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APhy 450 Quantum Physics II
Spring 2016
Lectures: TuTh 10:15 - 11:35 p.m. at Physics 225
Instructor: Professor T. S. Kuan (Physics 212, 442-4489, [email protected])
Text: David Griffiths Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition, Pearson
Prentice Hall
Week of Topics Read HW Dues
Jan. 18, 25 (1) Angular momentum 4.3 (#1) Feb. 4
Feb. 1, 8 (2) Spin 4.4 (#2) Feb. 16
8, 15 (3) Two-particle systems 5.1 (#3) Feb. 23
22 (4) Exchange forces 5.1.2 (#4) Mar. 1
29 (5) Multiple-electron atoms 5.2
Mar. 3 (Thursday) 1st Exam (covers HW #1 #4)
7 (5) The periodic table and molecules 5.2.2 (#5) Mar. 22
21 (6) Electronic wave functions in solids 5.3 (#6) Mar. 29
28 (7) Time-independent perturbation theory 6.1, 6.2
Apr. 4 (7) Time-independent perturbation theory 6.2 (#7) Apr. 12
Apr. 7 (Thursday) 2nd Exam (covers HW #3 #6)
11 (8) Degenerate perturbation theory 6.3 (#8) Apr. 19
18 (9) Variational principle 7.17.3 (#9) Apr. 26
25 (10) WKB approximation 8.1, 8.2 (#10) May 3
May 2 Reviews
Date TBD Final Exam All chapters covered in this course
No class on Mar. 15 and 17.
Attendance (10%), Homework (20%), 2 Exams (40%), Final Exam (30%)
Office hours: Tu., Wed. and Thu. 12:00 1:00 p.m.