|
Date |
|
Day |
Sec |
Topics |
| Aug |
19 |
W |
1.1 |
Intro/Stern-Gerlach Experiments |
| |
21 |
F |
1.2-1.3 |
Experiments and State Vectors |
| |
24 |
M |
1.4-1.5 |
Expectation Values |
| |
26 |
W |
2.1-2.2 |
Bra-Ket Representations and Operators |
| |
28 |
F |
2.2-2.3 |
Rotation and Projection Operators |
| |
31 |
M |
3.1-3.2 |
Angular Momentum Commutator |
|
2 |
W |
2.4-2.5 |
Matrix Representations |
| |
4 |
F |
2.6-2.7 |
Polarization and Spin of Photon |
| Sep
|
7 |
M |
|
Labor Day |
|
|
9 |
W |
|
Exam I (1-2) |
| |
11 |
F |
3.3 |
Angular Momentum Eigenstates |
|
14 |
M |
3.4-3.5 |
Raising and Lowering
Operators/Uncertainty |
| |
16 |
W |
3.6-3.7 |
Spin 1/2 and Spin 1 States |
| |
18 |
F |
4.1-4.2 |
Time Evolution - Hamiltonian |
| |
21 |
M |
4.3 |
Spin 1/2 Precession |
| |
23 |
W |
5.1-5.2 |
Two Spin 1/2 Particles/Hyperfine
Splitting |
| |
25 |
F |
5.3 |
Addition of Angular Momenta |
|
28 |
M |
5.4-5.8 |
EPR Paradox and Entanglement/Neutrino
Oscillations |
| |
30 |
W |
|
Exam II (3-5) |
| Oct |
2 |
F |
6.1-6.2 |
Position Eigenstates/Translation Operators |
|
5 |
M |
6.3-6.4 |
Translation Operator/Momentum Operator |
|
6 |
T |
|
2026 Nobel Prize in Physics Announcement
|
|
7 |
W |
6.5-6.6 |
Gaussian Wave Packet - Free Particle |
| |
8 |
R |
|
Fall Break |
| |
9 |
F |
|
Fall Break |
| |
12 |
M |
6.8 |
Finite Square Well |
| |
14 |
W |
6.9 |
Particle in a Box |
| |
16 |
F |
6.10 |
1D
Scattering I |
| |
19 |
M |
6.10 |
1D
Scattering II |
| |
21 |
W |
7.1-7.2 |
Harmonic Oscillator |
|
23 |
F |
7.3 |
Matrix Elements |
| |
26 |
M |
7.4-7.6 |
Wave Functions and Behavior |
| |
28 |
W |
7.7-7.8 |
Coherent States |
| |
30 |
F |
7.9 |
Solving HO Schrödinger Equation |
| Nov
|
2 |
M |
9.1-9.3 |
3D Wave Mechanics/ Exam III
- Take Home |
| |
4 |
W |
9.3-9.4 |
Conservation of Linear Momentum |
| |
6 |
F |
9.5-9.6 |
Conservation of Angular Momentum |
| |
9 |
M |
9.8 |
Spherical Coordinates |
| |
11 |
W |
9.9 |
Spherical Harmonics |
| |
13 |
F |
10.1 |
Radial Wave Function |
| |
16 |
M |
10.2 |
Coulomb Potential/Hydrogenic Wave functions |
|
18 |
W |
10.3-10.4 |
Deuteron and Nuclear Physics |
| |
20 |
F |
11.1 |
Nondegenerate Perturbation Theory |
| |
23 |
M |
11.2-11.3 |
Degenerate Perturbation Theory/Stark
Effect |
|
|
25 |
W |
|
Thanksgiving |
| |
26 |
R |
|
Thanksgiving |
| |
27 |
F |
|
Thanksgiving |
|
30 |
M |
11.5-11.7 |
Relativistic
Perturbations/Zeeman Effect |
| Dec |
2 |
W |
|
Epilogue |
|
|
3 |
R |
|
Reading Day |
|
Dec |
7 |
M |
|
Final 8:00-11:00 AM |