Scanned Lecture notes are here
Brief summary of lecture |
|
| Lecture 1: Mon, Jan 11, 1999 |
Introduction, discussion of
syllabus. Start review of quantum 1. ( My notes , roughly P.1-7) |
| Lecture 2: Wed, Jan 13, 1999 |
Continuing review: 1 and 3-D potentials, angular
momentum, examples. ( Review Exercise )
( My notes , roughly P. 8-11, and 13-15 ) |
| Lecture 3: Fri, Jan 15, 1999 |
Continuing review: spin, more examples.
( My notes , roughly P.12 and 18, plus 12a and b.) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 4.4.3 | |
| Mon, Jan 18, 1999 | (MLK Holiday) |
| Lecture 4: Wed, Jan 20, 1999 |
Continuing review of quantum 1: more on spin, Larmor precession.
( My notes , roughly P.19-21) |
| Lecture 5: Fri, Jan 22, 1999 |
Addition of angular momentum (review)
( My notes , roughly P.22-27) |
| Lecture 6: Mon, Jan 25, 1999 |
Addition of angular momentum - Clebsch Gordan coefficients.
( My notes , roughly P.28-33) |
| Lecture 7: Wed, Jan 27, 1999 |
Examples of Clebsch Gordan coefficients, and starting on
perturbation theory.
( My notes , roughly P.34-43) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 6.1.1 and 6.1.2 | |
| Lecture 8: Fri, Jan 29, 1999 |
Introduction to formalism of non-degenerate, time-independent
perturbation theory. (TIPT)
( My notes , roughly P.43-51) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 6.1.3 | |
| Lecture 9: Mon, Feb 01, 1999 |
Examples of 1st order non-deg. TIPT. 1st order wave function corrections.
( My notes , roughly P.52-58) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 6.2.1 | |
| Lecture 10: Wed, Feb 03, 1999 |
Formalism for 2nd order TIPT.
( My notes , roughly P.59-62) |
| Lecture 11: Fri, Feb 05, 1999 |
Example, a few fun tangents, and start on
formalism for degenerate PT.
( My notes , roughly P.63-67) |
| Lecture 12: Mon, Feb 08, 1999 |
More formalism for degenerate PT.
( My notes , roughly P.67-76) |
| Lecture 13: Wed, Feb 10, 1999 |
Examples of degenerate PT - Zeeman and introduction to Stark
( My notes , roughly P.76-83) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 6.2.2 | |
| Lecture 14: Fri, Feb 12, 1999 |
More Stark.. (Formalism, ground state and 1st excited state).
( My notes , roughly P.84-93) |
| Lecture 15: Mon, Feb 15, 1999 |
Finish Stark, intro to Fine Structure.
( My notes , roughly P.94-100) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 6.3.1 | |
| Lecture 16: Wed, Feb 17, 1999 |
Unit analysis, and more intro to fine structure.
( My notes , roughly P.100-102, and "dim-1" to "dim-6".) |
| Lecture 17: Fri, Feb 19, 1999 |
Relativity effects in hydrogen
( My notes , roughly P.103-107) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 6.3.2 | |
| Lecture 18: Mon, Feb 22, 1999 |
Review of addition of angular momentum, and
lead-in to spin-orbit effect in hydrogen.
( Review material, +my notes , roughly parts of P.108-114 [a bit mixed up]) |
| Lecture 19: Wed, Feb 24, 1999 |
Few more qualitative aspects to spin orbit, and (mostly)
exam review.
( Notes, roughly the pieces not covered before in P.108-114) |
| Lecture 20: Fri, Feb 26, 1999 |
Fine structure of hydrogen.
( My notes , roughly P.115-122) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 6.4 intro, 6.4.2 | |
| Lecture 21: Mon, Mar 1, 1999 |
Lamb shift, and start on Zeeman effect (Strong field)
( My notes , roughly P.123-128) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 6.4.1 | |
| Lecture 22: Wed, Mar 3, 1999 |
Zeeman in weak field
( My notes , roughly P.129-133) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 6.5 | |
| Lecture 23: Fri, Mar 5, 1999 |
Finish up Zeeman, start Hyperfine.
