QUANTUM  PHYSICS  130B
FALL 2008

Lecture WLH 2204, MWF 11:00-11:50 A.M.
Problem Session   HSS 1128A, Tu 5-6 P.M.  
Instructor James G. Branson
  MH 5571
  534-2978
  branson@ucsd.edu
Office Hour Th 2-3
Grader szchan@physics.ucsd.edu
Office Hours:  (make appointment by email)
Primary "Text" http://quantummechanics.ucsd.edu/ph130a/130_notes/130_notes.html
Recommended Text   Quantum Physics (Gasiorowicz any ed.) or Shankar
Grades Homework (due each Fri. in class)         30%
  Midterm (M Nov. 10)                          20%
  Final (Tue., Dec. 9,11:30)                    50%
Webpage  http://quantummechanics.ucsd.edu/ph130b   

 
Week  Topics Gasiorowicz Chap. 
(from 2nd ed.)
Shankar Chap. 
1 Review: Matrix Operators, State Vectors and Spin  14 14
2 Electrons in an Electromagnetic Field 13 14
3 Addition of Angular Momentum 15 15
4 Time Independent Perturbation Theory 16 17
5 Fine Structure in Hydrogen 17 17
6 Hyperfine Structure  17  
7 Helium Atom, Atomic Physics 18,19  
8 Molecules 20  
9 Time Dependent Perturbation Theory, 
Radiation in Atoms
21 18
 10  Radiation Theory  22  18