APhy 450 Quantum Physics II

Spring 2016
Lectures: TuTh 10:15 - 11:35 p.m. at Physics 225
Instructor: Professor T. S. Kuan (Physics 212, 442-4489, tkuan@albany.edu)
Text: David Griffiths Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition, Pearson
Prentice Hall
Week of

Topics

Read

Jan. 18, 25

(1) Angular momentum

4.3

(#1) Feb. 4

Feb.

(2) Spin

4.4

(#2) Feb. 16

(3) Two-particle systems

5.1

(#3) Feb. 23

22

(4) Exchange forces

5.1.2

29

(5) Multiple-electron atoms

5.2

1, 8
8, 15

HW Dues

(#4) Mar. 1

(Thursday) 1st Exam (covers HW #1 #4)

(5) The periodic table and molecules

5.2.2

(#5) Mar. 22

21

(6) Electronic wave functions in solids

5.3

(#6) Mar. 29

28

(7) Time-independent perturbation theory

6.1, 6.2

Apr.

(7) Time-independent perturbation theory

6.2

(#7) Apr. 12

Apr.

(Thursday) 2nd Exam (covers HW #3 #6)

Mar.

May

11

(8) Degenerate perturbation theory

6.3

(#8) Apr. 19

18

(9) Variational principle

7.17.3

(#9) Apr. 26

25

(10) WKB approximation

8.1, 8.2

(#10) May 3

Date TBD

Reviews
Final Exam

All chapters covered in this course

No class on Mar. 15 and 17.

Attendance (10%), Homework (20%), 2 Exams (40%), Final Exam (30%)
Office hours: Tu., Wed. and Thu. 12:00 1:00 p.m.