Class Meetings: ARC building (105), Monday 1:40-3:00pm, and Wednesday 1:40-3:00pm

Instructor:  Kristjan Haule
                        Office: Serin E267
                        email: haule<at>physics.rutgers.edu
                        Office hours: Thursday 4pm

Text: Principles of Quantum Mechanics, by R. Shankar, Second Edition, Springer, (chapters 1 - 15)

Homework: There will normally be a homework assignment each week. Late homeworks will not be accepted without special permission, generally requested in advance. Homeworks will be graded and will be a significant contribution to your final grade (40%).

• Homework 1, Due date: 9/26, Solution
• Homework 2, Due date: 10/5, Solution
• Homework 3, Due date: 10/17 Solution
• Homework 4, Due date: 10/26 Solution
• Midterm 10/31/2016 Midterm 2016 solution, histogram
• Midterm 2015 Midterm 2015 solution,
• Midterm 2014 Midterm 2014 solution,
• Homework 5, Due date: 11/30 Solution
• Homework 6, Due date: 12/13 Solution
• Homework 7, Due date: 12/19 Solution
• Final 2016, 12/19 Final Solution 2016
• Final 2015, Final Solution 2015
• Final 2014, Final Solution 2014

Exams: There will be one midterm exam (30%) and a final exam (30%). They will be in-class open-book exams. You will be permitted to use Shankar book and your notes. Other books are not allowed. Internet is not allowed.

According to Rutgers academic calendar, we do not have a class Wednesday Nov 23.

Midterm exam: Monday 10/31 at 1:40 to 3:00
Final exam: Monday 12/19 at 1:40 to 4:00. Note that the room number is ARC 204.

Gradebook: access gradebook

Syllabus:

Chapters	Weeks	Topic
1	2.0	Linear vector spaces and bra-ket notation
2-3	1.0	Transition from classical to quantum mechanics
4	1.5	Postulates of quantum mechanics
5-7	2.0	One-dimensional problems; Harmonic oscillator
10	1.0	Higher dimensions; elementary treatment of identical particles
11	1.5	Symmetries, quantum numbers, and conserved quantities
12	2.0	Rotational invariance and angular momentum
13	1.0	The hydrogen atom
14-15	2.0	Spin and addition of angular momentum

Chapter numbers refer to text of Shankar.

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