PHYS 487 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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Numbers in the reading assignments refers to the section in Griffiths (Introduction to Quantum Mechanics).
| Week | Lecture Dates | Topic | Reading | Discussions | Homework | |
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| 1 |
17 Jan 19 Jan |
Review Transformations in space and translation operator |
6.1 and 6.2 |
No discussion |
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| 2 |
24 Jan 26 Jan |
Symmetry and Degeneracy |
6.3,6.4,6.5 |
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| 3 |
31 Jan 02 Feb |
Degeneracies and Heisenberg Picture Free Electron Gas |
6.6,6.8 5.3.1 |
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| 4 |
07 Feb 09 Feb |
Band Structure Time Independent Perturbation Theory |
5.3.2 7.1 |
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| 5 |
14 Feb 16 Feb |
Time Independent Perturbation Theory Degenerate Perturbation Theory |
7.1 7.2 |
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| 6 |
21 Feb 23 Feb |
Hydrogen Fine Structure |
7.3 |
No quiz |
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| 7 |
28 Feb 02 Mar |
Zeeman Splitting Introduction to Time Dependent Perturbation Theory |
7.4 11.1 |
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| 8 |
07 Mar 09 Mar |
Time Dependent Perturbation Theory |
11.1 |
No discussion |
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spring break |
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| 9 |
21 Mar 23 Mar |
Emission and Absorbtion of Radiation Spontaneous Emission |
11.1 11.3 |
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| 10 |
28 Mar 30 Mar |
Fermi's Golden Rule Adiabatic Approximation |
11.4 11.5 |
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| 11 |
04 Apr 06 Apr |
Aharonov-Bohm & Variational Principle |
4.5.2, 8.1 |
No quiz |
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| 12 |
11 Apr 13 Apr |
Quantum Information |
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| 13 |
18 Apr 20 Apr |
Variational Principle |
8.2,8.3,8.4 |
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| 14 |
25 Apr 27 Apr |
Green's Functions & Scattering |
10.4 |
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15 |
02 May |
Review and synthesis |
G § 4.4 |
No discussion |
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11 May |
Final exam: Thursday 11 May, 7pm - 10pm, |
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