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Physics 944 – Fall 2008 – Class Schedule |
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Lecture |
Source |
Topic |
Homework |
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1 |
Wed |
09/03/08 |
L1 |
Si Notes |
Perturbation Theory (PT): intro |
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Fri |
09/05/08 |
L2 |
ditto |
Time-independent PT: formalism |
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2 |
Tue |
09/09/08 |
L3 |
Das + Melissinos |
Time-independent PT: application The Ammonia molecule |
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Th |
09/11/08 |
L4 |
Si Notes +Sakurai |
Variational Method: intro and simple Apps |
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3 |
Tu |
09/16/08 |
L5 |
Merzbacher |
Particle in a box Excited levels |
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Th |
09/18/08 |
L6 |
ditto |
Variational Method: formalism Calculus of Variations |
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4 |
Tu |
09/23/08 |
L7 |
ditto |
Rayleigh-Ritz Method Time-dependent PT: formalism |
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Th |
09/25/08 |
L8 |
ditto |
Coulomb excitations |
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5 |
Tu |
09/30/08 |
L9 |
ditto |
Dawson: Coulomb excitations (cont.) |
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Th |
10/02/08 |
L10 |
ditto |
Dawson: Atom in a radiation field |
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6 |
Tu |
10/07/08 |
L11 |
ditto |
Atom in a radiation field (cont.) Photoelectric effect |
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Th |
10/09/08 |
L12 |
ditto |
Golden rule for constant transition rates |
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7 |
Tu |
10/14/08 |
L13 |
Si Notes+Merzbacher |
Scattering Theory: S-matrix in 1-d |
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Th |
10/16/08 |
L14 |
Merzbacher |
Scattering in 3-d The cross section |
(due 10/31) |
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8 |
Tu |
10/21/08 |
L15 |
Si Notes+Merzbacher |
Green's functions The scattering amplitude |
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Th |
10/23/08 |
L16 |
Si Notes+Merzbacher |
Central forces partial wave decomposition radial Schrodinger equation |
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9 |
Tu |
10/28/08 |
L17 |
Si Notes+Merzbacher |
The phase shift |
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Th |
10/30/08 |
L18 |
Si Notes+Merzbacher |
Relation between phase shift and scattering amplitude |
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10 |
Tu |
11/4/08 |
L19 |
Si Notes |
Low-energy S-wave scattering Effective range theory Intro. to nuclear physics |
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Th |
11/06/08 |
L20 |
Si Notes |
Isospin Neutron-proton scattering at zero energy The deuteron |
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11 |
Tu |
11/11/08 |
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VETERAN'S DAY |
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Th |
11/13/08 |
L21 |
Si Notes |
The deuteron (cont) One pion exchange potential |
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12 |
Tu |
11/18/08 |
L22 |
Si Notes+Merzbacher |
One pion exchange potential (cont) Formal theory of scattering |
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Th |
11/20/08 |
L23 |
Merzbacher+ Sakurai |
Formal theory of scattering (cont) Multiparticle Systems |
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13 |
Tu |
11/25/08 |
L24 |
Sakurai |
Multiparticle Systems (cont) Distinguishable particles |
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Th |
11/27/08 |
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THANSGIVING DAY |
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14 |
Tu |
12/02/08 |
L25 |
Sakurai |
Indistinguishable particles BE and FD statistics |
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Th |
12/04/08 |
L26 |
Merzbacher |
Creation/Annihilation operators and Fock space |
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15 |
Tu |
12/09/08 |
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Silas in Seattle – NO CLASS |
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Th |
12/11/08 |
L27 |
ditto |
Creation/Annihilation operators (cont) BE and FD statistics rederived Many-body operators |
Due 12/22 |