PHYS 4708 course web page
Winter 2015
Physics
4708 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics II
- Professor: Heather Logan
- Date: Mondays and Wednesdays
(first class Monday January 5, 2015; last class Wednesday April 8, 2015)
- Time: 4:05 - 5:25 p.m.
- Location: University Centre 280
- Professor's office: Herzberg 2450
- Office hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 1-2 p.m., or by
appointment (arrange by email)
- Email: logan at physics dot carleton dot ca
- Telephone: 613-520-2600 extension 4319
- Course textbook: Quantum Physics, Stephen Gasiorowicz,
Wiley (3rd edition), 2003 ISBN: 0-471-05700-2
Note that there is supplementary material for the text at Wiley's student
companion site (no password needed),
http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=0471057002&bcsId=1533
Available at the Campus Bookstore ($226.50 new / $170 used) and Haven
Books ($193.29 new).
- Prerequisite: PHYS 4707
The course outline is here [pdf]
Announcements
- Office hours will be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 1-2 p.m., or by
appointment (please arrange by email), starting on Monday January 12.
- Please review the midterm exam questions
and make sure that you can do them all. Ask me questions as needed.
- Office hours on Wednesday April 8 will be 1-2pm as usual.
- Here is the formula sheet
that will be provided with the final exam.
- Office hours during exam period:
- Friday April 10, 10-11 a.m.
- Monday April 13, 1-2 p.m.
- Wednesday April 15, 1-2 p.m.
Assignments
- Homework assignments will be posted here as pdf files.
They will also be handed out in class on paper.
- Homework #1,
assigned Wed Jan 7, due Mon Jan 19, 2015. (class average = 89.4%)
- Homework #2,
assigned Mon Jan 19, due Wed Jan 28, 2015. (class average = 73.1%)
- Homework #3,
assigned Wed Jan 28, due Mon Feb 9, 2015. (class average = 85.3%)
- Midterm exam,
Wed Feb 11, 2015. (class average = 71.9%)
- Homework #4,
assigned Wed Feb 11, due Wed Feb 25, 2015. (class average = 71.2%)
- Homework #5,
assigned Wed Feb 25, due Wed Mar 4, 2015. (class average = 82.8%)
- Homework #6,
assigned Wed Mar 4, due Mon Mar 16, 2015. (class average = 93.1%)
- Homework #7,
assigned Mon Mar 16, due Wed Mar 25, 2015. (class average = 90.9%)
- Homework #8,
assigned Wed Mar 25, due date extended to Wed Apr 8, 2015, by 5pm
at my office. (class average = 83.1%)
Calendar
- Monday Jan 5
- First lecture, 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
(Note of course that the class starts at 4:05 p.m. and ends at
5:25 p.m., but I'll say 4-5:30 because it's easier for me to
remember.)
Course outline (pdf) will be
distributed.
Choosing office hours: Please go
to this Doodle poll
between now and noon on Wednesday January 7 and enter the days/times
that would work with your schedule. I will pick two hours during the
week for regular office hours and announce them on this webpage and in
class on January 7. Of course you can also see me at other times by
appointment (please arrange using email).
Read for this lecture: from Gasiorowicz 3rd edition:
- Chapter 7 Sec. 1-2
- Chapter 10 Sec. 4-5
- Also review Chapter 7 Sec. 3-4 and Chapter 10 Sec. 1
- Weds Jan 7
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Any parts of Chapters 7 and 10 that you haven't read yet
- Supplement 10-A
For another take on this material, you can take a look at:
Griffiths Quantum Mechanics textbook, Chapter 4 Sec. 3-4
Homework #1 (pdf) will be
distributed, and is due at the start of class on Mon Jan 19.
A table
of Clebsch-Gordan coefficients was distributed (click to download pdf).
- Mon Jan 12
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 11 section 1 (start)
- Wed Jan 14
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Continue digesting Chapter 11 section 1
- Mon Jan 19
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Homework #1 due at the start of class.
Homework #2 (pdf) will be distributed,
and is due at the start of class on Wed Jan 28.
Read for this lecture:
- The rest of Chapter 11 of Gasiorowicz (i.e., sections 2 and 3)
- Wed Jan 21
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 12 Sections 1 and 2
- Mon Jan 26
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- the rest of Chapter 12 (focus on Section 3)
- Wed Jan 28
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Homework #2 due at the start of class.
Homework #3 (pdf) will be distributed,
and is due at the beginning of class on Monday February 9.
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 13 sections 1 and 2.
- Mon Feb 2
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 13 sections 3, 4, and 5.
- Wed Feb 4
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 13 section 6.
- Mon Feb 9
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Guest lecture by Dr. Ken Moats on the variational principle
and its application in particle physics research
Homework #3 due at the start of class.
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 14 section 4
- Wed Feb 11
-
Midterm exam 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Homework #4 (pdf) will be distributed,
and is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday February 25.
- Mon Feb 23
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 15 sections 1 and 2
- Wed Feb 25
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Homework #4 due at the start of class.
Homework #5 (pdf) will be distributed,
and is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday March 4.
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 15 section 3
- Mon Mar 2
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 16 sections 1 and 2
- Wed Mar 4
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Homework #5 due at the start of class.
Homework #6 (pdf) will be distributed,
and is due at the beginning of class on Monday March 16.
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 16 sections 3 and 4
- Supplement 16-A from the
textbook website
- Mon Mar 9
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 17 section 1
- Wed Mar 11
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 17 sections 2 and 3
- Mon Mar 16
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Homework #6 due at the start of class.
Homework #7 (pdf) will be distributed,
and is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday March 25.
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 17 section 4
- Wed Mar 18
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 8 section 4
- Chapter 19 section 1
- Mon Mar 23
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 19 section 1 continued
- Wed Mar 25
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Homework #7 due at the start of class.
Homework #8 (pdf) will be distributed,
and is due at the beginning of class on Monday April 6.
Read for this lecture:
- Supplement 8-B from the
textbook website
- Chapter 19 section 2
- Mon Mar 30
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 19 section 3
- Wed Apr 1
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280
Choosing office hours during exam period: please fill out
this Doodle poll
before 3:30 p.m. today. Office hours will be announced in class
today.
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 19 section 3 continued
- Chapter 19 section 4
- Chapter 19 section 2, last subsection on spin-dependent scattering
- Mon Apr 6
-
Lecture 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Uni Centre 280 (last lecture)
Read for this lecture:
- Chapter 19 section 5
- Wed Apr 8
-
(No class; the day will follow a Friday schedule to make up for the
Friday holiday last week.)
Homework #8 due by 5:00 p.m. at my office.