| 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 |