| PH451/551 Basic Information | |
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| Location: Weniger 304 | Time: MWF 12 - 12:50 |
| Instructor: Prof. Janet Tate 737-1700; tate at physics.oregonstate.edu |
Office hours: Mondays and Thursdays 1:30 - 2:30 or by appointment Weniger 485 |
| Last update: 16 March 2018 | Syllabus subject to change; please check regularly. |
| Day (click for notes) |
Topic | Reading McIntyre (errata) |
Assignments |
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| M 1/8 | Review of paradigms | 1, 2, 3.1, 5.1-5.7, 6.1-6.5, 7, 8 (review) | HW0 due Wed 1/10 in class; HW1 due Wed 1/17 in class |
| W 1/10 | 1-D potentials, wave functions | 5.2-5.5 (review) and 5.10.2 "Shooting method" numerical solutions pp. 1-3.5 |
Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11 am) |
| F 1/12 | Harmonic Oscillator: energy spectrum |
9.1-9.2 | Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11 am) |
| M 1/15 | MLK day - no class | HW2 due Wed 1/24 in class |
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| W 1/17 | Harmonic Oscillator: wave functions | 9.3 | Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11 am) |
| F 1/19 | Harmonic Oscillator: using the ladder operators | 9.4 | Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11 am) |
| M 1/22 | HO: Matrices | 9.5 | HW3 due Wed 1/31 in class Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11 am) |
| W 1/24 | HO: Time dependence, uncertainty principle | 9.7-9.8 | Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11 am) |
| F 1/26 | Time independent, non-degenerate perturbation theory | 10.1-2 | Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11 am) |
| M 1/29 | Non-degenerate perturbation theory | 10.3 (and skim 10.4) | HW4 Q1 & 2 due Fri 2/2 in class and Q3 & 4 due Wed 2/7 in class Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11:30 am) |
| W 1/31 | Non-degenerate perturbation theory | 10.3 (again) and 10.4 | Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11:30 am) |
| F 2/2 | Non-degenerate perturbation theory | 10.3 (again) and 10.4 (again) | Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11:30 am) |
| M 2/5 | Midterm exam (up to and including 1st order NDPT) | MT equation sheet Practice midterm exam |
HW5 due Wed 2/14 in class |
| W 2/7 | Degenerate perturbation theory | 10.5 | Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11:30 am) |
| F 2/9 | Stark effect in Hydrogen | 10.6 | Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11:30 am) |
| M 2/12 | Angular Momentum | 11.1-2 | HW6 due Wed 2/21 in class Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11:30 am) |
| W 2/14 | Angular momentum & hyperfine interaction | 11.3 |
Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11:30 am) |
| F 2/16 | Hyperfine interaction | Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11:30 am) | |
| M 2/19 | Hyperfine interaction & addition of angular momentum | 11.5 | Angular momentum summary HW7 due Wed 2/28 in class Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11:30 am) |
| W 2/21 | Addition of angular momentum | 11.6-7 | Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11:30 am) |
| F 2/23 | More addition of angular momentum | 12.1-12.2 | Reading Quiz (Canvas; complete before 11:30 am) |
| M 2/26 | Even more addition of angular momentum (but it's all about fine structure, too) | 12.2 | HW8 due Wed 3/7 in class |
| W 2/28 | Spin orbit coupling & fine structure | 12.2 | |
| F 3/2 | Zeeman effect | 12.3, 12.3.2.2 (strong field), lightly read 12.3.2.1 (weak field), [12.3.1 w/o spin is useful, NOT 12.3.2.3 interm. field, NOT 12.3.3 hyperfine] | |
| M 3/5 | Identical particles | 13.1-13.2 | HW9 due Wed 3/15 in class |
| W 3/7 | Identical particles | 13.2-13.3 | |
| F 3/9 | Identical particles | 13.2-13.3 | |
| M 3/12 | Time dependent perturbation theory |
14.1 | |
| W 3/14 | Harmonic perturbation | 14.2 | |
| F 3/16 | Radiation & Selection rules Review |
14.3, 14.4 | |
| Thursday 3/22 | Final exam, 9:30-11:30 am Venue: Weniger 116 |
Equation Sheet & Practice exam |
