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Syllabus for Winter 2010

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Day

Topic

Reading (McIntyre)

Homework

M 1/4
W 1/6
F 1/8

Review of paradigms
1-D potentials, wavefunctions
Harmonic Oscillator energy spectrum

1, 2, 3 (review)
5, 6, 8, 9 (review)
11.1

HW1 due 1/11

Soln1

M 1/11
W 1/13
F 1/15

Harmonic Oscillator: Wavefunctions
HO: classical limit, Dirac notation
HO: Matrices, p-representation

11.2-3
11.4-5
11.6-7

HW2 due 1/18

Soln2

M 1/18
W 1/20
F 1/22

MLK
HO: p-rep., Time dependence, Ehrenfest
Time indep non-deg perturbation theory

11.8-9
12.1-2

HW3 due 1/25

Soln3

M 1/25
W 1/27
F 1/29

Non-degenerate perturbation theory
Degenerate perturbation theory
Stark effect in Hydrogen

12.3-6
12.7
12.8-9

HW4 due 2/1

Soln4

M 2/1
W 2/3
F 2/5

Angular Momentum
Addition of angular momentum
Review 

13.1-2
13.3

HW5 due 2/8

Soln5

 M 2/8
W 2/10
F 2/12

Midterm (material through end of Chap 12.)
Addition of angular momentum
Addition of angular momentum

solns
13.4
13.5

HW6 due 2/15

Soln6

M 2/15
W 2/17
F 2/19

Spin-Orbit, Hydrogen fine structure
Zeeman effect
Hydrogen hyperfine structure

14.1-3
14.4
14.5

HW7 due 2/22

Soln7

M 2/22
W 2/24
F 2/26

Identical particles
Identical particles, Helium
Identical particles, periodic table

15.1-3
15.4
15.5-6

HW8 due 3/1

Soln8

 M 3/1
W 3/3
F 3/5

Time dependent Perturbation
Harmonic Perturbation
Radiation

16.1-3
16.4
16.5

HW9 due 3/8

Soln9

M 3/8
W 3/10
F 3/12

Radiation - dipole
Selection rules
Review

16.5
16.6

HW10 due 3/12

Soln10

TH 3/18

FINAL EXAM 9:30 am

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