PHYSICS 523



PHYSICS 523, Quantum Mechanics I
Fall, 2009

  • course syllabus

  • problem set #1 (due in class Friday, Sept. 4)
  • problem set #2 (due in class Wednesday, Sept. 16)
  • problem set #3 (due in class Wednesday, Sept. 30)
  • problem set #4 (due in class Wednesday, Oct. 14)
  • problem set #5 (due in class Wednesday, Oct. 21)
  • problem set #6 (due in class Wednesday, Nov. 11.
  • problem set #7 (due in class Monday, Nov. 30.) Note (11/23): typo corrected in problem #1(b), and problem #3(b) updated slightly for clarity.

    Solutions to problem sets and exams will be posted here when available (password protected).

    List of errata to Abers' book.

    Values of physical constants (from Particle Data Group website).

    Table of Clebsch-Gordon Coefficients (from Particle Data Group website).

    Link to a nice on-line book:

    Notes by Jeff Greensite (San Francisco State University).

    For a very helpful treatment of vector identities with the gradient, curl, and divergence, see: The Feynman lectures, Volume II, pages 2-6 to 2-12, and, especially, 27-3 to 27-5.