Overview
This is the second quarter of the three-quarter senior undergraduate/firt-year graduate level Quantum Mechanics course. We will continue where we left off last quarter with the study of atomic systems. We will study the theory of angular momentum, identical particles, atoms and molecules, and then we will then learn how to use perturbation theory to solve a variety of problems.
We will meet Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in room 309 Braunstein. We will be using Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J. Griffiths as our primary textbook. We will also be using material from The Quantum Mechanics Solver by Basdevant and Dalibard. Although attendance is not mandatory, a substantial part of the final grade is based on in-class presentations. Of course, you are responsible for all material presented in class, and for all changes to the schedule or plans which are announced in class.
My office is room 411 in the Geology/Physics Building. My office phone number is 556-0533. My home phone number is 533-4265. You are welcome to call me in my office at any time or at home between 8 AM and 10 PM. There are answering machines at both numbers if I do not answer the phone. My e-mail address is sokoloff@physics.uc.edu . I read e-mail frequently. You can make appointments with me or stop by my office at any time. I am often around evenings and weekends, and I am available to work with you at these times as well as during "usual" business hours.
The final letter grade for this course will be my best
estimation of your mastery of the material. I expect to base it on
in-class presentations,
weekly homework assignments, a mid-term examination,
and a final
examination.
The
examinations may include both in-class and take-home questions.
At the moment (January 19, 2007), my default plan is
to use the following:
| in-class presentations | 150 |
| weekly homework | 250 |
| mid-term examination | 150 |
| final examination | 250 |
| TOTAL | 800 |
Those students who wish to substitute a term project in place of graded homework should talk to me early in the quarter. If anyone wants to be evaluated differently, talk to me as early in the quarter as possible.
The exact schedule for lectures, exams, etc.,
will depend on how long it takes to cover the material, whether there are
any school closings due to inclement weather, etc.
I will try to keep the best-guess
schedule
up to date.
However, you are responsible for all changes announced in class.
The final examination is scheduled for Wednesday, March 14
from 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM.
Homework
Homework
will be due once a week.
In general, late homework will not be accepted.
Approximately four or five problems per week
will be selected randomly for grading, and each problem
will be graded on a scale from 0 to 10.
At the end of the quarter, there
will be at least 30 - 35 graded problems. I expect
to drop the lowest five scores in
computing your total homework score.
I encourage
you strongly to work with other students doing the assigned problems, and
to talk to me about how to do the problems.
However, you must write up your solutions individually.
The earlier you start your
assignments, the more you are likely to learn.
Please follow this
link to the assignment schedule.
last significantly modified January 19, 2007