PHYS 486 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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G in the reading assignments refers to Griffiths (Introduction to Quantum Mechanics).
| Week | Date | Topic | Reading | Discussions | Homework | |
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| 1 | 16 Jan 18 Jan |
Introduction | G Preface, G § 1.1-4 |
no discussions this week |
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| 2 | 23 Jan 25 Jan |
The Schrodinger equation |
G 1.5-6 G 2.1-2 |
HW1 (due 1/31) |
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| 3 | 30 Jan 01 Feb |
Solving the Time-Indept Schr. Eq. |
G 2.1-2 G 2.6 (bound |
HW2 (due 2/6) |
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| 4 | 06 Feb 08 Feb |
free particle transmission and reflection |
G 2.6 G 2.4 |
HW3 (due 2/13) |
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| 5 | 13 Feb 15 Feb |
SHO position space QM as linear algebra |
G 2.3.2
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HW4 (due 2/22, Thursday) |
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| 6 | 20 Feb 22 Feb |
QM as linear algebra: operators Commutation relations and uncertainty |
G 3.1-3.3 G 3.4-3.5, 3.6 |
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| 7 | 27 Feb 29 Feb |
Review and synthesis Exam I (covers first 9 lectures, Fromula Sheet) |
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| 8 | 05 Mar 07 Mar |
SHO take II: operators 3D, central potentials |
G 2.3.1 G 4.1 |
No discussion |
HW5 (due 3/19) |
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| 9 | 19 Mar 21 Mar |
3D, central potentials Angular momentum |
G 4.3 |
HW6 (due 3/28) |
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| 10 | 26 Mar 28 Mar |
Angular momentum wavefunctions review and synthesis |
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| 11 | 02 Apr 04 Apr |
Exam II ( Practice Exam and Formula Sheet) Coulomb potential |
G 4.1 |
(In English Building 104) |
Midterm II Solution | |
| 12 | 9 Apr 11 Apr |
Coulomb potential Spin |
G 4.2, G 4.4.1,4.4.2 |
HW7 (due 4/17) Solution |
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| 13 | 16 Apr 18 Apr |
Identical particles No class |
G 5.1 G 5.2 |
HW8 (due 4/24) |
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| 12 | 23 Apr 25 Apr |
entanglement quantum computing |
G 12.1-12.2 | HW9 (due 5/1) | ||
| 15 | 30 Apr |
Review and synthesis (Practice Exam and Formula Sheet) |
G § 4.4 | |||
| 16 |
Final exam: TBA |
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