | Review | HW#5 Chapter 4, #4,5,8,11-13 |
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| March | 3 Tue | Quiz 2 [Solutions] | ||
| 5 Thu | Position Eigenstates and the Wave Function, The Translation Operator | 6.1-6.2 | ||
| 10 Tue | The Generator of Translations, The Momentum Operator in Position and Momentum Basis | 6.3-6.5 | ||
| 12 Thu | A Gaussian Wave Packet - Cvitanović | 6.6 | HW#6 6.1, 6.3 |
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| 17 Tue | Spring Break | |||
| 19 Thu | Spring Break | |||
| 26 Thu | A Gaussian Wave Packet [Notes] | 6.6 | ||
| 31 Tue | Solutions to the Schrodinger Equation in Position Space [Notes] |
6.8 | HW#7 Chapter 6, #5(a,b only),6, |
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| April | 2 Thu | The Particle in the Box and in the δ-function Potential, Inversion Symmetry and the Parity Operator [Notes] |
6.9, 7.10 | |
| 7 Tue | The One-Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator, Operator Methods [Notes] | 7.1-7.3 | HW#8 Chapter 6, #12-16,19 |
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| 9 Thu | Position-Space Wave Functions, The Zero-Point Energy [Notes] | 7.4-7.5; | HW#9 Chapter 7, #5,7,9 |
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| 14 Tue | Scattering in One Dimension [Notes] | 6.10 | ||
| 16 Thu | Scattering in One Dimension [Notes] | 6.10 | ||
| 21 Tue | Review [Notes] | HW#10 Chapter 6, #21,22,23,24(a) |
Final Exam
| 3143 A & B, ESL-NC57L-PHBC |
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