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Information for Winter 2009 |
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1. Homework (25%) will be assigned nearly every week. Collaboration on homework exercises is encouraged provided proper attribution is given, but each student must write an independent presentation of the solution. Solutions to all assigned problems will be posted on the Web one week after they are assigned. To receive credit, work must be submitted before the solution is posted.
2. Midterm Examination (30%) 9:00-9:50am, 2-13-2009, Wngr 377
3. Final Examination (45%) 10:00am-noon, 3-17-2009, Wngr 377
COURSE SCHEDULE
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Reading List |
Homework |
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1-4 |
5. Particles in Spherically Symmetric Potentials Separation of variables and spherical harmonics Angular momentum in quantum mechanics Ladder operators and algebraic method Matrix formulation of orbital angular momentum Rotation of diatomic molecules Three dimensional potential well Hydrogen atom |
Sakurai – Ch. 3, Section 1, 5, and 6 Cohen-Tannoudji – Ch.VI Cohen-Tannoudji – Ch.VII |
HW #1 |
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5 |
Experimental evidence for electron spin Theoretical foundation Properties of Pauli spin matrices Spin precession Electron parametric resonance |
Sakurai – Ch. 3, Section 2 Cohen-Tannoudji – Ch.IX |
HW #4 |
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6-8 |
7. Addition of Angular Momenta Two spin-1/2 particles General case Spin-orbit interaction and total angular momentum Addition of orbital angular momentum and spin 1/2 Vector operators: the Wigner-Eckart theorem Spin correlation measurements and Bell's inequality |
Sakurai – Ch.3, Section 7, 8, 9, an10 Cohen-Tannoudji – Ch.X |
HW #5 |
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9-10 |
Scattering cross section Partial wave analysis Born approximation |
Sakurai – Ch.7 Cohen-Tannoudji – Ch.VIII |
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Students with documented disabilities who may need special accommodations in the lecture, lab, or examinations should make an appointment with the instructor no later than the first week of classes to discuss those accommodations.
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