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Syllabus 

FINAL EXAM INFO (condfirmed): Wednesday, May 5, 3pm-6pm,    Room:  NR 223

    OLD EXAM 1

    OLD EXAM 2

    851Midterm

    851Final

MID-TERM EXAM: (1-hour in class) Wednesday, March 3

RESULTS: 

        Average = 82.3

        Median   = 87.5

        High       = 98

        Low        = 60

2009 Midterm
Week 1:
Quantum stat. mech.

HW1
HW1 solutions
Week 2:
Symmetry transformations
HW2
HW2 solutions
Week 3:
Vector operators
Rotations with spin
Introduction to identical particles
HW3
HW3 solutions
Week 4:
Theory of addition of angular momenta
HW4
HW4 solutions
Week 5:
Non-degenerate Time-Independent Perturbation Theory
HW5
HW5 solutions
Week 6:
Degenerate Time-Independent Perturbation Theory
HW6
HW6 solutions
Week 7:
Atomic Physics applications of TIPT
HW7
HW7 solutions

Week 8:
Atomic Physics applications of TIPT (updated 3-26-10 at 4pm)
HW8
HW8 solutions

Week 9:
Scattering theory I: the Green's function formalism
HW9
HW9 solutions

 

Week 10:
Scattering theory II: the scattering amplitude
HW10
HW10 solutions  [Revised  4-12-10 at 12:30 pm

   Fixed a  typo in Eq (23)

 

Week 11:
Scattering theory III: Partial waves
HW11  (Revised  4-9-10 at 3pm]

    I noticed there was some confusion regarding Eq. 5, so I re-wrote in a way that better reflects the ordering of the steps.

HW11 solutions

 

Week 12:
Hilbert space frame transformations
HW12  

HW12 solutions

 

 

Week 13:
Time Dependent Perturbation Theory
HW13  

HW13 solutions