PHYS 485 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PHYS 485 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tentative Schedule
| Week | Topic | Lecture | Assignment | Reading | ||
| 1 | 24-Aug | Introduction; Wave and particle behaviors of light; Photoelectric effect | Lecture 1 powerpoint | Townsend 1.1-1.3 | ||
| 26-Aug | Quantum Properties of light; single photon interference | Lecture 2 powerpoint | Townsend 1.4-1.7 | |||
| 2 | 31-Aug | Particles as waves – de Broglie; atomic interferometry; crystal diffraction, Schrodinger Equation | Lecture 3 powerpoint |
HW 1 (due Sep 11) HW1 Solutions |
Townsend 2.1-2.3 | |
| 2-Sep | Sch. Eq. II, free particles, wave packets, uncertainty principle | Lecture 4 poweropint | Townsend 2.3-2.7 | |||
| 3 | 7-Sep | Labor Day - Holiday | ||||
| 9-Sep | Sch. Eq. II, free particles, wave packets, uncertainty principle (contd) | Lecture 5 powerpoint |
HW 2 (due Sep 18) HW2 Solutions |
Townsend 2.3-2.8 | ||
| 4 | 14-Sep | Expectation Values, Probabilities, Time-indep Schr. Eq, Particle in a box |
Lecture 6 powerpoint
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Townsend 2.8, 3.1-3.2 | |
| 16-Sep | Particle in a box, Philosophy, time dependence, Eigenfunctions and eigenvalues |
Lecture 7 powerpoint |
Townsend 3.2-3.4 | |||
| 5 | 21-Sep | Superpositions, Wavefunctions,, bound states |
Lecture 8 powerpoint |
HW3 (due Oct 2) HW3 Solutions |
Townsend 4.1-4.2 | |
| 23-Sep | Simple harmonic oscillator |
Lecture 9 powerpoint |
Townsend 4.3 | |||
| 6 | 28-Sep | Simple harmonic oscillator |
Lecture 10 powerpoint
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HW4 (due Oct 9) NO LATE HOMEWORK |
Townsend 4.3-4.5 | |
| 30-Sep |
Scattering – step potential and probability current |
Lecture 11 powerpoint |
Townsend 4.5-4.6 | |||
| 7 | 5-Oct |
Tunneling and STM |
Lecture 12 powerpoint |
Townsend 4.7 | ||
| 7-Oct |
Interlude: Special Talk: TBD Principles of QM, Schrodinger's cat, qubits |
Lecture 13 powerpoint
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Townsend Ch5 |
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| 8 | 12-Oct |
Mid-Term Review in class Midterm Review powerpoint Formula Sheet |
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| 14-Oct |
Mid-Term |
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| 9 | 19-Oct |
Schrodinger's equation in 3D |
Lecture 14 powerpoint
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HW5 (due Oct 30) HW5 Solutions |
Townsend 6.1 | |
| 21-Oct | Spherical coordinates and angular momentum | Lecture 15 powerpoint | Townsend 6.2 | |||
| 10 | 26-Oct | Hydrogen Atom – Wavefunctions |
Lecture 16 powerpoint
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Townsend 6.3 | |
| 28-Oct | Hydrogen contd; Zeeman effect - spin |
Lecture 17 powerpoint |
Townsend 6.4, 6.5 | |||
| 11 | 2-Nov | Spin physics: MRI |
Lecture 18 powerpoint |
HW6 (due Nov 13) HW6 Solutions |
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| 4-Nov | Spin Physics, MRI; Identical Particles |
Lecture 19 powerpoint |
Towndsend 6.4, 65; 7.1, 7.2 | |||
| 12 | 9-Nov | Identical Particles; Quantum Statistical Mechanics |
Lecture 20 powerpoint
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HW7 (due Nov 20) HW7 Solutions |
Townsend 7.1, 7.2 | |
| 11-Nov | Bosons, Blackbody radiation, Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation |
Lecture 21 powerpoint |
Townsend 7.6-7.8 | |||
| 13 | 16-Nov | Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) |
Lecture 22 powerpoint |
Townsend 7.6-7.5 | ||
| 18-Nov | Pauli’s exclusion, Fermi energy |
Lecture 23 powerpoint BEC Special Talk |
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Townsend 7.3-7.5 | ||
| 14 | 21-Nov to 29-Nov | Fall Break - Thanksgiving | ||||
| 15 | 30-Nov | Fermions: Stellar bodies--white dwarfs, neutron stars; Solid-band structure, Electrical Properties |
Lecture 24 powerpoint |
HW8 (due Dec 7) HW8 Solutions NO LATE HOMEWORK |
Townsend 8.1-8.3 | |
| 2-Dec | Semiconductors and Superconductivity | Lecture 25 powerpoint | Townsend 8.4 | |||
| 16 | 7-Dec |
Special Talk: TBD |
Lecture 26 powerpoint | |||
| 9-Dec | Review ---instruction ends | Final Review powerpoint | ||||
| 17 | Dec--Exam wk |
FINAL EXAM |
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