| Class | Topic | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Wed Aug 27 | History of QM | Read Appendix K on complex numbers. |
| Fri Aug 29 | Nature of photons, photoelectric effect | Sect 3.4, p80; Sect 3.2, p75-78 |
| Mon Sept 1 | Holiday | |
| Wed Sept 3 | Compton effect | Sect 3.4, p81-82 |
| Fri Sept 5 | Correspondence principle, light as particles | Sect 3.4, p83; Sect 3.6, p88-89 |
| Mon Sept 8 | Matter waves, Bragg diffraction | Sect 4.1, p97-102, Sect. 4.2, p102-104, 107-108 |
| Wed Sept 10 | Schrodinger Equation I | Sect 4.3, p110-112; Sect 5.1, p142; Sect 5.8, p169 |
| Fri Sept 12 | Schrodinger Equation II | Sect 4.4, p113-115; Sect 5.3, p145-146; Sect 5.8, p170-172 |
| Mon Sept 15 | Uncertainty principle I | Sect 5.8, p173; Appendix J |
| Wed Sept 17 | Uncertainty principle II | Sect 4.4, p118-120 |
| Fri Sept 19 | Eigenvalues and eigenstates | Sect 5.11, p180-181; Sect 5.9, p176-177 |
| Mon Sept 22 | Stationary states | Sect 5.2, p143-145 |
| Wed Sept 24 | Bound states: the infinite well | Sect 5.4+5.5, p147-150 |
| Fri Sept 26 | The infinite well, continued | Sect 5.5, p151-154 |
| Mon Sept 29 | Bound states: the finite well | Sect 5.6, p158-161 (NB: lecture uses different conventions from book) |
| Wed Oct 1 | The finite well, continued | Sect 5.6, p161-164 |
| Fri Oct 3 | Bound states: the harmonic oscillator | Sect 5.7, p164-167 |
| Mon Oct 6 | Fourier Transforms | Sect 4.7, p124-127 |
| Wed Oct 8 | Gaussian wavepacket | Sect 4.7, p127-130 |
| Fri Oct 10 | ΔEΔt; pre-Midterm Q&A | Sect 4.7, p130-131 |
| Mon Oct 13 | Midterm Exam | |
| Wed Oct 15 | Midterm post-mortem | |
| Fri Oct 17 | Fall Break | |
| Mon Oct 20 | Essentials of Quantum Mechanics | Prof. Alford's notes |
| Wed Oct 22 | Scattering by a low 1D step, I | Sect 6.1, p 195-198 |
| Fri Oct 24 | Scattering by a low 1D step, II | Sect 6.1, p 198-200 |
| Mon Oct 27 | Reflection off a high 1D step | Sect 6.1, p 200-202 |
| Wed Oct 29 | Scattering by a low 1D barrier | Sect 6.2, p 200-204 |
| Fri Oct 31 | Tunnelling through a high 1D barrier | Sect 6.2, p 204-207 |
| Mon Nov 3 | Tunnelling examples | Sect 6.3, p 207-209, 212-213 |
| Wed Nov 5 | Wavepackets/wavegroups, I | Sect 6.4, p 213-217 |
| Fri Nov 7 | Wavepackets/wavegroups, II | Sect 6.4, p 217-220 |
| Mon Nov 10 | Quantum mechanics in 3D | Sect 7.1, p 231-233 |
| Wed Nov 12 | The 3D infinite well | Sect 7.2, p 233-238 |
| Fri Nov 14 | Hydrogen atom spectrum | Sect 7.3, p 238-244 |
| Mon Nov 17 | Central forces I | Sect 7.4, p 245-247 |
| Wed Nov 19 | Central forces II | Sect 7.4, p 245-247 |
| Fri Nov 21 | Angular momentum | Sect 7.5, p 248-257 |
| Mon Nov 24 | Hydrogen atom, radial eigenstates | Sect 7.6, p 257-262 |
| Wed Nov 26 | Holiday | |
| Fri Nov 28 | Holiday | |
| Mon Dec 1 | Radial probability distribution | Sect 7.7, p 262-266 |
| Wed Dec 3 | Zeeman effect I | Sec 8.1, p 289-290, and handout |
| Fri Dec 5 | Zeeman effect II | handout |
| Mon Dec 8 | Mysteries of quantum mechanics | (not in book) |