Physics 472 Syllabus

Aug. 22

Overview

Aug. 22, 24, 29

Schrödinger eq. + electromagnetic field: Meissner effect, Aharonov-Bohm effect, Landau levels

Aug. 31, Sept. 5

Quantum transport: resistance quantum, Quantum Hall effect

Sept. 7, 12

Review of Dirac bra-ket notation: state vectors, change of basis, completeness, operators

Sept. 14, 19

Addition of angular momentum

Sept. 21, 26, Oct. 3, 5, 10, 12, 17

Time-independent perturbation theory: application to the fine structure of Hydrogen

Sept. 27

Review Session (tentative)

Sept. 28

Midterm 1

Oct. 19, 24, 26, 31

Variational principle: applications to atoms and molecules

Nov. 7

Midterm 2

Nov. 2, 9

Semiclassical methods: WKB, Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization, etc.

Nov. 14

Time evolution: Schrödinger picture vs. Heisenberg picture

Nov. 16, 21

Time-dependent perturbation theory: Fermi's golden rule, two-level systems, Einstein's A & B coefficients

Nov. 28

Adiabatic approximation

Nov. 30, Dec. 5

Scattering in three dimensions

Tuesday, December 12, 8-10am

Final Exam

Prof. Charles Stafford, Department of Physics