Office : McLane J Wing #24
Office Hours : MW 1400-1600; Th 1100-1200 ; Class Hours : MW 930-1045
Class Room : McLane 167
Phone : 278-2523
E-mail : dougs@csufresno.edu Text - Quantum Mechanics, Ernest S. Abers
Supplement - Advanced Quantum Mechanics, J.J. Sakurai
Final Exam A final exam will be given in December at the end of
classes in McLane 174. It will be longer than the class period and we will
arrange the scheduling to fit into everyone's schedule. This will be discussed
in class. It will cover all the material in the course and count for 30 % of
your grade. Grading Homework will count 50 % of your grade. The mid-term counts 20
%. The final exam counts 30 %. The grades will be given according to the following
scale A =85 - 100 %
B =72-84 %
C =60-71 % D =47 - 59 % F =0 - 46 % Attendance You are
responsible for all announcements and material given in class, even if it is not
in the textbook and even if you are not in class.
Homework The homework problems are the most important part of
the
course. You should plan to spend a minimum of 12-15 hours per week working out
the solutions and writing your homework sets in a NEAT format. If
I can't easily read the assignment you may have to re-copy it. (I) Classical Mechanics and Spacetime Symmetries --- Lagrange
Equations; Hamilton's Principle; Spaectime Symmetries; Conservation Laws (Reading : All of Chapter 1) (III) Stationary States --- Two-state system;
Harmonic Oscillator;
Spherical Potential and Angular Momentum; Hydrogen Atom (Reading :All of
Chapter 3)
(IV) Symmetry Transformations on State --- Introduction
to
Groups; Groups; Rotation Group and Algebra; Spin; Addition of
Angular Momentum; Clebsch-Gordon Coefficients (Reading : All of
Chapter
4) (V) Symmetry Transformations on Operators --- Vector =
Observables;
Tensor Observables; Discrete Symmetries (Reading: All of Chapter 5)
(VI) Various Applications --- External Magnetic Fields
in QM;
Density Matrix; Neutrino Interference; EPR paradox (Reading: All of
Chapter 6)
Mid-term : There will an in class mid-term near the end of October or
beginning of November. If it fits into everyone's schedule I'll try to have this
at a time that will give you longer than the normal class time in which to do
the mid-term. The mid-term counts for 20% of your grade
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