Ph 652   Quantum Mechanics II

Physics Department, Oregon State University

Winter 2007 term

Instructor: Oksana Ostroverkhova (Wngr 413)
Lectures: MWF 9am, Weniger 377
Course Information
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DateLectures AssignmentsNotes
01/08 Motion in central potentials. Two-body problem. HW 1 WS 1  
01/10 Orbital angular momentum. HW 2 WS 2  
01/12 Spherical harmonics. HW 3 WS 3  
01/15 Martin Luther King   day  
01/17 Rotation of diatomic molecules. HW 4 WS 4  
01/19 Hydrogen atom. HW 5 WS 5  
01/22 Hydrogen-like atoms and ions. HW 6 WS 6  
01/24 More examples of particles in spherically-symmetric potentials.   WS 7  
01/26 Angular momentum and rotations.      
01/29 Rotations in the state space. HW 8 WS 9  
01/31 Spin. HW 9 WS 10  
02/02 Tensor products. HW 10 WS 11  
02/05 Rotations in the spin space. HW 11 WS 12  
02/07 Representations of the rotation operator. HW 12 WS 13  
02/09 Midterm  
02/12 Addition of angular momenta: introduction. HW 13 WS 14  
02/14 Examples of addition of angular momenta.   WS 16
02/16 Addition of angular momenta: general formalism.   WS 17  
02/19 Rotation matrices for coupling two angular momenta. HW 15 WS 18
02/21 Scalar, vector and tensor operators. HW 16 WS 19
02/23 Properties of spherical tensors.   WS 20
02/26 Wigner-Eckart theorem. HW 17 WS 21
02/28 Time-independent perturbation theory: non-degenerate case.   WS 22
03/02 Time-dependent perturbation theory: degenerate case. HW 18 WS 23
03/05 Stark effect.   WS 24
03/07 Applications of time-independent perturbation theory: fine structure of the hydrogen atom. HW 19 WS 25
03/09 Hyperfine structure of the hydrogen atom.   WS 26
03/12 Interaction of the hydrogen atom with magnetic fields.    
03/14 Van der Waals interaction.    
03/16 TBA    
03/21 Final Exam   (6pm)       Check date and time