Physics 487 - Tentative Course Syllabus - Spring 2011

Week	Date	Topics	Homework	Discussion	Reading
1	Jan 18 Jan 20	Time-Independent Perturbation Theory I Time-Independent Perturbation Theory II			Griffiths Ch. 6
2	Jan 25 Jan 27	Stark Effect Hydrogen Fine Structure I	Homework 1 Due Jan. 28 solutions	Discussion 1 solutions	Lecture Notes Griffiths Ch. 6.3
3	Feb 1 Feb 3	Degen Pert. Th. Ex./Zeeman Effect I The Zeeman Effect II	Homework 2 Due Feb. 4 solutions	Discussion 2 solutions	Griffiths Ch. 6.3 Griffiths Ch. 6.4
4	Feb 8 Feb 10	The Zeeman Effect III/Hyperfine Structure Hyperfine Structure/Variational Principle I	Homework 3 Due Feb. 11 solutions	Discussion 3 solutions	Griffiths Ch. 6.4 Griffiths Ch. 6.5
5	Feb 15 Feb 17	Variational Principle II Variational Principle III	Homework 4 due Feb. 18 solutions	Discussion 4 solutions	Griffiths Ch. 7
6	Feb 22 Feb 24	Exam I Solutions WKB Approximation I	No HW	Snow Discussion	Griffiths Ch. 8
7	Mar 1 Mar 3	WKB Approximation II Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory I	Homework 5 Due Mar. 4 solutions	Discussion 6 solutions	Griffiths Ch. 8 Griffiths Ch. 9
8	Mar 8 Mar 10	Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory II TDPT Applications: Ammonia Molecule	Homework 6 Due Mar. 11 solutions	Discussion 7 solutions	Griffiths Ch. 9 Lecture Notes
9	Mar 15 Mar 17	TDPT Applications: Ammonia MASER, NMR TDPT Applications: NMR/Spontaneous Emission	Homework 7 Due Mar. 18 solutions	Discussion 8 solutions	Lecture Notes Lecture Notes
10	Mar 19-27		Spring Break
11	Mar 29 Mar 31	Spontaneous Emission II/Lifetime of States Electron in an EM Field I	Homework 8 Due April 1 solutions	Discussion 9 solutions	Griffiths Ch. 9.3
12	April 5 April 7	Superconductivity Practice Problems	Homework 9 Due April 8 solutions	Discussion 10 solutions	Lecture Notes/Feynman Vol III ch.21
13	April 12 April 14	Exam II Solutions Scattering I	No HW	-	Griffiths Ch. 11
14	April 19 April 21	Scattering II Scattering III	Homework 10 Due April 22 solutions	Discussion 11 solutions	Griffiths Ch. 11
15	April 26 April 28	Still More Scattering! QED for Fun	Homework 11 Due May 3 solutions	Discussion 12 solutions	Griffiths Ch. 11
16	May 3 May 5	No Class Reading Day		No Discussion
	May 6	FINAL EXAM - 1:30-4:30PM	158 Loomis