PHYSICS 519      Quantum Mechanics   2004

LECTURE SCHEDULE

Reading assignments are in:     Modern Quantum Mechanics   by J. J. Sakurai

 

[ Note: This schedule may change as the quarter develops ]


Week  Lect  Date  Topics  Reading+Homework
1  1-4  March 29 -April 2
  • Variational Procedure: Feynman-Hellman Theorem
  • Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory
  • Electron Spin Resonance
  • Fermi's Golden Rule
    		•  Assign 1
    2  5-8  April 5-9
  •  Harmonic Perturbations
  • Cross-section for absorption of EM radiation
  • Dipole Approximation, E1 sum-rule
  • Photo-Electric cross section
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  • Assign 2

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    3  9-12  April 12-16
  • Energy-Shift and Decay Width
  • Identical Particles : Bosons and Fermions
  • Slater Determinant
  • Ground state of He
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  • Assign 3
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    4  13-16  April 19-23
  • Excited states of He
  • Screening, Variational approach
  • Thomas-Fermi equation
  • Fermi-levels
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  • Assign 4
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    5  17-20 April 26 -April 30
  • Intro to Scattering
  • Lippman-Schwinger equation
  • Born Approximation
  • Higher order terms
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  • Assign 5
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    • 6 21-24 May 3-7
    Wednesday May  5 = Midterm
  • The T-operator
  • Optical Theorem
  • Partial Waves
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    7  25-26 May 10-14
  • Hard-Sphere Scattering
  • Finite square well scattering
  • Ramsauer-Twnsend effect
  • Effective range theory, low-lying bound states
  • Resonances
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  •  Assign 6
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    8 27-29 May 17-21
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Coulomb scattering
  • Identical particle scattering
  • Inelastic scattering
  • eA scattering
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  • Assign 7  
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    9  30-33 May 24-28
  • eA scattering
  • Time-Reversal Invariance
  • Anti-unitary operators
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  •  Assign 8 
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    10 34-36 May 31-June 4
  •  Monday May  31 = holiday
  • Time-reversal for fermions and bosons
  • Electric Dipole moments
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    11
    		  
    Finals Week : June 7-11
    Final Exam
    12:30-2:20 a.m  Wednesday, June 9
    		    

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