| Date | Reading Assignment |
Topic | Assignment |
| 1/25 | 1-1.6,4.1 | Review of QM | |
| 1/27 | 4.2 | Hydrogen atom, angular momentum, spin | #0 |
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| 1/30 | 4.4 | Dirac equation, Pauli matrices, Stern-Gerlach | |
| 2/1 | 6.4 | (Strong) Zeeman effect, transition rules | |
| 2/3 | 4.3,4.4 | Addition of angular momenta, Clebsch-Gordan | #1 |
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| 2/6 | 4.3 | More on addition of angular momenta | |
| 2/8 | 6.3 | Fine-structure, spin-orbit interaction | |
| 2/10 | 6.1 | Perturbation theory: energy | #2 |
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| 2/13 | 6.1 | Perturbation theory: wavefunctions | |
| 2/15 | | Perturbation theory: examples | |
| 2/17 | 6.2 | Degenerate states in perturbation theory | #3 |
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| 2/20 | 6.5 | More spectroscopy and selection rules, hyperfine structure | |
| 2/22 | | Perturbation theory: examples | |
| 2/24 | 6.2 | Degenerate states in perturbation theory | #4 |
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| 2/27 | 4.x,6.x | REVIEW | |
| 3/1 | | MIDTERM #1 | |
| 3/3 | | POST-EXAM REVIEW | |
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| 3/6 | 5.1 | Identical particles | |
| 3/8 | 5.1 | Exchange forces | |
| 3/10 | 7.2 | He atom | |
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| 3/13 | 5.2 | Atoms, Hund's rules | |
| 3/15 | 5.3 | Free-electron gas, Fermi energy | |
| 3/17 | | Crystal lattices, Bloch wave, Brillouin zone | #5 |
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| 3/20 | | SPRING BREAK | |
| 3/22 | | SPRING BREAK | |
| 3/24 | | SPRING BREAK | |
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| 3/27 | 9.1 | Time-dependent perturbation theory | |
| 3/29 | 9.1 | Time-dep. pert. theory: example | |
| 3/31 | 9.1,9.2 | Time-dep. pert. theory: exact solution; Rabi flopping | #6 |
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| 4/3 | 5.x,9.x | REVIEW | |
| 4/5 | | MIDTERM #2 | |
| 4/7 | | POST-EXAM REVIEW | |
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| 4/10 | 9.2 | Incoherent perturbation | |
| 4/12 | 9.3 | Spontaneous emission | |
| 4/14 | 9.1 | Quantum statistical mechanics | |
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| 4/17 | 9.1 | Occupation distribution functions | |
| 4/19 | 9.2,9.3 | Photons in a box | |
| 4/21 | | Phonons | #7 |
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| 4/24 | | Superconductivity | |
| 4/26 | 8.1 | WKB approximation | |
| 4/28 | 8.2,8.3 | WKB connection formulae, tunnelling | #8 |
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| 5/1 | 11.1,11.2 | WKB example | |
| 5/3 | 11.2,11.3 | Aharonov-Bohm effect | |
| 5/5 | | Scattering, partial-wave expansion | #9 |
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| 5/8 | | Scattering example | |
| 5/10 | | REVIEW | |
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| 5/19 | | FINAL EXAM | |