| WEEK | Subject | Reading |
Homework due |
| 1 Sept 2-4 |
2-particle systems, exchange force |
Griffiths 5.1 | |
| 2 Sept 7-11 |
N-particle systems, periodic potential, electron gas |
Griffiths 5.2-3 |
#1 Sept. 11 |
| 3 Sept 14-18 |
Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein
statistics, black-body radiation |
Griffiths 5.4 |
#2 Sept. 18 |
| 4 Sept 21-25 |
Non-degenerate perturbation
theory |
Griffiths 6.1 | #3 Sept. 25 |
| 5 Sept 29 - Oct 2 |
Degenerate perturbation theory,
the real hydrogen atom |
Griffiths 6.2 | #4 Oct. 2 |
| 6 Oct 5-9 |
The real hydrogen atom (cont.) |
Griffiths 6.3-5 | #5 Oct. 9 |
| 7 Oct 12-16 |
MIDTERM
Oct. 15 No Lecture, Tues Oct. 13 (Monday schedule) |
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| 8 Oct 19-23 |
The variational principle: ground state of helium, the
hydrogen molecule ion |
Griffiths 7.1-3 |
#6 Oct. 23 |
| 9 Oct 26-30 |
Time-dependent perturbation theory |
Griffiths 9.1-2 |
#7 Oct. 30 |
| 10 Nov 2-6 |
Radiation from atoms, selection rules, golden rule. Adiabatic and sudden perturbations, adiabatic theorem. |
Griffiths 9-3, 10.1 | #8 Nov. 6 |
| 11 Nov 9-13 |
Aharonov-Bohm effect, Berry's phase No Section, Wed Nov. 11 (University holiday) |
Griffiths 10.2 | #9 Nov. 13 |
| 12 Nov 16-20 |
Scattering theory |
Griffiths 11.1-2 |
#10 Nov. 20 |
| 13 Nov 23-27 |
Scattering theory (cont.) No Classes, Nov. 25 & 26 (Thanksgiving) |
Griffiths 11.2-3 |
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| 14 Nov 30-Dec 4 |
Scattering theory (cont.) |
Griffiths 11.3-4 |
#11 Dec. 4 |
| 15 Dec 7-11 |
The EPR paradox, Bell's theorem,
the non-clone theorem, the Zeno effect, quantum teleportation |
Griffiths Chapter 12 |