Physics 401 - Fall 2010 - Prof. Hall - M/W/F 10:00 to 10:50 am, W 11:00 to 11:50

Week

Date

Lecture Topics

Due in Class

1

30-Aug

Two slit experiment

1-Sep

Complex numbers, Diff. Eqs.

3-Sep

Wave phenomena, Expectation values

2

6-Sep

Labor day - no class

8-Sep

Postulates of QM

Homework 1

10-Sep

Postulates of QM

3

13-Sep

General Solution to the TDSE

15-Sep

Fourier Sine Series

Homework 2

17-Sep

Stationary States, Particle in the box

4

20-Sep

Particle in the box

22-Sep

Free Particle, Fourier Transform

Homework 3

24-Sep

Free Particle

5

27-Sep

Catch-up/Review & Take Home Exam #1

29-Sep

Orthonormality

Exam 1 due

1-Oct

Dirac notation

6

4-Oct

Dirac notation

6-Oct

Dirac brackets

Homework 4

8-Oct

The position basis

7

11-Oct

Completeness

13-Oct

The momentum basis

Homework 5

15-Oct

Wave mechanics & Dirac notation

8

18-Oct

Hermitian Operators

20-Oct

Uncertainty Principle

Homework 6

22-Oct

Harmonic Oscillator

9

25-Oct

Harmonic Oscillator

27-Oct

Harmonic Oscillator

Homework 7

29-Oct

Bound states

10

1-Nov

Catch-up/Review + Take home exam 2

3-Nov

Matrix Mechanics

Exam 2 due

5-Nov

Two State

11

8-Nov

Two State

10-Nov

Two State

Homework 8

12-Nov

Transformation of Bases

12

15-Nov

1D Scattering

17-Nov

1D Scattering

Homework 9

19-Nov

1D Scattering

13

22-Nov

1D Scattering

24-Nov

1D Scattering

Homework 10

26-Nov

Thanksgiving break

14

29-Nov

Angular Momentum

1-Dec

Angular Momentum

Homework 11

3-Dec

Angular Momentum

15

6-Dec

Angular Momentum

8-Dec

Angular Momentum

Homework 12

10-Dec

Catch-up/Review

16

18-Dec

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