| Date |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
| Jan. 25 |
Time-independent perturbation theory (J, S11, L22) |
|
| Jan.30, Feb.1 |
Time-independent perturbation theory; addition of angular momentum | addition of angular momentum |
| Feb. 6,8 |
Tensor operators, Wigner-Eckart Thm (J, L19) |
Wigner-Eckart Thm, Stark effect (S14.2, L23) |
| Feb. 12, 14 |
Relativistic
corrections, a.k.a. fine structure
(S12,L24),
|njlm_j> basis |
Fine
structure, Lamb
shift, Hyperfine structure (S12,L26) |
| Feb. 20,22 |
Hyperfine structure
(S12,L26) |
Zeeman's experiment, Zeeman effect, (S14,L26,J,Nobel
Lectures) |
| Feb.27, Mar.1 |
Lamb shift experiment, Identical particles, helium (S13, L27-29) | excited states, exchange energy,
Multi-electron
atoms, Hund's
rules term symbols (S13.5, L32) |
| Mar. 6,8 |
Comparing e-e
repulsion potential to e-p attraction, effective
central potential, order of filling shells, filled shells,
periodic table, degenerate Fermi gas, Fermi momentum and
energy. S13.1,3,5; L31,32 |
Thomas-Fermi
model of atom (S13.4, L30); degenerate stars,
Chandrasekhar limit (class notes), Planck units
|
| Mar. 13,15 |
molecules: Born-Oppenheimer approximation, H_2+, H_2, variational methods, ortho & para hydrogen, vibration and rotational states (S15, L28.6,8) | Midterm exam |
| spring break |
||
| Mar. 27,29 |
Spin resonance (Jsupplement, L14) |
Time-dependent perturbation theory (S16.3, L33) |
| Apr. 3,5 |
photoelectric
effect (L34) |
quantum
electrodynamics (S16.4.1,2) |
| Apr. 10,12 |
spontaneous
emission, multipole expansion, selection rules
(S16.4, L41) |
multipole expansion, selection rules (cont'd) |
| Apr. 17,19 |
multipole expasion,
polarization
states;
scattering using Golden rule |
Scattering theory (S18,
L35) Born approximation |
| Apr. 24,26 |
Partial wave expansion | Partial wave expansion |
| May 1,3 |
low energy scattering |
Density matrix, entanglement (J, Preskill
notes) |
| May 8,10 |
reduced density matrix, Schmidt decomposition,
teleportation |
dense coding, quantum state
teleportation |
| Wednesday May 16 |
Final exam 10:30am - 12:30 pm |