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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:
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Syllabus:
Chapters
| Weeks
| Topic
|
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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
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Chapter numbers refer to text of Shankar.
Students
with Disabilities
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