| Date | Reading Assignment |
Topic | Assignment |
| 1/24 | 1-1.6,4.1 | Review of QM, QM in 3D | |
| 1/26 | 4.2-4.4 | H atom (brief version), angular momentum and spin review | #0 |
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| 1/29 | 4.4 | Stern-Gerlach experiment, spin precession | |
| 1/31 | 6.4-9.3 | Zeeman effect, transition rules | |
| 2/2 | 4.3,4.4 | Addition of angular momenta, Clebsch-Gordan | #1 |
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| 2/5 | 6.3 | Spin-orbit interaction: fine structure | |
| 2/7 | 6.1 | Perturbation theory (time-independent): intro | |
| 2/9 | 6.1 | Perturbation theory (time-independent): energy correction | #2 |
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| 2/12 | 6.1 | Perturbation theory (time-independent): wavefunction correction | |
| 2/14 | 6.1 | Perturbation theory (time-independent): complete example | |
| 2/16 | 6.2 | Degenerate perturbation theory | #3 |
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| 2/19 | 6.2 | Degenerate perturbation theory: example | |
| 2/21 | 6.4 | Weak/strong Zeeman effect in perturbation theory | |
| 2/23 | | Identical particles, bosons, fermions | #4 |
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| 2/26 | 4.x,6.x | REVIEW | |
| 2/28 | | MIDTERM #1 | |
| 3/2 | | POST-EXAM REVIEW - CANCELLED (BAD WEATHER) | |
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| 3/5 | | POST-EXAM REVIEW | |
| 3/7 | 5.1 | Exchange forces | |
| 3/9 | 5.2 | Atom wavefunctions, simplified model; He atom | |
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| 3/12 | 5.2 | Ground state of atoms; Hund's rules | |
| 3/14 | 5.3 | Free electron gas, Fermi surface and energy | |
| 3/16 | 5.3 | Solids, Block wave | #5 |
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| 3/19 | | SPRING BREAK | |
| 3/21 | | SPRING BREAK | |
| 3/23 | | SPRING BREAK | |
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| 3/26 | 9.1 | Time-dependent pert. theory | |
| 3/28 | 9.1 | Time-dependent pert. theory: example | |
| 3/30 | 9.1 | Time-dependent pert. theory: exact solution, Rabi flopping | #6 |
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| 4/2 | 5.x,9.x | REVIEW | |
| 4/4 | | MIDTERM #2 | |
| 4/6 | | POST-EXAM REVIEW | |
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| 4/9 | 9.2 | Incoherent perturbations | |
| 4/11 | 9.3 | Spontaneous emission | |
| 4/13 | 5.4 | Quantum statistical mechanics(1) | #7 |
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| 4/16 | | Special Lecture: Quantum effects in superconductivity | |
| 4/18 | 5.4 | Quantum statistical mechanics (2) | |
| 4/20 | | Photons in a box | #8 |
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| 4/23 | | Phonons in a crystal | |
| 4/25 | 8.1 | The WKB approximation | |
| 4/27 | 8.2,8.3 | More on WKB | #9 |
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| 4/30 | 8.2,8.3 | WKB tunnelling | |
| 5/2 | 10.2 | Aharanov-Bohm effect | |
| 5/4 | 11.1-11.3 | Scattering | #10 |
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| 5/7 | 6.3,6.5 | Fine and hyperfine structure of H atom | |
| 5/9 | | REVIEW | |
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| 5/16 | | FINAL EXAM | |