P411 Quantum Mechanics, Fall 2020
This
webpage is for the students currently enrolled in P411, Fall
2020.
Any
errors in this web page, comments, or suggestions can be emailed to Prof. Elbio Dagotto (edagotto@utk.edu).
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The following
items are available:
1. Syllabus
Movies about wave packets moving and tunneling: Movie-1 Movie-2 Movie-3 Movie-4 Movie-5 Movie-6
The discussion about the size of the electron is in https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/how-big-is-an-electron/
3. Homework problems
HW1, due Sept 3 : Problems 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 1.16.
HW2, due Sept 10 : Problems 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8.
HW3, due Sept 17 : Problems 2.10, 2.11, and 2.12.
HW4, due Oct 1 : Problems 2.20, 2.21.
HW5, due Oct 9 : Problems 2.22, 2.23, and 2.24.
HW6, due Oct 15: Problems 2.29, 2.34, and 3.2.
HW7, due Oct 22: Problems 3.5, 3.6, and 3.11.
HW8, due Nov 5: Problems 4,1 (only item (a)), 4.2 (only items (a) and (b)), 4.4, 4.12 (only R_30, R_31).
HW9, due Nov 12: Problems 4.13 [only item (a)], 4.15, 4.18 (for integrals in 4.13 and 4.18 consult back cover of book or search in the internet).
HW10, due Nov 19: Problems 4.22 (in (d) just do [Lz,H]=0), 4.26, 4.52 (only items (a,b)), 4.53
4. Exams
Test 1, Sept 24.
Test 2, Oct 27.
Test 3, Dec 8, 10.30AM-12.45PM.