PHYS 332 - Quantum Mechanics

Instructor: Ben Vollmayr-Lee

Contact: Olin 253, ben.vollmayr-lee@bucknell.edu, x73106

Office Hours: Tue 11-12, Wed 3-4, Thu 11-12, Fri 4-5

Text: David McIntyre, Quantum Mechanics

Course Materials: Syllabus | Uncertainty Principle | PHYS 212 Quantum entanglement

Exams

• Exam 1: Jeopardy review | Jeopardy answers | equation sheet | blank exam | exam solutions
• Exam 2: Jeopardy review | Jeopardy answers | equation sheet | blank exam | exam solutions
• Exam 3: Jeopardy review | Jeopardy answers | equation sheet | blank exam | exam solutions
• Final: equation sheet

Homework & Reading

HW #1 (due Aug 30) Asgmt | Solns HW #2 (due Sep 6) Asgmt | Solns HW #3 (due Sep 13) Asgmt | Solns HW #4 (due Sep 27) Asgmt | Solns HW #5 (due Oct 4) Asgmt | Solns HW #6 (due Oct 11) Asgmt | Solns

HW #7 (due Oct 25) Asgmt | Solns HW #8 (due Nov 1) Asgmt | Solns HW #9 (due Nov 8) Asgmt | Solns HW #10 (due Nov 27) Asgmt | Solns HW #11 (due Dec 7) Asgmt | Solns

In Class Exercises - With Solutions

Schedule

Dates	Topics	Text
Aug 21 - Aug 25	Intro to Quantum Spins	Ch 1
Aug 28 - Sep 6	Operators and Measurement	Ch 2
Sep 8 - Sep 11	Schrödinger Equation and Time Evolution	Secs 3.1 and 3.2
Wed, Sep 13	Catchup and review
Fri, Sep 15	Exam 1
Sep 18 - Sep 22	Time-Dependent Hamiltonians	Sec 3.4
Sep 25 - Oct 4	Particle in a Box	Ch 5
Oct 6	Free Particles	Sec 6.1
Wed, Oct 11	Catchup and review
Fri, Oct 13	Exam 2
Oct 16 - Oct 23	Wave Packets, Scattering, and Tunneling	Secs 6.2 - 6.5
Oct 25 - Nov 6	Angular Momentum and Spherical Harmonics	Ch 7
Wed, Nov 8	Catchup and review
Fri, Nov 10	Exam 3
Nov 13 - Nov 29	The Hydrogen Atom	Ch 8
Fri, Dec 1	Quantum Entanglement	Ch 4
Mon, Dec 4	Catchup and review
Thu, Dec 14	Final Exam, 8:00-11:00 AM