PHYSICS 853 : ADVANCED QUANTUM MECHANICS

Instructor: Scott Pratt
prattsc@msu.edu
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, #208
(517) 908-7460
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
1312 BPS
Lecture:
Mon./Wed./Fri. 3:00-4:00 PM
#1308 BPS
Office Hours:
Drop in any time

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Upcoming Quiz Dates:
  Friday, Sep. 7
TEXT BOOK:
No book required,  you might try:
Claude Itzykson and Jean-Bernard Zuber, Quantum Field Theory or
Michael Peskin and Daniel Schroeder, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory.
The first book is outstanding as a reference, but difficult to learn from. The second is the opposite (or so I hear -- I haven't used it before). Lecture notes will be provided, which might be good for a first read, which could then be followed with I&Z book as a reference. Both books are available on Amazon.com.
LECTURE NOTES:
Posted lecture notes are not meant to be a full replacement for textbook.
Beware!!! These are living documents and will change without notice.
GRADING WEIGHTS:
Homework (due nearly every Friday at the beginning of class): 0%
Writing Solutions to HW: 10%
Numerous (nearly every week) Friday quizzes:90%
CALENDAR
Quizzes will be held most days HW is due. Dr. Pratt will be out of town September 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 24, Oct. 9 and Nov. 9. To make up for absences, lectures will be 10 minutes longer than usual, and class will continue into Finals week.
The last ~2 weeks will be devoted to student presentations of Feynmann diagram calculations.
HOMEWORK(SOLUTIONS)

as semester progress -- so be careful about working ahead.
Set 1, due Monday. Sep. 10
    Chapter 1 (1-5)
Set 2, due Monday, Oct. 1
    Chapter 2 (1-2)
Set 3, due Monday, Oct. 8
    Chapter 3 (1-5)
Set 4, due Monday, Oct. 15
     Chapter 4 (1,2)
Set 5, due Monday, Oct. 22
    Chapter 5 (1-4)
Set 6, due Monday, Oct. 29
     Chapter 6 (1-4)
Set 7, due Monday, Nov. 5
    Chapter 7 (1-3)
Set 8, due Monday, Nov. 12
    Chapter 8 (1-3)
2012 QUIZZES
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2011 QUIZZES
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Quiz 6
2010 QUIZZES
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Quiz 5
Quiz 6

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