| Day | Topic: Subtopic |
Reading (Bridge Book) (Main, Alternate, Deep) |
Due Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Mon 1/14 |
Classical Spin Magnetic Moment |
McI 1.1-1.2 T 1.1-1.2, L 11.8 | |
| 2 Tue 1/15 |
Stern Gerlach Experiment Stern Gerlach Paper Stern-Gerlach Experiment Sequential Stern Gerlach Expts. Spins Intro Activity |
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| 3 Wed 1/16 |
Quantum State Vector Probability Postulates |
McI 1.3-1.4 T 1.3-1.5, L 11.2 McI 1.5 |
HW 1 Solutions |
| 4 Thu 1/17 |
Spin Unknowns Spin Reference Sheets |
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| 5 Fri 1/18 |
Change of Basis |
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HW 2 Solutions |
| 6 Mon 1/21 |
MLK--No School |
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| 7 Tue 1/22 |
Properties of Hermitian Matrices Eigenvalue Eqns. Operators Matrix Activity |
McI 2.1 T 1.5-1.6, L 11.1, 11.6 | |
| 8 Wed 1/23 |
Diagonalization |
McI 2.1.2 |
HW 3 Solutions |
| 9 Thu 1/24 |
Projection Projection Interferometer Interferometer Activity |
McI 2.2-2.4 T 1.4 | |
| 10 Fri 1/25 |
Expectation Value Uncertainty Relations Experimental Uncertainty |
McI 2.3 McI 2.5 |
HW 4 Solutions |
| 11 Mon 1/28 |
Schrödinger's Equation |
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| 12 Tue 1/29 |
Time Development Time Development Activity |
McI 3.1 L 3.4-3.5 | |
| 13 Wed 1/30 |
Spin Precession Rabi Oscillations |
McI 3.2 L 11.9 McI 3.2 L 11.9 |
HW 5 Solutions (Corrected) |
| 14 Thu 1/31 |
Magnetic Resonance Mixed States Density Operators |
McI 3.4 | |
| 15 Fri 2/1 |
Quantum Spookiness EPR Guest Lecture by: Justyna Zwolak |
McI 4.1 |
HW 6 Solutions |
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