Physics 401 - Fall 2009 - Prof. Hall - M/W/F 10:00 to 10:50 am, W 11:00 to 11:50

Week

Date

Lecture Topics

Homework Due

1

31-Aug

No Class

2-Sep

Two slit experiment

4-Sep

complex numbers

2

7-Sep

Labor day - no class

9-Sep

Differential Eqs., Wave phenomena

1

11-Sep

Expectation values, Postulate 1

3

14-Sep

Postulates 2,3,4

16-Sep

General Soln to the TDSE, Fourier Sine Series

2

18-Sep

Stationary States, Particle in the box

4

21-Sep

Particle in the box

23-Sep

Free Particle, Fourier Transform

3

25-Sep

Free Particle

5

28-Sep

Catch-up/Review

30-Sep

Exam 1

2-Oct

Orthonormality for position and momentum

6

5-Oct

Bra and ket vectors

7-Oct

Dirac brackets

4

9-Oct

The position basis

7

12-Oct

Completeness of base states

14-Oct

The momentum basis

5

16-Oct

Wave mechanics & Dirac notation

8

19-Oct

Hermitian Operators

21-Oct

Uncertainty Principle

6

23-Oct

Harmonic Oscillator

9

26-Oct

Harmonic Oscillator

28-Oct

Harmonic Oscillator

7

30-Oct

Bound states in QM

10

2-Nov

Catch-up/Review + Take home Exam 2

4-Nov

Matrix Mechanics

turn-in Exam 2

6-Nov

Two State

11

9-Nov

Two State

11-Nov

Two State

8

13-Nov

Transformation of Bases

12

16-Nov

1D Scattering

18-Nov

1D Scattering

9

20-Nov

1D Scattering

13

23-Nov

Degenerate States

25-Nov

Degenerate States

10

27-Nov

Thanksgiving break

14

30-Nov

Angular Momentum

2-Dec

Angular Momentum

11

4-Dec

Angular Momentum

15

7-Dec

Angular Momentum

9-Dec

Angular Momentum

12

11-Dec

Catch-up/Review

16

19-Dec

Final Exam - 8:00 am - 10:00 am