| WEEK |
DATES |
LECTURE TOPICS |
READING |
| 1 |
Wed 9/1 |
Introduction
|
|
| 2 |
Mon 9/6
Wed 9/8 |
No Class
Wave function I
|
No Class
1.1-1.4 |
| 3 |
Mon 9/13
Wed 9/15
|
Uncertainty Principle
Stationary States/Infinite Square Well
|
1.5-1.6
2.1,2.2
|
| 4 |
Mon 9/20
Wed 9/22
|
Harmonic Oscillator
Free Particle
|
2.3
2.4
|
| 5 |
Mon 9/27
Wed 9/29
|
Delta function Potential
Scattering (Delta function and Step)
|
2.5
2.5, Prob. 2.34
|
| 6 |
Mon 10/4
Wed 10/6 |
Linear Algebra with Dirac Notation
Hilbert Space/Observables
|
A.1-A.6
3.1-3.2
|
| 7 |
Mon 10/11
Wed 10/13 |
Hermitian Operator/Statistical Interpretation
Statistical Interpretation/Uncertainty Principle
|
3.3-3.4
3.4-3.5
|
| 8 |
Mon 10/18
Wed 10/20 |
Dirac Notation/Midterm Review
Midterm Exam
|
3.6
|
| 9 |
Mon 10/25
Wed 10/27 |
Schroedinger Equations in 3D
Hydrogen Atom
|
4.1
4.2
|
| 10 |
Mon 11/1
Wed 11/3 |
Angular Momentum
Spin
|
4.3
4.4
|
| 11 |
Mon 11/8
Wed 11/10 |
Spin II
Two-identical Particles
|
4.4
5.1
|
| 12 |
Mon 11/15
Wed 11/17 |
Atoms
Solids
|
5.2
5.3
|
| 13 |
Mon 11/22
Wed 11/24 |
Non-degenerate Perturbation Theory
No Class
|
6.1
|
| 14 |
Mon 11/29
Wed 12/1 |
Degenerate Perturbation Theory
Variational Principle
|
6.2
7.1
|
| 15 |
Mon 12/6
Wed 12/8 |
WKB Approximation
Time Dependent Perturbation Theory
|
8.1-8.2
9.1.1, 9.1.2
|
