Classes are on M 12:00 - 1:15 PM and TH 02:30 PM - 03:45 PM in Lewis Room 228
Classes:
- 08/27/2013 - A first look at quantum physics: Black body radiation, Planck constant and photoelectric effect. (Textbook Chapter 1)
- 08/29/2013 - A first look at quantum physics: Essential special relativity, Compton scattering and Bohr's atom. (Textbook Chapter 1)
- 09/05/2013 - Dimensional analysis. Classical waves. (Textbook Chapters 1 and 2)
- 09/09/2013 - Fourier series and Fourier transforms. Wave packets. Dirac delta function. (Textbook Chapter 2)
- 09/12/2013 - The Schrödinger equation. Quantum probability, expectation values. Operators. (Textbook Chapters 3 and 4)
- 09/19/2013 - First in-class test.
- 09/30/2013 - Conservation of probability, flux, properties of wave functions. More on operators. (Textbook Chapter 4)
- 10/07/2013 - Hermitian operators. Position and momentum representations of QM. (Textbook Chapter 4)
- 10/10/2013 - The infinite well. (Textbook Chapter 5)
- 10/14/2013 - Symmetric infinite potential well. (Textbook Chapter 5)
- 10/17/2013 - More on the infinite well. Asymmetric infinite potential well. (Textbook Chapter 5)
- 10/21/2013 - Time-dependence of general solutions. Expansion of states. (Textbook Chapter 6)
- 10/24/2013 - A first look at the finite well. Preparation for in-class test. (Textbook Chapter 8)
- 10/28/2013 - Second in-class test.
- 10/31/2013 - The finite potential well. (Textbook Chapter 8)
- 11/04/2013 - Commutators. Discontinuity of wave functions with delta potentials. (Textbook Chapters 6 and 8)
- 11/07/2013 - The delta potential. The Dirac comb. The classical harmonic oscillator. (Textbook Chapters 8 and 9)
- 11/11/2013 - The quantum harmonic oscillator. (Textbook Chapter 9)
- 11/14/2013 - More on the harmonic oscillator. Scattering. (Textbook Chapters 9 and 11)
- 11/18/2013 - Scattering problems. (Textbook Chapter 11)
- 11/20/2013 - More on scattering. Quantum tunneling (Textbook Chapter 11)
- 11/21/2013 - Factorization of the Harmonic Oscillator. (Textbook Chapter 13)
- 12/02/2013 - The Schrodinger equation in three dimensions and spherical coordinates. (Textbook
Chapters 9 and 11)
- 12/05/2013 - Angular momentum operators. The Hydrogen atom. (Textbook Chapters 16 and 17)
Next class:
- 12/12/2013 - Final exam: 12:00pm (noon) - 3:00pm
