PH 451/551: http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph451
Location: Weniger 304
Time: MWF 12 - 12:50
Instructor: Prof. Janet Tate, Weniger 485, 737-1700; tate at physics.oregonstate.edu, Office hours: Mon, Thu 1:30 - 2:30 or by appointment
Last update: 18 February 2013
| Day | Topic | Reading (McIntyre) |
Homework Assignments |
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| M 1/7 | Review of paradigms |
1, 2, 3 (review) | HW1 due Wed 1/16 (Q1 due 1/9) |
| W 1/9 | 1-D potentials, wavefunctions | 5, 6, 7, 8 (review) | PH551 paper proposal due 2/4 |
| F 1/11 | Harmonic Oscillator: energy spectrum |
9.1-9.2 | |
| M 1/14 | Harmonic Oscillator: wavefunctions | 9.3 | HW2 due Wed 1/23 |
| W 1/16 | Harmonic Oscillator: classical limit, Dirac notation | 9.4 | HW1 solution |
| F 1/18 | HO: Matrices, | 9.5 |
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| M 1/21 | MLK day - no class | HW3 due Wed 1/30 |
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| W 1/23 | HO: |
9.7-9 | HW2 solution |
| F 1/25 | Time independent non-degenerate perturbation theory | 10.1-2 | |
| M 1/28 Ver. 4: 2/1; 1pm |
Non-degenerate perturbation theory | 10.3-4 | HW4 due Wed 2/6 |
| W 1/30 | Degenerate perturbation theory | 10.3-10.4;10.5 | HW3 solution |
| F 2/1 | (Degenerate perturbation theory ) & Stark effect in Hydrogen | 10.6 | |
| M 2/4 | (Stark effect in Hydrogen) & Angular Momentum | 11.1-2 | HW5 due Wed 2/13 PH551 paper proposal due today |
| W 2/6 | Angular momentum & hyperfine interaction | 11.3 |
HW4 solution |
| F 2/8 | Hyperfine interaction | ||
| M 2/11 | Midterm | MT equation sheet MT solution |
HW6 due Wed 2/20 |
| W 2/13 | Addition of angular momentum | 11.5 |
HW5 solution Angular momentum summary |
| F 2/15 | Addition of angular momentum | 11.6-7 | |
| M 2/18 | Spin-Orbit, Hydrogen fine structure: relativistic & spin orbit | 12.1-2 | HW7 due Wed 2/27 |
| W 2/20 | Spin orbit & Zeeman effect | 12.3 | HW6 solution |
| F 2/22 | Zeeman effect | 12.3 | |
| M 2/25 | Identical particles | 13.1-3 | HW8 due |
| W 2/27 | Identical particles, |
13.4 | HW7 solution |
| F 3/1 | Identical particles, | 13.5-6 | |
| M 3/4 | Identical particles, Time dependent perturbation theory Probably will slip back one day from here on |
14.1 | HW9 due Wed 3/13 |
| W 3/6 | Harmonic perturbation | 14.2 | HW8 solution |
| F 3/8 | Radiation | 14.3 | |
| M 3/11 | Radiation - dipole | 14.3 | PH551 papers due |
| W 3/13 | Selection rules | 14.4 | HW9 solution |
| F 3/15 | PH551 paper presentations | ||
| R 3/21 | Final exam, 6:00-8:00pm Wngr 304 and 304F |
Equation Sheet | Final exam ; Solution |
