Physics 6/76161 Fall 2011

http://phys.kent.edu/~margetis/G-QM1/

Quantum Mechanics I

Instructor: Dr. Spyridon (Spiros) Margetis

Office: 304 Smith Hall, (330) 672-9739, smargeti@kent.edu

Office Hours: Mon/Wed/Fri 3:00-4:30 p.m.

Class Lecture Hours: M/W/F: 11:00-11:50 a.m. (Room 202, Smith Hall)

Text: Modern Quantum Mechanics, J.J. Sakurai, Revised Ed 1994

Principles of Quantum Mechanics, R. Shankar, 2^nd Ed 1994

Homework: Problems will be assigned every Monday and will be due next Monday, class time. Late homework will be accepted in the case of a serious and documented reason without penalty, otherwise a weekly 20% penalty will be assessed.

Exams: Two Midterm exams – One Final exam (Monday, Dec. 12,10:15-12:30pm)

The Final is comprehensive.

Make-up Exams: Make-up exam will be allowed for students with excuses considered legitimate by the instructor. It will be given in the last week of classes on the material covered in class thus far. If you are not permitted to take the make-up exam or you miss it, your score on the missed exam will automatically be zero.

Grades: Homework: 15%; Exams I & II: 25% each; Final: 35%

The official registration deadline for this course is 9/11/2011. University policy requires all students to be officially registered in each class they are attending. Students who are not officially registered for a course by published deadlines should not be attending classes and will not receive credit or a grade for the course. Each student must confirm enrollment by checking his/her class schedule (using Student Tools in FlashLine) prior to the deadline indicated. Registration errors must be corrected prior to the deadline.

University policy 3-01.8 deals with the problem of academic dishonesty, cheating, and plagiarism.  None of these will be tolerated in this class.  The sanctions provided in this policy will be used to deal with any violations.  If you have any questions, please read the policy at http://www.kent.edu/policyreg/policydetails.cfm?customel_datapageid_1976529=2037779 and/or ask.

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Physics 6/76161

Quantum Mechanics - I

Fall 2009

University policy 3-01.3 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to course content. If you have a documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments. Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sas for more information on registration procedures).

Coverage:

t Introduction

t Qualitative Discussion

t Historical Review

t Fundamental Concepts

t Dirac Notation

t Operators, Eigenfunctions/Eigenvalues, Observables

t Wavefunctions, Position, Momentum etc

t Quantum Dynamics

t Time Evolution, Wave packets, Time-development

t Continuity Equation, Unbound States, Path Integrals

t Angular Momentum

t Rotations and Angular Momentum, Orbital Ang. Mom.

t Hydrogen Atom

t Spin

t Also the following

t Particle in a Box, Finite Square Well

t Harmonic Oscillator, Two level system

t One dimensional Barrier