Quantum Theory - GRIFFITHS version

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11 January - 15 January Wednesday 13 11:00 am in SC 203: first day of our class Friday 15 Aste*risky	Prelude: the nature of light Classical (dis)comfort Particles to Atoms
18 January - 22 January	Superposition \| waves Rutherford-Bohr model of the atom Interference patterns \| waves DBLSLIT - **Laser interference from 2 slit pattern Feynmann: Waves vs Bullets
25 January - 29 January	The wave function [1.1, 1.2] Probability [1.3] Normalization, time dependence [1.4] Momentum / Uncertainty [1.5,1.6]
1 February - 5 February	Time dependence, and stationary states [2.1] Infinite square well [2.2] Sketching solutions
8 February - 12 February	Wave functions as vectors?! The harmonic oscillator [2.3] Numerical solutions
15 February - 19 February	QHO: orthonormal states? Free particle [2.4] Fourier Analysis Phase and group velocity
22 February - 26 February	Dirac delta function Bound and free states Delta function potential [2.5]
1 March - 5 March	Finite square well [2.6] Hilbert spaces [3.1] Linear algebra and matrix mechanics
8 March - 12 March	Operators and observables [3.2] Midterm topics
15 March - 19 March	Eigenstates and eigenvalues Spectra of observable operators [3.3] The statistical interpretation and the momentum space wavefunction [3.4] Conservation Laws Uncertainty principles [3.5] Dirac notation and matrix mechanics [3.6] Finding eigenvalues / eigenvectors (Ex 3.8)
22 March - 26 March	Neutrino oscillations Quantum mechanics in 3-d [4.1] Central Potential: angular eigenfunctions
29 March - 2 April	Radial equation and hydrogen energy levels Hydrogen: radial eigenfunctions Angular momentum [4.3]
5 April - 9 April	Spin Electron spin states - 'spinors'
12 April - 16 April	Larmor precession Two particle wave functions Fermions and Bosons
19 April - 23 April	Final exam - study guide
26 April - 30 April	Addition of angular momenta Exchange forces

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