| Date | Topic | Textbook Material | Lecture Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/5 | Introduction to Modern Physics Problem of Blackbody Radiation |
Sections: 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4 | Notes |
| 9/10 | Wave-Particle Duality | Sections: 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 | Notes |
| 9/12 | Bohr Atomic Model | Sections: 5-1, 5-2, 5-4 | Notes |
| 9/17 | Foundations of Quantum Mechanics | Sections: 6-1, B-4 | Notes |
| 9/19 | Foundations of Quantum Mechanics | Sections: 6-1, B-4 | |
| 9/24 | Schrodinger Equation | Sections: 6-3, 6-4, 6-5 | Notes |
| 9/26 | Schrodinger Equation | Sections: 6-3, 6-4, 6-5 | |
| 10/1 | Wave Packets | Sections: 7-1, 7-2 | Notes |
| 10/3 | Heisenberg Uncertainty Relation | Sections: 7-3, 7-4, 7-5 | Notes |
| 10/8 | The Hydrogen Atom | Sections: 9-1 | Notes |
| 10/10 | Angular Momentum | Sections: 9-2 | Notes |
| 10/17 | Radial Wave Function | Sections: 9-3, 9-4 | Notes |
| 10/22 | Spin | Sections: 9-5 | Notes |
| 10/24 | Spin-Orbit Coupling | Sections: 9-6 | Notes |
| 10/29 | Identical Particles | Sections: 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4 | Notes |
| 10/31 | Fermi Energy | Sections: 10-5, 10-6, 11-1, 11-2, 11-3 | Notes |
| 11/5 | Multi-Electron Atoms | Sections: 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 13-1 | Notes |
| 11/7 | Lasers | Sections: 13-3, 13-4 | Notes |
| 11/12 | The Special Theory of Relativity | Review Chapter 2 | Notes |
| 11/14 | Relativistic Kinematics | Sections: 3-3, 3-4 | Notes |
| 11/26 | Solid State Physics | Sections: 14-1, 14-2, 14-3 | Notes |
| 11/28 | Semiconductors | Sections: 14-4, 14-5, 14-6 | Notes |
| 12/3 | The Structure of Matter | Sections: 16-1, 16,2 16-3 | Notes |
| 12/5 | The Standard Model of Particle Physics | Sections: 16-4, 16-5, 16-6 | Notes |
| 12/10 | Higgs and Supersymmetry | Sections: 16-7, 16-8 | Notes |
| 12/12 | Cosmology | Sections: 18-1, 18-2, 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 18-6 | Notes |
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