( My notes , roughly P.134-137) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 5.2.1 | |
| Lecture 24: Mon, Mar 8, 1999 |
Finish Hyperfine, start Helium.
( My notes , roughly P.138-142) |
| Lecture 25: Wed, Mar 10, 1999 |
Helium - spectrum, and introduce perturbative treatment of electron-electron
repulsion.
( My notes , roughly P.142-147 (bits and pieces up to 153) |
| Lecture 26: Fri, Mar 12, 1999 |
Perturbative treatment of electron-electron
repulsion in Helium, and intro to variational theorem.
( My notes , roughly P.147-156) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 7.1 | |
| Lecture 27: Mon, Mar 15, 1999 |
Variational method.
( My notes , roughly P.157-163) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 7.2 | |
| Lecture 28: Wed, Mar 17, 1999 |
Variational method, applied to Helium.
( My notes , roughly P.164-169) |
| Lecture 29: Fri, Mar 19, 1999 |
Some fun stuff - "intro to QED", Feynman diagrams. (No notes) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 7.3 | |
| Lecture 30: Mon, Mar 29, 1999 |
Groupwork - estimating g.s. energy of quantum trampoline.
|
| Lecture 31: Wed, Mar 31, 1999 |
H2+ molecule.
( My notes , roughly P.170-180) |
| Lecture 32: Fri, Apr 2, 1999 |
Molecules, vibration, rotation, and periodic table.
( My notes , roughly P.181-183b) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 9.1.1 | Lecture 33: Mon, Apr 5, 1999 |
Introduction to Time Dependence
( My notes , roughly P.184-189) |
| Lecture 34: Wed, Apr 7, 1999 |
Review for Exam II, and more on
Time Dependent Quantum Mechanics
( My notes , roughly P.189-192) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 9.1.2 | |
| Lecture 35: Fri, Apr 9, 1999 |
More on 2 state time dependence,
Intro to Time Dependent Perturbation Theory.
( My notes , roughly P.193-195) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 9.1.3 | |
| Lecture 36: Mon, Apr 12, 1999 |
Time Dependent Perturbation Theory (2 and more state systems)
( My notes , roughly P.196-200) |
| Lecture 37: Wed, Apr 14, 1999 |
HW discussion, and example of TDPT.
( My notes , roughly P.200b-200c) |
| Lecture 38: Fri, Apr 16, 1999 |
Sinusoidal perturbations, intro to light.
( My notes , roughly P.201-207) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 9.2.1 and 2 | |
| Lecture 39: Mon, Apr 19, 1999 |
Light and lasers
( My notes , roughly P.207-211) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 9.2.3 | |
| Lecture 40: Wed, Apr 21, 1999 |
Absorption of light.
( My notes , roughly P.212-216) |
| Read Griffiths Ch. 9.3 | |
| Lecture 41: Fri, Apr 23, 1999 |
Einstein A and B coefficients, and lifetimes.
( My notes , roughly P.217-221) |
| Lecture 42: Mon, Apr 26, 1999 |
Examples of lifetimes, and intro to selection rules.
( My notes , roughly P.222-225) |
| Lecture 43: Wed, Apr 28, 1999 |
Selection rules, intro to EPR.
( My notes , roughly P.222-225) |
| Read Griffiths Appendix A | |
| Lecture 44: Fri, Apr 30, 1999 |
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox
( My notes , roughly P.246-254) |
| Lecture 45: Mon, May 3, 1999 |
Summary, conclusions, review for final, possible a brief summary
of Aharonov-Bohm.
( My notes , roughly P.232-243, but only pieces...) |
| 4410 main page | Prof. Pollock's page. | Physics Dep't | Send mail |