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Physics 622
Spring 2014
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Course Materials:
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Week 0:
1/16
Hydrogen Atom Review
Syllabus
Introductory overheads
(Thursday, January 16, 2014)
Problem Set 1 (revised,
due Thursday, January 23, 2014)
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Week 1:
1/21-23
Perturbation Theory (time independent)
Problem Set 2 (due
Thursday, January 30, 2014)
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Week 2:
1/28-30 Degenerate
Perturbation Theory (time independent)
Problem Set 3 (due
Thursday, February 6, 2014)
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Week 3:
2/4-6 Fine and Hyperfine Structure
Overheads
for Thursday, February 6, 2014 (nuclear shell model and spin-orbit coupling)
Problem Set 4 (due
Thursday, February 13, 2014)
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Week 4:
2/11-13 Zeeman and Stark Effects
Overheads
for Tuesday, February 11, 2014 (Zeeman effect in alkali atoms)
Problem Set 5 (due
Thursday, February 20, 2014)
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Week 5:
2/18-20 Variational
Method
Problem Set 6 (due date extended to
Tuesday, March 11, 2014)
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Week 6:
2/25-27 Time
Dependent Quantum Systems
Overheads for
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 (Rabi oscillations movie)
Spring Break for 3/4 and 3/6
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Week 7:
3/11-13 Time-dependent
Perturbation Theory
Midterm (in-class) on Thursday, March 13.
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Week 8:
3/18-20 Discrete
Symmetries
Problem Set 7 (due
Thursday, March 27, 2014)
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Week 9:
3/25-27 Identical Particles and Multi-particle Systems
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Week 10:
4/1-3 Lattice Translation Symmetry
Problem Set 8 (due
Thursday, April 10, 2014)
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Week 11:
4/8-9-10 Scattering Theory (I)
Problem Set 9 (due
Friday, April 18, 2014)
Note: Extra lecture on Wednesday, April 9.
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Week 12:
4/15-17 Scattering Theory (II) ... Dirac Equation (I)
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Week 13:
4/22-24 Dirac Equation (II)
"Problem Set 10" (practice problems ... ungraded, do not turn in.)
The final exam is on May 1, 2014 for 2-5pm in Small Hall 235.
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