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Schedule

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Week Date Lecture Discussion Homework Reading
1 08/21 Review of Phys486 No Discussion    
08/23 Symmetries and Transformations in Quantum Mechanics 6.1, 6.2
2 08/28 Symmetry and Degeneracy

Discussion 1

solutions

HW1 (due 09/6)

solutions

6.3--6.5
08/30 Symmetry and Degeneracy 6.6, 6.8
3 09/04 Labor Day

Discussion 2

solutions

HW2 (due 9/12)

solutions

7.1
09/06 Time-independent perturbation theory I
4 09/11 Time-independent perturbation theory II

Discussion 3

solutions

HW3 (due 9/19)

solutions

7.1, 7.2
09/13 Degenerate perturbation theory 7.2
5 09/18 Relativistic effects in the hydrogen atom

Discussion 4

solutions

none 7.3.1
09/20 Spin-orbit coupling 7.3.1, 7.3.2
6 09/25 Review No Discussion

HW4 (due 10/3)

solutions

 
09/27

Midterm 1

solutions

Formula Sheet

7 10/02 Addition of angular momentum (lec11 notes)

Discussion 5

solutions

 

7.3.2, 4.4.3
10/04 Addition of angular momentum (lec11 notes) 7.3.2, 4.4.3
8 10/09 Zeeman effect (lec11 notes)

Discussion 6

solutions

HW5 (due 10/17)

solutions

7.4
10/11 The variational principle 8.1,8.2
9 10/16 The hydrogen ion and the helium atom

Discussion 7

solutions

HW6 (due 10/25)

solutions

8.3, 8.4
10/18 Time dependent Hamiltonians 11.1
10 10/23 Time-dependent perturbation theory

Discussion 8

solutions

HW7 (due 11/1)

solutions

11.1, 11.2
10/25 Emission and absortion of radiation 11.2, 11.3
11 11/30 Spontaneous emission and Fermi's golden Rule

Discussion 9

solutions

none 11.4
11/01 Adiabatic approximation 11.5
12 11/06

Midterm 2

Formula Sheet

Solutions

No Discussion

HW8 (due 11/16)

solutions

11.5
11/08 Adiabatic theorem 
13 11/13 Geometric phase

Discussion 10

solutions

none 4.5
11/15 coupling to EM fields 4.5
14 11/20 Thanksgiving break No Discussion none  
11/23 Thanksgiving break
15 11/27 Aharanov-Bohm and Landau Levels (Video)

Discussion 11

solutions

HW 9 (due 12/06)

solutions

5.3.1
11/29 Class cancelled 5.3.2
16 12/04 Free electron gas No Discussion none  
12/06 Electrons in solid
  12/15

Review lecture

Final exam: 1:30-4:30, Loomis 144 (where lectures are)

Formula sheet