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Physics 410 - Fall 2005 Timeline

Rough timeline - recommended sections to read are in [brackets]

Week 1: 31st Aug, 2nd Sep: Lecture Notes: [ lecture01.ps, lecture01.pdf, lecture02.ps, lecture02.pdf ]
History of QM, motivation (modern physics), concept of wavefunction, probability [1.1, 1.2]

Week 2: 7th, 9th Sep: Lecture Notes: [lecture03.ps, lecture03.pdf, lecture04.ps, lecture04.pdf]
Probability density, expectation values, position operator x, Gaussian integrals, complex numbers and normalisation [1.3, 1.4].

Week 3: 12th, 14th, 16th Sep: Lecture Notes: [lecture05.ps, lecture05.pdf, lecture06.ps, lecture06.pdf, lecture07.ps, lecture07.pdf]
Operators: momentum, more general, uncertainty principle [1.5, 1.6]. Start on 1-D Schroedinger eqn [1.1,2.1]

Week 4: 19th, 21st, 23rd Sep: Lecture Notes: [lecture08.ps, lecture08.pdf, lecture09.ps, lecture09.pdf, lecture10.ps, lecture10.pdf,]
1-D Schroedinger eqn, Infinite square well [2.1, 2.2], Harmonic Oscillator [2.3, 2.3.2]

Week 5: 26th, 28th, 30th Sep : Lecture Notes: [lecture11.ps, lecture11.pdf, lecture12.ps, lecture12.pdf, lecture13.ps, lecture13.pdf,]
Harmonic oscillator method II [2.3.1], The 1-D free particle [2.4], Scattering vs Bound states [2.5.1], Delta function (covered as part of homework) [2.5.2 / 2.5.3].

Week 6: 3rd, 5th, 7th Oct: Lecture Notes: [lecture14.ps, lecture14.pdf, lecture15.ps, lecture15.pdf, lecture16.ps, lecture16.pdf]
Finite square well [2.6], superposition of states

Week 7: 10th, 12th, 14th Oct: Lecture Notes: [lecturetest01.ps, lecturetest01.pdf, lecture18.ps, lecture18.pdf]
Review of 1-D Schroedinger equation, Test #1, start reading matrix mechanics [3.X, appendix]

Week 8: 17th, 19th, 21st Oct: Lecture Notes: [lecture19.ps, lecture19.pdf, lecture20.ps, lecture20.pdf, lecture21.ps, lecture21.pdf]
Matrix eigenvalue equations (in 2-D), Linear Algebra [appendix]

Week 9: 24th, 26th, 28th Oct: Lecture Notes: [lecture22.ps, lecture22.pdf, lecture23.ps, lecture23.pdf, lecture24.ps, lecture24.pdf]
Function spaces, Observables, generalised stat. interpretation [3.1, 3.2, 3.4],

Week 10: 31st Oct, 2nd, 4th Nov: Lecture Notes: [lecture25.ps, lecture25.pdf, lecture26.ps, lecture26.pdf, lecture27.ps, lecture27.pdf]
Schroedinger equation 3-D [4.1], Spherical Harmonics [4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3]

Week 11: 7th, 9th, 11th Nov: Lecture Notes: [lecture28.ps, lecture28.pdf, lecture29.ps, lecture29.pdf]
Spherical square well [4.1.3], Coulomb potential, hydrogen atom [4.2], Review matrix mechanics / 3-D SE

Week 12: 14th, 16th, 18th Nov: [Johnson1, Johnson2]
Test2, angular momentum [4.3] and begin Spin [4.4]..

Week 13: 21st, 23rd Nov: [Johnson3, lecture33.ps, lecture33.pdf]
Spin including examples (especially Stern-Gerlach) [4.4].

Week 14: 28th, 30th Nov, 2nd Dec:
[lecture34.ps, lecture34.pdf, lecture35.ps, lecture35.pdf, lecture36.ps, lecture36.pdf]
Spin (contd.), addition of angular momentum [4.4.3], Atomic structure-He [5.2.1] and others [5.2.2], variational principle [7.1] and application to Helium [7.2]

Week 15: 5th, 7th, 9th Dec:
[lecture37.ps, lecture37.pdf, lecture38.ps, lecture38.pdf, lecture39.ps, lecture39.pdf]
Time-independent (non-degen) Perturbation Theory [6.1], 3-D free particle 5.3.1, Applications to solids 5.3

Week 16: 12th Dec:
Exam review...

Week 17: 21st Dec:
Final exam