Physics 6320/7320

QUANTUM MECHANICS I

D. G. Ellis, Fall Semester 2009

 Office: MH4027A

Phone: 419 530 4634

Email: David.Ellis@utoledo.edu

Office Hours:  MWF 10:00-12:00

Course Description
Book list

Problem Set #5 ** Due Monday 23 November

Working Draft Outline

Problem Set #1
Problem Set #2
Problem Set #3
Problem Set #4

Part I: Fundamentals

Introduction
Linear Vector Spaces
Quantum Principles
Probability Amplitudes
Time Dependence
Continuous Bases
Three pictures for time dependence
Schrödinger Equation
The Square Well
Appendix: Elementary Solutions
Wave Packets
Free Particle Propagator
SHO I: Operators and Spectrum
SHO II: Properties of the Eigenstates
SHO III: Wavefunctions
SHO IV: Examples

Part II: Three Dimensions

Angular Momentum I
Angular Momentum II
Central Potentials
Isotropic Oscillator
The Two-body Problem
Non-relativistic Hydrogen
Hydrogen: Spin and Parity

Part III: Perturbation Theory

Nondegenerate Perturbation Theory