Course Webpage for PHYS-530A (2015 Spring) at SIU--Carbondale

Course Webpage for
PHYS 530A: Quantum Mechanics-II (2015 Spring)
Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University--Carbondale
Last updated: May 15, 2015. (This page is no more maintained.)

General information:
- Instructor: K. V. Shajesh (Office: Neckers 491, Tel.: 453-5212)
- Class meetings: TR 9:35-10:50 AM, in Neckers 410.
- Office hours for instructor: TR 11:00AM-2:00PM.
- Syllabus for the course. The Provost Office has put together a Syllabus Attachment to assist the student. It lists and provides web links for many elements that are important for a student.
Grades will be posted on SIU Online (password protected).
Lecture notes:
See last years course webpage.
Homeworks:
1. Homework set No. 01 (Review of Hamilton's principle.)
2. Homework set No. 02 (Canonical transformations.)
3. Homework set No. 03 (Stern-Gerlach experiment.)
4. Homework set No. 04 (On Pauli matrices.)
5. Homework set No. 05 (Angular momentum.)
6. Homework set No. 06 (Harmonic oscillator.)
7. Homework set No. 07 (Addition of angular momentum.)
8. Homework set No. 08 (Hydrogen atom)
9. Homework set No. 09 (More hydrogen atom)
Exams:
1. Midterm Exam No. 01 and solutions.
2. Midterm Exam No. 02 and solutions.
3. Midterm Exam No. 03
4. Final Exam

More information:

References:
- Quantum Mechanics: Symbolism of Atomic Measurements, by J. Schwinger, edited by B.-G. Englert. (Assigned textbook.)
- K. A. Milton's lecture notes:
  - http://www.nhn.ou.edu/~milton/p3803-12.html
  - http://www.nhn.ou.edu/~milton/p4803-12.html
- Course webpage for 2014 Spring.
- Quantum Mechanics, by L. I. Schiff.
- Principles of Quantum Mechanics, by R. Shankar.
- Quantum Mechanics, by E. Merzbacher.
- Modern Quantum Mechanics, by J. J. Sakurai.
- Quantum Mechanics, by C. Cohen-Tannoudji, B. Diu, and F. Lalo\"{e}.
Evaluation:

Homework 30%

Midterm Exams (3x16.7%) 50%

Final Exam 20%

Exam schedule:

Midterm Exam 01 --- February 12 (Thursday, in class)

Midterm Exam 02 --- March 19 (Thursday, in class)

Midterm Exam 03 --- April 16 (Thursday, in class)

Final Exam --- May 14 (Thursday, 8:00-10:00AM)

Last updated on May 15, 2015 (and is no more maintained) by K V Shajesh (kvshajesh@gmail.com).

Midterm Exam 01	---	February 12 (Thursday, in class)
Midterm Exam 02	---	March 19 (Thursday, in class)
Midterm Exam 03	---	April 16 (Thursday, in class)
Final Exam	---	May 14 (Thursday, 8:00-10:00AM)

Homework	30%
Midterm Exams (3x16.7%)	50%
Final Exam	20%