Quantum Measurements

Winter 2016

Notice: The first week of winter term is called the Preface. For the schedule and homework for the Preface week, please go to physics.oregonstate.edu/~corinne/COURSES/preface.

Day	Topic: Subtopic	Reading (Bridge Book) (Main, Alternate, Deep)	Due Dates
1 Mon 1/11	Classical Spin Magnetic Moment	McI 1.1-1.2 T 1.1-1.2, L 11.8
2 Tue 1/12	Stern Gerlach Experiment Stern Gerlach Paper Stern-Gerlach Experiment Sequential Stern Gerlach Expts. Spins Intro Activity
3 Wed 1/13	Quantum State Vector Probability Postulates	McI 1.3-1.4 T 1.3-1.5, L 11.2 McI 1.5	HW 1 Practice Sol. Solutions
4 Thu 1/14	Spin Unknowns Spin Reference Sheets
5 Fri 1/15	Change of Basis		HW 2 Practice Sol. Solutions
6 Mon 1/18	MLK--No School
7 Tue 1/19	Projection Projection	McI 2.2-2.4 T 1.4
8 Wed 1/20	Interferometer Interferometer Activity		HW 3 Practice Sol. Solutions
9 Thu 1/21	Properties of Hermitian Matrices Eigenvalue Eqns. Operators Matrix Activity Diagonalization	McI 2.1 T 1.5-1.6, L 11.1, 11.6 McI 2.1.2
10 Fri 1/22	Expectation Value Uncertainty Relations Experimental Uncertainty	McI 2.3 McI 2.5	HW 4 Practice Sol. Solutions
11 Mon 1/25	Schrödinger's Equation
12 Tue 1/26	Time Development Time Development Activity	McI 3.1 L 3.4-3.5
13 Wed 1/27	Spin Precession Rabi Oscillations	McI 3.2 L 11.9 McI 3.2 L 11.9	HW 5 Practice Sol. Solutions (Corrected)
14 Thu 1/28	Magnetic Resonance Mixed States Density Operators	McI 3.4
15 Fri 1/29	Quantum Spookiness EPR	McI 4.1	HW 6 Practice Sol. Solutions

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