8.04 | Spring 2013 | Undergraduate

Quantum Physics I

Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
L1 Introduction to Superposition  
L2 Experimental Facts of Life  
L3 The Wave Function Problem Set 1 Due
L4 Expectations, Momentum, and Uncertainty  
L5 Operators and the Schrödinger Equation Problem Set 2 Due
L6 Time Evolution and the Schrödinger Equation Problem Set 3 Due
L7 More on Energy Eigenstates  
L8 Quantum Harmonic Oscillator Problem Set 4 Due
L9 Operator Methods for the Harmonic Oscillator  
L10 Clicker Bonanza and Dirac Notation Problem Set 5 Due
E1 Exam 1  
L11 Dispersion of the Gaussian and the Finite Well  
L12 The Dirac Well and Scattering off the Finite Step  
L13 More on Scattering Problem Set 6 Due
L14 Resonance and the S-Matrix  
L15 Eigenstates of the Angular Momentum Part 1 Problem Set 7 Due
L16 Eigenstates of the Angular Momentum Part 2  
E2 Exam 2 Problem Set 8 Due
L17 More on Central Potentials  
L18 “Hydrogen” and its Discontents  
L19 Identical Particles  
L20 Periodic Lattices Part 1 Problem Set 9 Due
L21 Periodic Lattices Part 2  
L22 Metals, Insulators, and Semiconductors Problem Set 10 Due
L23 More on Spin  
L24 Entanglement: QComputing, EPR, and Bell’s Theorem  
E3 Final Exam  

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