PHYS 486 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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Here is a course schedule:
The reading assignments are relevant for the Checkpoints, which are due before each lecture.
G in the reading assignments refers to Griffiths (Introduction to Quantum Mechanics).
| Week | Date | Topic | Reading | Checkpoints | Discussions | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
24 Aug |
Introduction | G Preface, G § 1.1-6 |
smartPhysics |
no discussions this week |
|
| 2 | 31 Aug 02 Sep |
The Schrodinger equation |
G §2.1-2.2 |
smartPhysics | ||
| 3 | 07 Sep 09 Sep |
Solving the Time-Indept Schr. Eq. | G § 2.4 G § 2.6 |
smartPhysics | ||
| 4 | 14 Sep 16 Sep |
Formalism | G § 3.1-3.2 G § 3.3-3.4 |
smartPhysics | ||
| 5 | 21 Sep 23 Sep |
More formalism |
G § 3.5-3.6 |
smartPhysics | ||
| 6 | 28 Sep 30 Sep |
Uncertainty Principle The Simple Harmonic Oscillator |
G § 3.6 G § 2.3.1 |
smartPhysics | ||
| 7 | 05 Oct 07 Oct |
More SHO and Operators Schrodinger Equation in 3D |
G § 2.3.1 G § 4.1 |
smartPhysics | ||
| 8 | 12 Oct 14 Oct |
MIDTERM 1 NO CLASS |
smartPhysics |
no discussions this week |
no homework this week |
|
| 9 | 19 Oct 21 Oct |
Hydrogen Atom |
G § 4.2 | smartPhysics | ||
| 10 | 26 Oct 28 Oct |
Angular Momentum & Spin |
G 4.3-4.4 |
smartPhysics | solutions |
|
| 11 | 02 Nov 04 Nov |
Spin Spin |
G § 4.4 | smartPhysics | solutions | |
| 12 | 09 Nov 11 Nov |
Spin MIDTERM 2 |
G § 4.4 |
smartPhysics |
no discussions this week |
|
| 13 | 16 Nov 18 Nov |
Two particle system & atoms Solids |
G § 5.1-5.2 G § 5.3 |
smartPhysics | ||
| 14 | 23 Nov 25 Nov |
Thanksgiving! | .4 | |||
| 15 | 02 Dec 07 Dec |
Solids Quantum Statistics |
G § 5.3 G (2nd ed.) § 5.4 |
smartPhysics | solutions | |
| 16 |
13 Dec |
FINAL EXAM | ||||
