PHYSICS 453 – Intermediate Quantum Mechanics
Information Sheet – Fall 2003
MWF 11-12, 335 West Hall
Prof. Keith Riles, 372 West Hall, 764-4652, kriles@umich.edu
Office Hours: Mon 2:30-3:30; Tues 10:30-11:30, 2:30-3:30 (or by appointment)
Required text: D.J. Griffiths Introduction to Quantum Mechanics .
Recommended texts on reserve:
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S. Gasiorowicz, Quantum Physics ;
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R. Eisberg & R. Resnick, Quant. Phys. of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, & Particles .
Course web site: http://tenaya.physics.lsa.umich.edu/
∼ keithr/p453/
Week Lectures Lecture Dates
11
12
13
14
15
7
8
9
10
5
6
3
4
1
2
1,2
3,4,5
6,7,8
9,10,11
Sep 15,17,19
Sep 22,24,26
2
2
12,13,14 Sep 29; Oct 1,3 2-3
15 1 ,16,17 Oct 6,8,10 3
18,19
20,21,22
23,24,25
26,27,28
29,30,31
Sep 3, 5
Sep 8,10,12
Oct 15,17
Oct 20,22,24
Oct 27,29,31
Nov 3,5,7
Nov 10,12,14
32,33,34 Nov 17,19,21
35 2 ,36
37,38,39
40,41
Nov 24,26
Dec 1,3,5
Dec 8,10
Chaps.
1-2
6
6
4-5
5-6
6
4
4
3
3-4
Topics (approximate)
Introduction (Why we need QM)
Probability, Wave Functions, Uncert. Principle
Solving the Schr¨odinger Equation (1-Dim)
Harmonic Oscillator Potential (1-Dim)
Other 1-Dim Potentials, Wave Packets
Linear Algebra / Matrix Operators
Hilbert Space, Non-commuting Operators
Solving the Schr¨odinger Equation (3-Dim)
Hydrogen Atom
Orbital Angular Momentum
Intrinsic Spin
Identical Particles (Fermions vs Bœ osons)
Time-Independent Perturbation Theory
Fine Structure of Hydrogen
Zeeman Effect, Review for Final Exam
1 Exam 1 in class Monday October 6 covering chapters 1-2.
2 Exam 2 in class Monday November 24 covering chapters 1-4.
Final Exam: Tuesday December 16 1:30 - 3:30 p.m covering chapters 1-6.
Grading: 30% Homework; 20% Exam 1; 20% Exam 2; 30% Final Exam
There will be 14 homework assignments, due at the start of each Wednesday lecture, beginning September 10.
Assigned homework problems will be posted on the course web site at least one week before their due dates. Solutions will be posted on the web site after each Wednesday lecture.
Both problem assignments and solutions will be posted in pdf (portable document format) files, a standard format recognized by computers at campus computing sites. Free software can be downloaded to home computers to read and print pdf files.
Because solutions will be posted immediately, late homework will not be accepted.