Physics 350: Quantum Mechanics Spring 2008 Susan Lehman Taylor 105, x2214 slehman at wooster.edu The original postcard sent by Walther Gerlach to Niels Bohr after he and Otto Stern confirmed Bohr's prediction of space quantization using silver atoms. This experiment led to our understanding of spin.

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Lecture:

• MWF 11:00-11:50 a.m.
• Taylor Hall 110

Text:

• Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, David J. Griffiths, 2nd edition

Schedule and Homework:

• Calendar!


• HW1 due Wednesday January 23
• Chapter 1: Problems 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, & 13


• HW2 due Friday February 1
• Chapter 2: Problems 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, & 16


• HW3 due Monday February 18
• Chapter 2: Problems 21, 22, 29, 34, & 53


• HW4 due Wednesday February 27
• Chapter 3: Problems 17, 18, 28, 29, & 33


• HW5 due Monday March 31
• Chapter 4: Problems 7, 9, 13, 15, 16, & 43


• HW6 due Friday April 11
• Chapter 4: Problems 27, 31, 34, 49 & 55


• HW7 due Wednesday April 30
• Chapter 5: Problems 16, 17, 18, & 19

Helpful links:

• An easier-to-read table of the Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients
• Hydrogen Atom Orbital Viewer
• Excellent Java applications from the Physics Education group at CU-Boulder:
• The Tunneling and wave packet simulation shows reflection and transmission coefficients.
• The Fourier waves simulation is totally cool! Try the Wave Game!
• The bound states simulation is easier to understand and control than the one we've used before.
• The applet for a free particle, encountering barriers or steps.
• The applet for a bound particle in various potentials.
• The applet showing the relationship between phase velocity and group velocity.
• The phase velocity in the applet fixed at 1, so try setting the group velocity less than, equal to, and greater than 1.
• Buffon's Needle
• Another version or two of Buffon's Needle
• And info on Buffon's Needle from Wolfram MathWorld