Physics 521: Applications of QuantumMechanics

Fall semester 2009

Instructor:  Prof. Dmitri V. Khveshchenko

296 Phillips Hall, 962-7213, khvesh@physics.unc.edu      


Lectures
: W 16:00-17:15 PM, F 9:00-10:15 AM 277 Phillips 

Office hours:  W  15:00-16:00, F 10:15-11:15 AM, 296 Phillips

Outside these hours, call or e-mail to make an appointment.


Textbook
: D. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics


Homework assignments
:   once every 2 weeks   

Exams: 2 midterm tests and a comprehensive final. 


Course syllabus
:

Week

Lecture topic

Notes

 

Introduction

 

8/24

Ch.6:

Perturbation theory

 

8/31

Ch.6:

Perturbation theory

 

9/7

Ch.7:

Variational principle

 

9/14

Ch.7/8:

Variational/WKB

 

9/21

Ch.8:

WKB

 

9/28

Ch.6-8:

Problems to Chs.:6-8

Test 1 (tentatively)

 

Ch.9:

Time-dependent perturbation theory

 

 

 

Ch.9:

Time-dependent perturbation theory

 

 

 

 

Spring break

 

Ch.10:

Radiation theory

 

 

Ch.10:

Adiabatic approximation

 

 

Ch.11:

Adiabatic approximation

 

 

Ch.11:

Scattering

 

 

Ch.9-11:

Scattering

 

 

 

Ch.1-5:

More problems

Test 2      4/26