Schedule for Physics 522

(updated frequently during the semester)


Week Beginning
Topics lecture notes HW, exams, Solutions
1
Jan 19
Hydrogen atom w/o spin. Dynamical O(4) symmetry. Some nuclear physics hydrogen (review, done in 521)
nuclear
hw1
hw1-solutions.pdf
  recitation1.pdf
recitation1-solutions.pdf
2
Jan 26
Approximation methods: WKB, time independent perturbation theory, variational method
time indepedent purturbation theory
hw2
hw2-solutions.pdf
recitation2.pdf
recitation2-solutions.pdf
3
Feb 2

fine-structure
hw3
hw3-solutions.pdf
recitation3.pdf
recitation3-solutions.pdf
4
Feb 9
H atom with spin: relativistic corrections,
fine structure
Lamb-shift

muon-g-2

hw4
hw4-solutions.pdf
recitation4.pdf
recitation4-solutions.pdf
5
 Feb 16

Zeeman effect, Lamb shift
Zeeman effect
Lamb-shift-experiment

hw5
hw5-solutions.pdf
recitation5.pdf
recitation5-solutions.pdf
6
Feb 23

Identical particles. Atomic structure
identical 1
identical 2 
hw6
recitation6.pdf
recitation6-solutions.pdf
hw6-solutions.pdf
7
Mar 2
Scattering theory: Lippmann-Schwinger equation, Born approximation scattering 1

hw7
hw7-solutions.pdf
recitation7.pdf
recitation7-solutions.pdf
8
Mar 9


in class midterm

9
Mar 16
Spring Break (Mar 15-22)


 

hw8
hw8-solutions.pdf
recitation8.pdf
recitation8-solutions.pdf

10
Mar 23

Method of partial waves Scattering 2:partial waves  hw9
hw9-solutions.pdf

recitation9.pdf
recitation9-solutions.pdf
11
Mar 30


Photons

photons
CasimirEffect 
hw10
hw10-solutions.pdf
recitation10.pdf
recitation10-solutions.pdf 
12
Apr 6
Time dependent perturbation theory  time dependent
13
Apr 13
Spontaneous emission spontaneous hw11.pdf
hw11-solutions.pdf
recitation11.pdf
recitation11-solutions.pdf
recitation12.pdf
recitation12-solutions.pdf
14
April 20

Special Relativity



 
15
April 27
Dirac equation
Dirac
hw12.pdf
hw12-solutions.pdf
recitation13.pdf
recitation13-solutions.pdf

16

May 4

Neutrinos
Neutrinos

 


recitation14.pdf
recitation14-solutions.pdf


May 11  Finals Week


in class final