Physics171.

303:QuantumMechanicsI
FallSemester,2014
CourseSyllabus
Instructor: Prof.C.L.Chien
Office:
Bloomberg307
Tel:
4105168092
email:
clc@pha.jhu.edu
OfficeHours:Mondays,24PM,orbyappointment
TA:
LoganMaingi
Office:
Bloomberg465(Tentative)
Tel:
(410)5160461(Tentative)
email
lmaingi@pha.jhu.edu
OfficeHours:Tuesday46PM,orbyappointment
CourseWebsite:http://www.pha.jhu.edu/courses/171_303/
Overview: This course is the first semester of a twosemester course providing an
introduction of quantum mechanics, covering noncommuting observables, angular
momentum,twostatesystems,timeevolution,thewaveequationinonedimension,and
thesimpleharmonicoscillator.
Prerequisites: Physics171.202or309,Linearalgebraandcalculus 110.201202,or
permissionoftheinstructor.
Corequisites:Differentialequations110.302
ClassSchedule:
Lectures:
Mondays,Wednesdays,Fridays(9:009:50AM) Bloomberg274
Conference: Tuesdays
(1:302:20PM)
Bloomberg176
RequiredTextbooks:
1.JohnS.Townsend,AModernApproachtoQuantumMechanics,2ndEdition
(ISBN9781891389788).
2.DavidJ.Griffiths,IntroductiontoQuantumMechanics,2ndEdition,
(ISBN0131118927)
ThebookbyTownsendisthemaintextbook.However,somematerialsandhomework
problemswillbefromothersources.
Makeupclasses:
Occasionally,Ineedtobeoutoftown.Wellfindotherhoursformakeupclasses,orIll
asksomeonetotakemyclass.
Weneedtosettlethetimefortheotherhoursformakeupclasses.
emailaddresses:Wecommunicatemostlybyemailincludinghomeworkassignments.
Youneedtoregisterintheclasstoreceiveemail.

RequirementsandGrading:
Homework
Midtermexam
FinalExam

When
Weekly
Tuesday,October22,2014
SaturdayDecember13,2014

%ofgrade
25
25
50

Homework:Problemswillbeassignedfromtextbooksorothersources.
Homeworkwillbeassignedweeklyinclassorpostedontheweb.Youhaveaboutone
weektocompletebeforehandingtheminonTuesdaysinconference. Latehomework
generallywillnotbeaccepted.Solutionsetswillbeavailableinconferenceoronthe
courseswebsiteshortlythereaftertheduedate.
PolicyonCollaboration:Doingthehomeworkiscrucialtolearningthematerialinthis
class. Working together can be useful and productive, and hence is not forbidden,
providedthatallpartiesputinequalefforts. Itisstronglyrecommendedthatyounot
collaborateuntilyouhaveeachthoughtaboutandtriedthehomework.Outrightcopying
ofother'shomeworkisnotallowed.Ifyoudonotputthiseffortinonyourown,youwill
notlearnthematerial,anditwillbereadilyapparentontheexams.
The strength of the university depends on academic and personal
integrity. In this course, you must be honest and truthful. Ethical
violations include cheating on exams, plagiarism, reuse of
assignments, improper use of the Internet and electronic devices,
unauthorized collaboration, alteration of graded assignments,
forgery and falsification, lying, facilitating academic dishonesty, and
unfair competition.
Report any violations you witness to the instructor. You may consult
the associate dean of students and/or the chairman of the Ethics
Board beforehand. See the guide on Academic Ethics for
Undergraduates and the Ethics Board web site
(http://ethics.jhu.edu) for more information.

FluPrecaution:Donotcometoclassifyouhaveflusymptoms.

Physics171.303
QuantumMechanicsI(Fall2014)
(Chapters of Townsend,AModernApproachtoQuantumMechanics,2ndEdition)
ApproximateSchedule

Week
Dates
Reading
Topics
18/28,9/3,5
Chapter1
Introduction,SternGerlachExperiment
2

9/89/12

Chapter1,2

SternGerlachExperimentRotationoperator

9/159/19

Chapter2

Representation

9/229/26

Chapter3

Angularmomentum

9/2910/3

Chapter3

Spinproblem

10/610/10

Chapter4

Timeevolution

10/13,15,16

Chapter4

Timeevolutionof2statesystems

10/1719

FallBreak

10/2010/24

Chapter5

Twospinparticles

10/2710/31

Chapter5

Additionofangularmomentum

10

11/311/7

Chapter6

Wavemechanicsin1d

11

11/1011/14

Chapter6

Particleinabox,1dscattering

12

11/1711/21

Chapter7

1dharmonicoscillator

MidTermExam:October21(Tuesday),2014(Chapters14)

11/2411/30
13

12/112/5

14

12/612/9

15

12/1012/19

ThanksgivingHoliday
Chapter7

moreon1dharmonicoscillator
ReadingPeriod

FinalExam(12/13/2014,Saturday25PM)
(Chapters17)
3