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Week Beginning
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Topics |
lecture notes |
HW, exams,
Solutions |
1
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Aug 19
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Math
preliminaries. Classical preliminaries.
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lec1
lec2
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hw1
hw1-solutions.pdf
recitation1.pdf
recitation1-solutions.pdf
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2
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Aug 26
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Classical probability.
Postulates.
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lec3
lec4
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hw2
hw2-solutions.pdf
recitation2.pdf
recitation2-solutions.pdf
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3
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Sept 2
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photon, electron
spin.
density matrix
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lec5
lec:density-matrix.pdf
Weinberg, "The
Trouble With Quantum Mechanics"
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hw3
hw3-solutions.pdf
recitation3.pdf
recitation3-solutions.pdf
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4
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Sept 9
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uncertainty
principles. Schrodinger equation for wave function.
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lec6 lec7
quantum zeno
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hw4
hw4-solutions.pdf
recitation4.pdf
recitation4-solutions.pdf
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5
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Sept 16
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simple
1D problems.
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lec8
bouncing
neutrons
quantum
tunneling annimation
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hw5 (density matrix)
hw5-solutions.pdf
recitation5.pdf
recitation5-solutions.pdf
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6
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Sept 23 |
Simple
Harmonic oscillator. |
lec9
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hw6
recitation6.pdf
recitation6-solutions.pdf
hw6-solutions.pdf
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7
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Sept 30 no
class Thursday
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Feynman
Path Integral
Tunneling by Path Integrals (a sketch)
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lec10
TPI.pdf
neutrons
in gravity experiment
aharonov-bohm.pdf
aharonov-bohm-dephasing (Nature
1998)
buckyball-decoherence.pdf |
hw7
hw7-solutions.pdf
recitation7.pdf
recitation7-solutions.pdf
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8
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Oct 7
Fall Break (Oct 10,11)
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The Theory of angular momentum;
Masers, magnetic resonance;
Discrete symmetries
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lec11
functional-nmr.pdf
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Midterm 1 posted 10/8/24 @6:30PM |
9
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Oct 14 |
EPR |
lec12.pdf
CG Table
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (1935)
J.S. Bell (1966)
mermin-physics-today38-4
Wojciech-Zurek-cartoon.png
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hw8 (path integral)
hw8-solutions.pdf
recitation8.pdf
recitation8-solutions.pdf
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10
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Oct 21
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Townes Nobel Lecture
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hw9 (angular momentum)
recitation9.pdf
recitation9-solutions.pdf
hw9-solutions.pdf
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11
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Oct 28
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Wigner
Eckart |
lec:we.pdf |
hw10 (entangled
states)
recitationDensity.pdf
recitationDensitySolutions.pdf
recitation10.pdf
recitation10-solutions.pdf
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12
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Nov 4
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lec:discrete-symmetries.pdf
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hw10-solutions
recitation11.pdf
recitation11-solutions.pdf
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13
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Nov 11
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WKB |
lec:wkb.pdf |
hw11 (symmetries)
recitation12
recitation12-solutions
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14
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Nov 18
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recitation13
recitation13-solutions
Midterm 2
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15
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Nov 25
Thanksgiving (28-29)
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hw11-solutions
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16
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Dec 2
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Coherent States |
lec:coherent-states.pdf
coherent state annimation
solar-neutrino-problem.pdf
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hw12 (WKB,
coherent states)
hw12-solutions
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Dec 9 Finals Week
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Final
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