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Syllabus for Winter 2012

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Topic

Reading (McIntyre)

Homework

M 1/9
W 1/11
F 1/13

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

1, 2, 3 (review)
5, 6, 7, 8 (review)
9.1-2

HW1 due 1/18

Soln1

M 1/16
W 1/18
F 1/20

MLK
Harmonic Oscillator: Wavefunctions
HO: classical limit, Dirac notation

9.3
9.4

HW2 due 1/25
9.2, 4, 9, 12, 13
Soln2

M 1/23
W 1/25
F 1/27

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

9.5-6
9.7-9
10.1-2

HW3 due 2/1
9.14, 16, 17, 22
Soln3

M 1/30
W 2/1
F 2/3

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

10.3-4
10.5
10.6

HW4 due 2/8
10.1, 7, 8, 10
Soln4

M 2/6
W 2/8
F 2/10

Angular Momentum
Addition of angular momentum
Review 

11.1-2
11.3

HW5 due 2/15
10.16, 19, 21, 23
Soln5

 M 2/13
W 2/15
F 2/17

Midterm (material through end of Chap. 10)
Addition of angular momentum
Addition of angular momentum

solns
11.4-5
11.6-7

HW6 due 2/22
11.1, 2, 4, 19
Soln6

M 2/20
W 2/22
F 2/24

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

12.1-2
12.3
12.3

HW7 due 2/29
11.12, 16, 17
Soln7

M 2/27
W 2/29
F 3/2

Identical particles
Identical particles, Helium
Identical particles, periodic table

13.1-3
13.4
13.5-6

HW8 due 3/7
12.2, 3, 6, 12
Soln8

 M 3/5
W 3/7
F 3/9

Time dependent Perturbation
Harmonic Perturbation
Radiation

14.1
14.2
14.3

HW9 due 3/16
13.3, 4, 11; 14.4, 9
Soln9

M 3/12
W 3/14
F 3/16

Radiation - dipole
Selection rules
Review

14.3
14.4

W 3/21

FINAL EXAM 12:00 pm

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