Quantum Physics I

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
L1	Introduction to Superposition
L2	Experimental Facts of Life
L3	The Wave Function	Problem Set 1 Due
L4	Expectations, Momentum, and Uncertainty
L5	Operators and the Schrödinger Equation	Problem Set 2 Due
L6	Time Evolution and the Schrödinger Equation	Problem Set 3 Due
L7	More on Energy Eigenstates
L8	Quantum Harmonic Oscillator	Problem Set 4 Due
L9	Operator Methods for the Harmonic Oscillator
L10	Clicker Bonanza and Dirac Notation	Problem Set 5 Due
E1	Exam 1
L11	Dispersion of the Gaussian and the Finite Well
L12	The Dirac Well and Scattering off the Finite Step
L13	More on Scattering	Problem Set 6 Due
L14	Resonance and the S-Matrix
L15	Eigenstates of the Angular Momentum Part 1	Problem Set 7 Due
L16	Eigenstates of the Angular Momentum Part 2
E2	Exam 2	Problem Set 8 Due
L17	More on Central Potentials
L18	“Hydrogen” and its Discontents
L19	Identical Particles
L20	Periodic Lattices Part 1	Problem Set 9 Due
L21	Periodic Lattices Part 2
L22	Metals, Insulators, and Semiconductors	Problem Set 10 Due
L23	More on Spin
L24	Entanglement: QComputing, EPR, and Bell’s Theorem
E3	Final Exam