| WEEK | Subject | Reading |
Homework due |
| 1 Sept 1-3 |
2-particle systems, exchange force |
Griffiths 5.1 | |
| 2 Sept 6-10 |
N-particle systems, periodic potential, electron gas Make-up lecture Wednesday Sept. 8 No Lecture Thursday Sept. 9 (Rosh Hashanah) |
Griffiths 5.2-3 |
#1 Sept. 10 |
| 3 Sept 13-17 |
Periodic potentials; quantum statistical mechanics |
Griffiths 5.3-4 |
#2 Sept. 17 |
| 4 Sept 20-24 |
Non-degenerate & degenerate perturbation
theory |
Griffiths 6.1-2 | #3 Sept. 24 |
| 5 Sept 28 - Oct 1 |
Degenerate perturbation theory;
the real hydrogen atom: relativistic corrections |
Griffiths 6.2-4 | #4 Oct. 1 |
| 6 Oct 4-8 |
The real hydrogen atom: spin-orbit coupling, Zeeman effect, hyperfine splitting (cont.) |
Griffiths 6.5 | #5 Oct. 8 |
| 7 Oct 11-15 |
MIDTERM
Oct. 14 No Lecture, Tues Oct. 12 (Monday schedule) |
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| 8 Oct 18-22 |
The variational principle: ground state of helium, the
hydrogen molecule ion |
Griffiths 7.1-3 |
#6 Oct. 22 |
| 9 Oct 25-29 |
WKB approximation |
Griffiths 8.1-3 |
#7 Oct. 29 |
| 10 Nov 1-5 |
Time-dependent perturbation theory |
Griffiths 9-1-2 | #8 Nov. 5 |
| 11 Nov 8-12 |
Radiation from atoms, selection rules, golden rule. Adiabatic and sudden perturbations. |
Griffiths 9.3, | #9 Nov. 12 |
| 12 Nov 15-19 |
Adiabatic theorem, Aharonov-Bohm
effect, Berry's phase |
Griffiths 10.1-3 |
#10 Nov. 19 |
| 13 Nov 22-23 |
Scattering theory No Classes, Nov. 24 & 25 (Thanksgiving) |
Griffiths 11.1-2 |
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| 14 Nov 29-Dec 3 |
Scattering theory (cont.) |
Griffiths 11.3-4 |
#11 Dec. 3 |
| 15 Dec 6-10 |
The EPR paradox, Bell's theorem,
the non-clone theorem, the Zeno effect, quantum teleportation |
Griffiths Chapter 12 | |
| Dec 15, 9am-noon |
FINAL EXAM |