| Lecture | WLH 2206, MWF 9:00-9:50 A.M. |
| Problem Session | York 4450, M 4:00-4:50 |
| Instructor | James G. Branson |
| MH 3326 | |
| 534-2978 | |
| branson@ucsd.edu | |
| Office Hour | T 2-3 |
| TA | Zhoushen Huang MH 2101/2106 822- zhohuang@physics.ucsd.edu Office Hours: M 11:30-12:30 Tutor Hours: Th 6-8 |
| Text | Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Sakurai) |
| Grades | Homework (due Wed. in class)
20% In-class Exam (Feb. 8) 25% Takehome Exam 1 25% Takehome Exam 2 (Final) 30% |
| Webpage | http://quantummechanics.ucsd.edu/ph130c |
| Week | Text Chapter | Topics |
| 1 |
Gasciorowicz 16 Gasciorowicz 10 Gasciorowicz 12 Gasciorowicz 15 Gasciorowicz 17 |
Electrons in an Electromagnetic Field Addition of Angular Momentum Fine Sturcture in Hydrogen Time Dependent Perturbation Theory Radiation in Atoms |
| 4 |
Sakurai 1 |
Covariant equations Classical Field Theory Maxwell Field |
| 6 |
Sakurai 2 |
Scattering of photons Electron self energy Lamb shift |
| 8 |
Sakurai 3 |
Dirac Equation Simple solutions Dirac Operators Negative Energy Solutions Hydrogen Hole Theory Quantization of Dirac Field |