QUANTUM MECHANICS I
COURSE WEB SITE: http://www.physics.udel.edu/~msafrono/424-2008.html
Syllabus: 424 - 2008
Office hours: Thursday
214 Sharp Lab
Note: all quizzes are on Thursdays
Week 1 February 12, 14 General course information
The
Schrödinger equation, Wave function,
Measurement, Probability.
Normalization
of the wave function,
Expectation
values,
Exercise
1
Homework # 1 (due February 21)
Week 2 February 19, 21 Momentum, Uncertainty Principle, Exercise 2
Stationary
states
The
infinite square well
Homework # 2 (due February 28)
Quiz
#1
Week 3 February 26, 28 The infinite square well contd., Exercise 3,
Superposition
of states
The
harmonic oscillator (algebraic method),
Homework # 3 (due March 6)
Quiz #2
Week 4 March 4, 6 The harmonic
oscillator (analytic method),
Exercise
4
The
harmonic oscillator (review)
Homework # 4 (due March 13)
Quiz #3
Week 5 March 11, 13 The free particle
The
delta-function potential
No Homework,
No quiz
Week 6 March 18 Problem solving
March 20 Midterm (Homeworks 1- 4).
Instructor will be out of town this week – no office hours.
Graded exams will be
returned on March 27.
Week 7 March 25, 27 The
delta-function potential contd.
Review of
the midterm
The finite square well
Homework
# 5 (due April 10)
No quiz
Spring Break
Week 8 April 8, 10 Formalism
Homework
# 6 (due April 17)
Quiz #4
Week 9 April 15, 17 Formalism contd.
Schrödinger
equation in spherical coordinates
Homework
# 7 (due April 24)
Quiz #5
Week 10 April 22, 24 The hydrogen
atom
Homework
# 8 (due May 1)
Quiz
#6
Week 11 April 29, May 1 Angular momentum
Homework
# 9 (due May 8)
Quiz #7
Week 12 May 6, 8 Spin,
Addition of angular momenta
Homework
# 10 (due May 15)
Quiz
#8
Week 12 May 13, 15 Two-particle systems
No
homework, no quiz
Week 13 May 20 Review