November 18: Homework 8 is due Friday, November 21, at 4:00 pm. (Originally due Thursday, but moved due to make up classes in other courses.) Also, office hours for Wednesday afternoon, November 19, are canceled.
November 6: Homework 6 is due Friday, November 7, at 4:30 pm. (Originally due Thursday, but moved due to midterms in other courses.)
October 14: Homework 4 is due Friday, October 17, at 4 pm. (Originally due Thursday, but moved due to midterms in other courses.)
Course Instructor: Ed Groth, Jadwin 264, x8-4361, groth@princeton.edu.
Office Hours: Most afternoons - give a call before walking across campus! Almost surely Wednesday afternoons, 2:00-4:00 pm.
Teaching Assistant: Alex Dahlen, Jadwin 356, 617-872-4659, adahlen@princeton.edu.
Office Hours: Tuesday afternoons, 4:00-6:00 pm.
Course Manager: Laurel Lerner, 210 Jadwin, x8-4403, lerner@princeton.edu.
Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:20 pm, Jadwin A10.
Text: I will be drawing material for the lectures from a number of texts including F. Schwabl, Quantum Mechanics, Springer and P. J. E. Peebles, Quantum Mechanics, Princeton University Press. You're encouraged to get a copy of Schwabl as when I run out of time, I will point at the appropriate section of Schwabl for reading.
Homework: Assigned via the course web site on Thursday or Friday. Due the following Thursday in the department office (208) by 4:30pm, returned the next Thursday. 50% of grade. Collaboration encouraged (but not copying!). Late homework may receive only half or none of the grade depending on how late it is and how it fits into the grading schedule!
Midterm: None.
Final: 50% of grade.
The homework assignments will be available for downloading. They will be pdf documents.
| Week | Starting Date | Tentative Topics | ||
| Homework Assignments and Solutions | ||||
| 0 | 8-Sep-2008 | Introduction. | ||
| No homework assigned this week. | ||||
| 1 | 15-Sep-2008 | Why Quantum Mechanics? Structure of QM. | ||
| Due: 25-Sep-2008 | Homework 1 | Solutions | ||
| 2 | 22-Sep-2008 | Harmonic Oscillator. Schroedinger Equation. | ||
| Due: 2-Oct-2008 | Homework 2 | Solutions | ||
| 3 | 29=Sep-2008 | 1D Potentials. | ||
| Due: 9-Oct-2008 | Homework 3 | Solutions | ||
| 4 | 6-Oct-2008 | Wave Packets. Uncertainty Relations. | ||
| Due: 16-Oct-2008 | Homework 4 | Solutions | ||
| 5 | 13-Oct-2008 | Angular Momentum. | ||
| Due: 23-Oct-2008 | Homework 5 | Solutions | ||
| 6 | 20-Oct-2008 | Motion in Electromagnetic Fields. | ||
| Due: 6-Nov-2008 | Homework 6 | Solutions | ||
| 27-Oct-2008 | Midterm Break | |||
| 7 | 3-Nov-2008 | Central Potential. H atom. | ||
| Due: 13-Nov-2008 | Homework 7 | Solutions | ||
| 8 | 10-Nov-2008 | Spin. Addition of Angular Momentum. | ||
| Due: 20-Nov-2008 | Homework 8 | Solutions | ||
| 9 | 17-Nov-2008 | Time Independent Perturbation Theory. Fine Structure. | ||
| Due: ** 1-Dec-2008 ** | Homework 9 | Solutions | ||
| 10 | 24-Nov-2008 | Identical Particles. Atoms more complicated than H. | ||
| Due: 4-Dec-2008 | Homework 10 | Solutions | ||
| 11 | 1-Dec-2008 | Time Dependent Perturbation Theory. | ||
| Due: 11-Dec-2008 | Homework 11 | Solutions | ||
| 12 | 8-Dec-2008 | Scattering. | ||
| Due: ** 8-Jan-2009 ** | Homework 12 | Solutions | ||
| 14-Jan-2009 | Exam Period, Final Exam January 19, 2009, 1-4 pm. Room 303 Jadwin Hall. Final and Solutions |
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