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Class & Exam Dates |
HW | Read |
Subject |
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| W | January 5 | Introduction, math review | |||
| F | Class 1, January 7 | 3.1 | Introduction to quantum mechanics | Quantization of Radiation | |
| M | Class 2, January 10 | 3.1 | Review of e-m waves | ||
| W | Class 3, January 12 | 3.2 | Photoelectric effect | ||
| F | Class 4, January 14 | 3.4 -3.6 | Compton Scattering | ||
| M | January 17 | Martin Luther King, Jr Day | NO CLASS | ||
| W | Class 5, January 19 | #1 | 6.1 - 6.3 | Charge and mass of electron | Particle Nature of Matter |
| F | Class 6, January 21 | 6.5 | Bohr atom | ||
| M | Class 7, January 24 | 6.7 - 6.8 | Correspondence Principle | ||
| W | Class 8, January 26 | 4.1 | De Broglie’s Hypothesis | Matter Waves | |
| F | Class 9, January 28 | 4.4 | Wave groups, dispersion | ||
| M | Class 10, January 31 | 4.2 - 4.3 | Uncertainty Principle | ||
| W | Class 11, February 2 | 4.5 - 4.6 | Applications of Uncertainty Principle | ||
| F | Class 12, February 4 | #2 | 5.1 -5.2 | Quantum wave equation | 1-dim Schroedinger Eq. |
| M | Class 13, February 7 | 5.4 | Infinite square well | ||
| W | Class 14, February 9 | 5.4 | Finite square well | ||
| F | Class 15, February 11 | 5.5 | Quantum harmonic Oscillator | ||
| M | Class 16, February 14 | 5.5 | Quantum harmonic Oscillator (cont.) | ||
| W | Class 17, February 16 | 5.7 | Barrier reflection and tunneling | ||
| F | Class 18, February 18 | #3 | 5.4 / 7.1 | 3-dim square well, degeneracy | 3-dim Schroedinger Eq. |
| M | Class 17, February 21 | 7.2 - 7.3 | Hydrogen Atom | ||
| W | Class 18, February 23 | Review | |||
| F |  Midterm:
February 25 |
on quantum mechanics | |||
| February 26 - March 5 | Spring Break | NO CLASS | |||
| M | Class 19, March 6 | 7.4 | Return exam; Angular momentum | ||
| W | Class 20, March 8 | 7.5 | Electron Spin, Pauli Principle | ||
| F | Class 21, March 10 | #4 | 7.7 - 7.8 | Zeeman effect | Atomic Physics |
| M | Class 22, March 13 | 8.2 - 8.4 | Complex Atoms | ||
| W | Class 23, March 15 | 8.5 | X-rays | ||
| F | Class 24, March 17 | 8.8 | Lasers | ||
| M | Class 25, March 20 | 12.2 / 12.4 | Properties of nuclear forces | Nuclear Physics | |
| W | Class 26, March 22 | 12.3 | Binding energies; semi-empirical mass formula | ||
| F | Class 27, March 24 | 12.5 -12.10 | Radioactive decay | ||
| M | Class 28, March 27 | #5 | 14.1 - 14.7 | Particles and antiparticles | Particle Physics |
| W | Class 29, March 29 | 14.8 | Quark Model | ||
| F | Class 30, March 31 | 14.9 | Standard Model | ||
| M | Class 31, April 3 | 14.9 | Standard Model | ||
| W | Class 32, April 5 | 10.1 - 10.7 | Statistical Physics | Solid State Physics | |
| F | Class 33, April 7 | 11.6 | Electrons in metals | ||
| M | Class 34, April 10 | 11.4 | Band theory of solids | ||
| W | Class 35, April 12 | 11.8 | Semiconductors | ||
| F | Class 36, April 14 | #6 | Review of Atomic, Nuclear, Particle, and Solid State Physics | ||
| Final
Exam: April 24 |
10:30 - 12:30 in 231 W Hall |