Fall 2008
Physics 472/572: Quantum Theory II
Homework 5 (due 4pm Friday October 10): Griffiths 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5
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Review material from Physics 371
The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
Identical particles: fermions and bosons
Lecture notes
Lec 1: The Meissner effect
Lec 2: The Aharonov-Bohm effect
Lec 3: Landau levels and the normal Zeeman effect
Lec 4: Quantum transport
Lec 5: Bra-ket notation I
Lec 6: Bra-ket notation II
Lec 7: Addition of angular momentum I: 1/2+1/2
Lec 8: Addition of angular momentum II
Lec 9: Addition of angular momentum III
Lec 10: Time-independent perturbation theory
Lec 11: Applications of nondegenerate perturbation theory
Lec 12: Degenerate perturbation theory
Lec 13: Applications of perturbation theory I: Fine structure of Hydrogen
Lec 14: Applications of perturbation theory II: Zeeman effect
Lec 15: Variational principle
Lec 16: Ground state of Helium
Lec 17: Hydrogen molecular ion
Lec 18: WKB approximation
Lec 19: WKB, part 2
Lec 20: Time-dependent perturbations
Lec 21: Emission and absorption of radiation
Lec 22: Adiabatic approximation
Lec 23: Applications of the adiabatic approximation
Course information:
Physics 472
Physics 472H
Physics 572
