PHY662, Quantum Mechanics II, Spring 2004

Course Calendar

Here is the rough schedule we will try to keep to (note that the dates for exams are fixed, but the topics may vary):

Jan. 13 - Spin (Ch. 14)
Jan. 15
Jan. 20   [Quantum Cryptography]
Jan. 22
Jan. 27
Jan. 29  [Magnetic Resonance Imaging]
Feb. 3 - Addition of Angular Momenta (Ch. 15)
Feb. 5
Feb. 10 Feb. 12 - EXAM #1
Feb. 17  [Bose-Einstein Condensates] Feb. 19 - Variational Method (Ch. 16)
Feb. 24 - Time-Independent Perturbation Theory (Ch. 17) Feb. 26
Mar. 2 - Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory (Ch. 18)
Mar. 4
Mar. 9 - BREAK
Mar. 11 - BREAK
Mar. 16
Mar. 18
Mar. 23 - EXAM #2
Mar. 25 --
Mar. 30
Apr. 1
Apr. 6  [Lasers]
Apr. 8
Apr. 13 - Scattering and Feynman Diagrams (Ch. 19)
Apr. 15
Apr. 20
Apr. 22
Apr. 27
Apr. 29 [Weak localization]

FINAL EXAM is on Monday, May 3, at 7:15 PM