Texts
Griffiths, David J. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN: 9780131118928.
Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude. Quantum Mechanics. 2 vols. New York, NY: Wiley, 1977. ISBN: 9780471164326.
Sakurai, J. J. Modern Quantum Mechanics. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub., 1994. ISBN: 9780201539295.
Shankar, Ramamurti. Principles of Quantum Mechanics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780306447907.
The following table lists the reading assignments for each of the nine topics covered in this course. For more detailed information on these reading assigments, please see the individual assignments in the assignments section.
| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Units | |
| 2-4 | Degenerate Fermi Systems |
Griffiths, chapter 5.3 Cohen-Tannoudji, chapter XI Complement F |
| 4-8 | Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field |
Griffiths, section 10.2.4 Cohen-Tannoudji, chapter VI Complement E |
| 9-12 | Time-independent Perturbation Theory |
Griffiths, chapter 6 Cohen-Tannoudji, chapter XI including Complements A-D Cohen-Tannoudji, chapter XII See also Shankar, chapter 17 and Sakurai, chapter 5.1-3 |
| 13-15 | Variational and Semi-classical Methods |
Griffiths, chapters 7, 8 Cohen-Tannoudji, chapter XI Complements E, F, G See also Shankar, chapter 16 and Sakurai, chapter 5.4 |
| 16-18 | The Adiabatic Approximation and Berry’s Phase | Griffiths, chapter 10 |
| 19-23 | Scattering |
Griffiths, chapter 11 Cohen-Tannoudji, chapter VIII See also Shankar, chapter 19 |
| 23-24 | Time-dependent Perturbation Theory |
Griffiths, chapter 9 Cohen-Tannoudji, chapter XIII See also Shankar, chapter 18 and Sakurai, chapter 5.5-8 |
| 25 | Quantum Computing |
