PHYS 485 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tentative Schedule

Week		Topic	Lecture	Assignment	Reading
1	22-Aug	Introduction; Wave and particle behaviors of light; Photoelectric effect	Lecture 1 powerpoint		Townsend 1.1-1.3
1	24-Aug	Quantum Properties of light; single photon interference	Lecture 2 powerpoint		Townsend 1.4-1.7
2	29-Aug	Particles as waves – de Broglie; atomic interferometry; crystal diffraction, Schrodinger Equation	Lecture 3 powerpoint	HW 1 (due Sep9) HW1 Solutions	Townsend 2.1-2.3 D1
2	31-Aug	Sch. Eq. II, free particles, wave packets, uncertainty principle	Lecture 4 poweropint		Townsend 2.3-2.7
3	5-Sep	Labor Day - Holiday
3	7-Sep	Sch. Eq. II, free particles, wave packets, uncertainty principle (contd)	Lecture 5 powerpoint		Townsend 2.3-2.7
4	12-Sep	Expectation Values, Probabilities, Time-indep Schr. Eq, Particle in a box	Lecture 6 powerpoint	HW 2 (due Sept 23) HW Solutions	Townsend 2.8, 3.1-3.2
4	14-Sep	Particle in a box, Philosophy, time dependence, Eigenfunctions and eigenvalues	Lecture 7 powerpoint		Townsend 3.2-3.4
5	19-Sep	Superpositions, Wavefunctions,, bound states	Lecture 8 powerpoint		Townsend 4.1-4.2
5	21-Sep	Simple harmonic oscillator	Lecture 9 powerpoint		Townsend 4.3
6	26-Sep	Simple harmonic oscillator	Lecture 10 powerpoint	HW3 (due Oct 7) HW Solutions	Townsend 4.3-4.5
6	28-Sep	Scattering – step potential and probability current	Lecture 11 powerpoint		Townsend 4.5-4.6
7	3-Oct	Tunneling and STM	Lecture 12 powerpoint		Townsend 4.7
7	5-Oct	Interlude: Special Talk: TBD Principles of QM, Schrodinger's cat, qubits	Lecture 13 powerpoint		Ch5
8	10-Oct	Mid-Term Review in class Midterm Review powerpoint
8	12-Oct	Mid-Term
9	17-Oct	Principles of QM, quantum cats, entanglement (contd) Special Talk TBD	Lecture 14 powerpoint		Townsend Ch 5
9	19-Oct	Schrodinger’s equation in 3D	Lecture 15 powerpoint		Townsend 6.1
10	24-Oct	Spherical coordinates and angular momentum	Lecture 16 powerpoint	HW4 (due Nov4) HW Solutions	Townsend 6.2
10	26-Oct	Hydrogen Atom – Wavefunctions	Lecture 17 powerpoint		Townsend 6.3
11	31-Oct	Hyrdogen contd.; Zeeman effect – spin	Lecture 18 powerpoint		Townsend 6.4, 6.5
11	2-Nov	Spin physics: MRI	Lecture 19 powerpoint
12	7-Nov	Spin Physics, MRI; Identical Particles	Lecture 20 powerpoint	HW5 (due Nov 21) HW5 Solutions	Towndsend 6.4, 65; 7.1, 7.2
12	9-Nov	Identical Particles; Quantum Statistical Mechanics	Lecture 21 powerpoint		Townsend 7.1, 7.2
13	14-Nov	Bosons, Blackbody radiation, Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation	Lecture 22 powerpoint		Townsend 7.6-7.8
13	16-Nov	Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC)	Lecture 23 powerpoint BEC Special Talk	HW6 (due Dec 9) HW6 Solutions	Townsend 7.6-7.5
14	20-Nov to 27-Nov	Fall Break - Thanksgiving
14	20-Nov to 27-Nov	Fall Break - Thanksgiving
15	28-Nov	Pauli’s exclusion, Fermi energy	Lecture 24 powerpoint		Townsend 7.3-7.5
15	30-Dec	Fermions: Stellar bodies--whote dwarves, neutron stars; Solids-Bandstructure , Electrical Properties; Semiconductors	Lecture 25 powerpoint		Townsend 8.1-8.3
16	5-Dec	Superconductivity	Lecture 26 powerpoint		Townsend 8.4
16	7-Dec	Review ---instruction ends	Final Review powepoint
17	13-Dec	FINAL EXAM--December 13, 1.30-4.30pm in Noyes 217
17	13-Dec	FINAL EXAM--December 13, 1.30-4.30pm in Noyes 217