| Date |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
| Jan.
26, 28 |
symmetry
(Sakurai, Ch. 4) |
symmetry |
| Feb. 2, 4 |
symmetry |
11.1 Time-independent perturbation theory |
| Feb.
9, 11 |
finish
11.1, Dirac equation |
12.1,2
Relativistic corrections |
| Feb.
16, 18 |
12.3,4
Relativistic corrections; review addn. of angular momentum |
14.1
Zeeman effect 14.2 Stark effect |
| Feb.
23, 25 |
Vops & Tops: vector & irreducible tensor operators, projection & Wigner-Eckart theorems |
examples; 13.1 Identical particles 13.2 Helium |
| Mar. 1, 3 |
11.2
Variational principle 13.5 Atomic structure |
|
| Mar. 8, 10 |
review |
Midterm
exam |
| spring
break |
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| Mar. 22, 24 |
13.
Multi-electron atoms |
15.1,2,3,4 Molecules |
| Mar.
29, 30 |
molecules;
interaction picture |
Time-dependent
perturbation theory |
| Apr.
5, 7 |
Time-dependent
phenomena |
Time-dependent
phenomena |
| Apr.
12, 14 |
Spontaneous
emission |
Trapping
and cooling of atoms (W.Phillips) |
| Apr. 19, 21 |
Magnetic dipole, electric quadrupole transitions; selection rules | Scattering theory |
| Apr.
26, 28 |
Born
approximation |
Partial
wave expansion |
| May
3, 5 |
Scattering theory |
Scattering theory |
| May
10 |
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| Monday May 16 |
Final exam 10:30am - 12:30 pm |