Calendar
This calendar includes the course's lecture topics and recitation, quiz, and assignment dates.
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LECTURE/RECITATION |
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PROBLEM SET OUT |
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L1 |
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Introduction: Classical and Quantum Mechanics |
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L2 |
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Probability Amplitudes |
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3 |
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R1 |
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Recitation |
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L3 |
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Experimental Basis for Quantum Mechanics |
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L4 |
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Schrödinger Equation, Ehrenfest Theorem |
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R2 |
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Recitation |
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L5 |
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Eigenfunctions, Eigenvalues, Superposition |
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L7 |
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1-D Square Well Problems |
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L8 |
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Simple Harmonic Oscillator (End for Quiz 1) |
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R3 |
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Recitation |
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L9 |
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Raising and Lowering Operators |
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L10 |
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Classical States |
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Q1 |
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Quiz 1 |
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L11 |
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Quantum LC Circuit |
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L12 |
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WKB Approximation |
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L13 |
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Variational Method |
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L14 |
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Finite Basis Set Approximation |
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R4 |
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Recitation |
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L15 |
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Two-level Quantum System |
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L16 |
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Two-level System Coupled to a SHO |
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R5 |
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Recitation |
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L17 |
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Multi-dimensional Problems |
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L18 |
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Electromagentic Field Quantization |
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R6 |
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Recitation |
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L19 |
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Density of states |
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L20 |
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Fermi's Golden Rule |
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L21 |
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Basic Concepts of Statistical Mechanics |
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L22 |
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Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac Statistics |
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Q2 |
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Quiz 2 |
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L23 |
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Metals and Semiconductors |
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L24 |
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H-Atom I: Classical Physics |
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R7 |
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Recitation |
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L25 |
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H-Atom II: Quantum Problem |
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R8 |
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Recitation |
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L26 |
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Angular Momentum, Eigenfunctions |
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L27 |
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Applications of the H-Atom |
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R9 |
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Recitation |
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L28 |
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Atomic Helium |
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