Quantum Physics III

Calendar

SES#	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Part 1: Time Independent Perturbation Theoryand WKB Approximation
L1	Time Independent Perturbation Theory
L2	Time Independent Perturbation Theory (continued)
L3	Degenerate Perturbation Theory	Problem Set 1 due
L4	Hydrogen Atom Fine Structure
L5	Hydrogen Atom Fine Structure (continued)	Problem Set 2 due
L6	Zeeman Effect and Introduction to the Semiclassical Approximation
L7	The Semiclassical WKB Approximation	Problem Set 3 due
L8	WKB (continued). Airy Functions and Connection Formulae
L9	Time Dependent Perturbation Theory	Problem Set 4 due
Part 2: Time Dependent Perturbation Theory and Adiabatic Approximation
L10	Fermi’s Golden Rule
L11	Fermi’s Golden Rule for Harmonic Transitions	Problem Set 5 due
E1	Mid-Term Exam
L12	Hydrogen Ionization (completed). Light and Atoms	Final Paper Proposal due
L13	Light and Atoms (continued). Charged Particles in Electromagnetic Fields
L14	Charged Particles in Electromagnetic Fields (continued)
L15	Adiabatic Approximation	Problem Set 6 due
	Peer Edit Session
L16	Adiabatic Approximation (continued)	Final Paper Draft due
L17	Adiabatic Approximation: Berry’s Phase
L18	Adiabatic Approximation: Molecules	Problem Set 7 due
Part 3: Scattering and Identical Particles
L19	Scattering
L20	Scattering (continued 1)
L21	Scattering (continued 2)
L22	Scattering (continued 3). Identical Particles	Problem Set 8 due
L23	Identical Particles (continued 1)
L24	Identical Particles (continued 2)	Final Papers returned
	Review for Final Exam
E2	Final Exam