PHYSICS 491 Fall
2009
INTERMEDIATE QUANTUM
MECHANICS
call #16745
meets: M W F 1300-1350 PandA 184
Professor: Michael Gold
- schedule
(including lecture notes and hw solutions)
- problem sets
- features
Quantum
mechnics encompasses virtually all of modern physics. We will
frequently discuss topics of current interest, emphasizing
recent experiments that test quantum mechanics. Why else would anyone
believe such a kooky theory?
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- grading: The
grades will be an average
of problem sets, study group participation, two tests, and a
final.
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study groups:
call #35471 PHYC 496.001 Prob for Phys 491
meets: R 1230-1320 PandA 184. The class
will
be divided up into study groups; every student is required to
participate
one of these groups. The study groups will meet formally once per week
with the instructor. Additional informal meetings will be
encouraged, but participation in these informal meetings is
optional.
PHYSICS
LINKS:
REFERENCE
MATERIALS:
TEXTS
required:
A modern
approach to quantum mechanics
by John S Townsend
Publisher: Sausalito, Calif. : University
Science Books, 2000.
Editions: 3rd ed | 3 Editions
ISBN: 1891389130 9781891389139
OCLC: 318266423
suggested #1
Introduction
to quantum mechanics
by David J Griffiths
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ :
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.
Edition: 2nd ed | 7
Editions
ISBN: 0131118927 9780131118928 0131911759
pbk 9780131911758 pbk
OCLC: 53926857
suggested #2
Introductory
quantum mechanics
by Richard L Liboff
Publisher: San Francisco, CA :
Addison-Wesley, 2003.
Edition: 4th ed | 9
Editions
ISBN: 0805387145 9780805387148
OCLC: 318252303
suggested
#3
Feynman
Lectures, Vol. III
A
"must read" for every physicist at some point in her/his career.