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Professor.................Office...................Phone.......................e-mail..........................Office hours
Dan Kimel............... 608 Keen.............644-3437...................Kimel@hep.fsu.edu......Mon.: 3:30-4:30
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This is the first semester of a two-semester course on modern quantum mechanics at the graduate level, covering fundamentals of quantum mechanics, quantum dynamics, angular momentum, symmetries, approximations, identical particles, and scattering theory. The specific content of the course will mainly be drawn from the text, but with applications and examples also taken from Quantum Mechanics, Third Edition, by Eugen Merzbacher. The lectures are on Tuesday and Thursday, from 11:00 until 12:15 in 110 UPL. Homework solutions will be posted on the course web site and placed in a notebook at the Dirac Library Reference Desk.
Student grades are based on weekly graded homework and class participation (25%), a midterm exam (25%), and a final exam (50%).
The goal of the course is to present a first-year graduate level account
of modern quantum mechanics, beginning with an immediate introduction to
the quantum formalism in terms of bras and kets. The course is designed
for students who have already studied quantum mechanics at the junior or
senior level. Problem solving is stressed as a means of imparting a physical
understanding of and intuition for quantum mechanics. A secondary goal
of the course is to develop selected topics in mathematical physics which
are fundamental to exploring quantum mechanics and quantum field theory.
Schedule
| .....Date ...................................Assignment | ......Date .......................................Assignment |
| August
25 Sec. 1.1 27 Sec. 1.2 September 1 Sec. 1.3 ................................Turn in HW 1 3 Sec. 1.4 8 Sec. 1.4 ................................Turn in HW 2 10 Sec. 1.5 15 Sec. 1.6 ..............................Turn in HW 3 17 Sec. 1.7 22 Sec. 2.1 ..............................Turn in HW 4 23 Sec. 2.2 29 Sec. 2.3 ..............................Turn in HW 5 October 1 Sec. 2.4 6 Sec. 2.5 ................................Turn in HW 6 8 Sec. 2.6 13 Sec. 3.1 ...............................Turn in HW 7 15 Sec. 3.2
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20 Sec. 3.3
Turn in HW 8
22 .............................................. 27 Sec. 3.4 .................................Turn in HW 9 29 Sec. 3.5 November 3 Sec. 3.6 ................................... 5 Sec. 3.7 Midterm Exam 10 Sec. 3.7 Turn in HW 10 12 Sec. 3.8 17 Sec. 3.8 ................................Turn in HW 11 19 Sec. 3.9 24 Sec. 3.10...............................Turn in HW 12 26 ..................... Thanksgiving--no class December 1 Sec. 4.1 ............................... .Turn in HW 13 3 Sec. 4.2
Final Exam: Fri., Dec. 11, 3:00 - 5:00 PM
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Outline of the Content of PHY 5645
Fundamental Concepts
Your final grade will be determined on the basis of your graded homework
and class performance (25%), your midterm exam score (25%) and final exam
score (50%). The following gives the course grade dividing lines on the
basis of the weighted total score in percent.
| A/A- 80% | B+/B 70% | B-/C+ 55% |
| A-/B+ 75% | B/B- 60% | C+/C 50% |