| PHYS 544 - ADVANCED QUANTUM MECHANICS II |
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| Semester: | Spring 2011 | |||
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| Instructor: | Cemal Yalabik | |||
| Office: | Room SA-228 | |||
| Office Hours: | Tuesdays | 12:40 - 13:30 catch me after class | Room SA-228 | |
| All other times | (if available - call 1316 to check) | Room EA-G11 | ||
| Assistant: | Ayse Yesil | Phone: 2149 | Room SA-203 | |
| Homework: | Policy | Assignments | ||
| Exams & Grading: | (You can prepare notes on a single sheet of paper to bring to the exam.) | |||
| First Exam | 25% | March 1 | 10:40 - 12:30 (SA-Z18) | |
| Second Exam | 25% | Apr. 19 | 10:40 - 12:30 (SA-Z18) | |
| Final Exam | 35% | May 20 | 15:30 - 17:30 (SA-Z18) | |
| Homework | 15% | |||
| Course Schedule: | ||||
| Tuesdays | 10:40 - 12:30 | Room SA-Z18 | ||
| Fridays | 9:40 - 10:30 | Room EB-103 | ||
| Make-up hour: | Fridays | 8:40 - 9:30 | Room EB-103 | |
| Textbook: | ||||
| Modern Quantum Mechanics by J. J. Sakurai | ||||
Homework for this week: There will be weekly homework assignments in this course. Homework is due on the Friday of the following week at 9:45, in class, before class starts.
You can view your grades through the Stars system.
| Week | Subject | Exam | Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics Time independent perturbation theory: The non-degenerate case Time independent perturbation theory: The degenerate case Applications Exam. Variational Methods.#1 | Time dependent potentials. Time dependent perturbation theory. Applications. Identical particles. Identical particles. Spring Recess Exam. Scattering theory.#2 Scattering theory. Partial waves. Applications. | |
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Some applets:
The MIT version of this course: