PHYSICS 5001 SYLLABUS – FALL 2016
Instructor:
Office:
Email:
Office Hours:
Lectures:
Tony Gherghetta
WBOB 130-9
tgher@umn.edu
See class webpage
MW 11:15-12:30 in PAN 110
TA: Andrew Miller (amiller@physics.umn.edu)
Class web page:
http://www.physics.umn.edu/classes
Textbook
The textbook for the course is “Principles of Quantum Mechanics” by R. Shankar, 2nd
edition, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press.
Other recommended texts that you may find useful:
“Quantum Mechanics”, F. Schwabl (electronic copy is available at www.lib.umn.edu).
“Modern Quantum Mechanics”, J.J. Sakurai.
“Quantum Mechanics: Non-relativistic Theory”, L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz.
Quizzes and Final Exam
There will be two in-class quizzes. The dates are October 5, 2016 and November
9, 2016.
The final exam is scheduled on Thursday, December 15, 2016, 10:00AM– 1:00PM
in a room to be announced.
Homework
Homework will be assigned each Tuesday and will be due the following Tuesday in your
Discussion Session. Working with other students on the homework is acceptable and
sometimes may be beneficial, provided you actively participate in the problem solving;
however each student must submit his/her own work.
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Grade determination
Your grade will be based on the quiz with the highest score (20%), the average score
of your graded homework problems (40%) and the final exam (40%).
Course Outline (Tentative)
Students will be expected to review the material in Chapters 1-3 of Shankar on their
own.
Week
1-2
3-5
6-7
8-9
10
11-12
13-15
Topic
Basic Principles; Postulates
Simple Problems in One Dimension; Classical Limit
Harmonic Oscillator
Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations
Systems of Identical Particles
Symmetries and Their Consequences
Rotational Invariance and Angular Momentum
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Chapter
4
5-6
7
9
10
11
12