This is the second in a 3 course sequence in quantum mechanics for undergraduates. It is a core course for 3rd semester BSc physics students
QM1 is a pre-requisite for this course
The course will meet from 9:10 to 10:25 am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the seminar hall at CMI.
Some text/reference books are listed here.
Roughly, the course will cover angular momentum, spin, charged particles in electric and magnetic fields, identical paticles, stationary perturbation theory, variational approximations, density matrices for pure and mixed ensembles, time reversal, semi-classical (WKB) approximations, time-dependent perturbative approximations and scattering in three dimensions.English translation of a lecture by Goudsmit on the discovery of electron spin
Some brief lecture notes are here.
Problem set 1 is due by the beginning of lecture on Wednesday 17 Aug
Problem set 2 was discussed in lecture
Problem set 3 is due by the beginning of lecture on Monday 5 Sept
Problem set 4 is due by the beginning of lecture on Monday 12 Sept
Problem set 5 is due by the beginning of lecture on Monday 19 Sept
Problem set 6 is due by 3pm Saturday 24 Sept
The mid-term exam is scheduled to be held from 1:30-4:30 pm on Friday 30 Sep 2011 in the seminar hall. Notes/books/discussions are not permitted. Answers must be written with a blue pen.
Problem set 7 is due by the beginning of lecture on Monday 10 October
Problem set 8 is due by the beginning of lecture on Monday 17 October
Problem set 9 is due by the beginning of lecture on Monday 24 October
Problem set 10 is due by the beginning of lecture on Monday 31 October
Problem set 11 is due by the beginning of lecture on Monday 7 November
Problem set 12 is due by the beginning of lecture on Monday 14 November
Problem set 13 is due by the beginning of lecture on Monday 21 November
The final exam is scheduled to be held from 1:30-4:30 pm on Friday 2 Dec 2011 in the seminar hall. Notes/books/discussions are not permitted. Answers must be written with a blue pen.