Syllabus
Date |
Lecture |
Reading |
H.W. Assigment |
Assignment Due |
| 1/6, 1/8 | Classical Failures, Old QM Theory | Chap. 1 | HW1: BP1, SP1 & SP1.5 | HW1 Due Wed 1/14 |
1/13, 1/15 |
Schrodinger Eqn, Infinite Square Well, Harmonic Oscillator |
Chap. 2.1-2.3 (skip 2.3.1 - too Mathy) |
HW2: BP2, SP2 SP3 |
HW2 Due Wed 1/21 |
1/20, 1/22 |
Free Particle, Delta Function, Finite Well |
2.4, 2.5.2/2.6 -- bound states only |
|
HW3 Due Wed 1/28, Q1 out Mon 2/2 |
| 1/27, 1/29 |
Scattering & Tunnelling in 1D |
2.5.1, 2.5.2/2.6 -- scattering only |
HW4: |
HW4 Due Wed 2/4, Q1 due Fri 2/6 |
2/3, 2/5 |
Postulates of QM, Observables, Dirac Notation, Intro to Commutators |
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.62 |
HW5: |
HW5 |
2/10, 2/12 |
Commutators, HUP, Basis States, 3D-QM |
3.4, 3.5, 3.61, 3.63, 4.1 |
|
HW6 Q2 |
2/17, 2/19 |
Hydrogen Atom, Orbital Angular Momentum |
4.2, 4.3 |
HW7: |
HW7 Q2 |
| 2/24, 2/26 |
Spin Angular Momentum |
4.4 (can skip most of 4.4.3, but Ex. 4.5 is useful) | HW8: |
HW8 |
| 3/3, 3/5 |
2-Particle States, Entanglement |
5.1 | HW9: | HW9 |
| 3/10 |
Computing with QM |
Handouts | Final Out | |
3/16-3/18 |
Finals Week |
Final Due |
Textbook for Phys 12b:
David Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 3rd Ed.
BP problems refers to "Book Problems" from Griffiths.
SP problems refers to "Special Problems" from previous year's midterm or final exams.