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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.