P412 Quantum Mechanics, Spring 2023

 

This webpage is for the students currently enrolled in P412, Spring 2023.

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

2.   Lectures


   P412-Jan24.pdf

   P412-Jan26.pdf

   P412-Jan31.pdf

   P412-Feb2.pdf

   P412-Feb7.pdf

   P412-Feb9.pdf

   P412-Feb16.pdf

   P412-Feb28.pdf

   P412-March7.pdf

   P412-March9.pdf

   P412-March21.pdf

   P412-March23.pdf

   P412-April11.pdf

   P412-April18.pdf

   P412-April20.pdf

   P412-April25.pdf

   P412-April27.pdf

   P412-May2.pdf

3.   Homework problems

   HW1, due Jan 31: (a) show that equations (4.164, 4.165, 4.166) are correct, (b) problem 4.35, (c) problem 4.37.

   HW2, due Feb 7, before 1PM: (a) 4.37, part c; (b) 4.38; (c) 5.4, part a; (d) 5.5, part a.

   HW3, due Feb 14, before 1PM: (a) 5.4, part b; (b) 5.5, part b; (c) 5.8.

   HW4, due March 7, before 1PM: (a) 5.20 (b) 5.21; (c) 5.23. Scan your HW into a PDF and send to grader using as address ssong17@vols.utk.edu.

   HW5, due March 21, before 1 PM: (a) 5.24, item (a) only; (b) 5.27; (c) show that the result on page 282 book for En1 is correct for the case of a potential V0 between 0 and a/2 (i.e. do the integral).

   HW6, due March 28, before 1PM: (a) 7.1 (item (a) only); (b) 7.2 .

   HW7, due April 18, before 1PM: problems 8.1, 8.2, 8.3.

   HW8, due April 25, before 1PM: 8.17 (item (a) only; find integrals needed in internet), 11.2 (only focus on quantum numbers n=1,l=0,m=0 and n=2,l=1,m=0).

   HW9 is due May 2, before 1 PM: 9.1 and 9.3.

  

4.   Exams

   Test 1, Feb 23.

   Test 2, April 4.

   Test 3, May 15.