URL: 

http://quantummechanics.ucsd.edu/ ph130a

Lecture:

MWF 12:00,    Cognitive Science 1

Discussion:

Wednesday 2:00-2:50,  Peterson 104  (Branson)
Thursday 12:30-1:20, Peterson 103 (Golf)

Instructor:

James G. Branson, MH3326, 534-2978, branson@ucsd.edu

Office Hours:

TA:

Frank Golf, fgolf@physics.ucsd.edu
Office Hours:  Tuesday 4-5 and Thursday 6-7, MH 2101 (Physics Tutorial Center)

Text:

Quantum Physics (Gasiorowicz 3rd edition)

Grading:

Homework 20% (due each Fri. in class) (Give excuses for late HW to TA)

2 Midterms 40% (5/3, 5/31 )

Final 40% (Friday 6/16 11:30)

Date

Topics

Gas. Ch.

April 3

Problems with Classical Physics
Wave Packets

1,2

April 10

Operators

3

April 17

Expectation Values, Commutators
Schoedinger Equation

3

April 24

Eigenfunctions and Vector Spaces
Particle in a Box

4

May 1

One Dimensional Potentials
(Test Wed. May 3)

5

May 8

More Fun With Operators
Operator Solution for the 1D HO

6,7

May 15

Two Particles in 3 Dimensions,Identical Particles
Separation of Variables in Cartesian Coordinates (Box, 3D HO)

9

May 22

Central Potentials
Angular Momentum

10

May 29

Radial Equation
(Test Wed. May 31)

11

June 5

Hydrogen

12