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Week	Topic	Reading List	Homework
1	9. Symmetry Operation Translation Rotation Symmetry	Sakurai – Ch. 1, Section 6 Sakurai – Ch. 3, Section 1 and 2 Sakurai – Ch. 4	HW #1
2-4	10. Stationary Perturbation Theory Nondegenerate bound state perturbation theory Degenerate Perturbation theory Variation method	Sakurai – Ch. 5, Section 1, 2, 3, and 4 Cohen-Tannoudji – Ch.XI Cohen-Tannoudji – Ch.XII	HW #2 HW #3
5-6	11. Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory Approximation solution of the Schrodinger equation Harmonic perturbation Fermi golden rule Einstein A and B coefficients Adiabatic and sudden approximation	Sakurai – Ch.5, Section 5 and 6 Cohen-Tannoudji – Ch.XIII	HW #4
7-8	12. Interaction with EM fields Maxwell's equation in terms of potentials Electron in a uniform magnetic field Electron in the electromagnetic radiation Anormalous Zeeman effect	Sakurai – Ch.2, Section 6 Sakurai – Ch.5, Section 7 Cohen-Tannoudji – Ch.III, Compl H Cohen-Tannoudji – Ch.VI, Compl E Cohen-Tannoudji – Ch.XIII, Comp A Gasiorowicz – Chapter 22	HW #5 HW #6
9-10	13. Identical Particles Schrodinger equation for N-particle system Laws of nature Slater determinant Pauli exclusion principle Helium atom Many electron atoms Hartree-Fock approximation Central field approximation	Sakurai – Ch.6 Cohen-Tannoudji – Ch.XIV

PH 653 Quantum Mechanics III