Physics 594 -- Autumn, 2009

Quantum Mechanics

DON'T PANIC

NEWS

Second Exam - Friday, November 20
Sample question for the 2nd exam

HW#7 solutions

Notes on Infinite Square Well

7th homework assignment posted below - Note Thursday due date

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Contents

• Instructors & office hours
• General info
• Homework Problem Sets
• Exams -- schedule
• Selected Lecture Notes
• Mathematica Notebooks
• Some links of interest

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Instructor:

Prof. Robert Perry

M2056 Physics Research Building

perry.6@osu.edu

397-1031 (work cell phone)

Prof. Perry's Office Hours

Tuesday 10:30-11:30 in Smith 1094

schedule meetings by email, by phone or in class

Grader:

Mr. Kaikai Zhang

zhang.704@osu.edu

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General Information about Physics 594

Course Info Sheet

Course title:

Quantum Mechanics

Text:

Modern Physics, by Kenneth Krane (Wiley, 2nd edition)

Topics to be covered:

Postulates of quantum mechanics
Dirac notation and linear algebra
Spin-1/2 systems
Particle nature of light - photons
Wave nature of particles - wave mechanics
The Bohr model and atomic physics
Exclusion principle and molecular physics
Modern physics topics to be determined

Meeting Schedule:

Four days each week, MWRF 10:30-11:18 in Smith 1094

0th order Grade Weighting:

Homework [20%]

Two midterms [2x20%] and the final [40%]

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Problem Sets

Homework is due in class on Wednesday.
Late homework turned in Thursday: 25% off.
Graded homework returned the next week in class, solutions posted here.

• Hwk #1 (due Fri Oct 2) - assignment solutions
  
• Hwk #2 (due Wed Oct 7) - assignment solutions
• Hwk #3 (due Wed Oct 14) - Chapter 3: 4a, 4d, 7, 19, 20, 26 solutions
• Hwk #4 (due Wed Oct 21) - Chapter 4: 1, 3, 8, 14, 18, 22 solutions
• Hwk #5 (due Wed Oct 28) - Chapter 5: 4, 5, 8, 11, 14, 19 (lowest 6 levels only) solutions
• Hwk #6 (due Wed Nov 4) - Ch. 5: 22, 23, 24; Ch. 6: 7, 16, 33 solutions
• Hwk #7 (due Thur Nov 12) - Ch. 7: 2, 13, 17; Ch. 8: 1, 2 solutions

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Examinations

All exams in Smith 1094. Notes will be provided.

• First exam: Friday, October 23, in class
  First exam
  First exam notes
  First exam solutionss
• Second exam: Friday, November 20, in class
• Final exam: Wednesday, December 9, 9:30-11:18am

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Selected Lecture Notes

• Notes on Spin
• Solution to in-class quiz

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Mathematica Notebooks

• Notebook on Infinite Square Well states

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Some links of interest

• Quantum Rotator
• Variety of sample quantum applets
• Furnstahl's Mathematica Resources
  
  
• Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
• A history of quantum mechanics
• Measurement in quantum mechanics
• Many-Worlds quantum mechanics interpretation
  
  
• 't Hooft's "The Future of Quantum Mechanics
• Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia on quantum mechanics
• John Preskill's Quantum Computation course homepage
  
  
• The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Physics Nobel Laureates
• Nobel Prize Internet Archive
• JOBS IN PHYSICS
  
  
• Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
• Eric Weisstein's World of Science

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Your comments and suggestions are appreciated.

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Physics 594. Created 25-September-2009. Last modified 25-September-2009.

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