PHY 6645 Syllabus

PHY 6645 QUANTUM MECHANICS I - Fall 2019

INSTRUCTOR

Pierre Sikivie
Office: NPB 2063
email: sikivie@phys.ufl.edu
tel: 352.392.1923

CLASS TIMES

MWF, 10:40am - 11:30pm, in NPB 1101

OFFICE HOURS, NPB 2063

MWF, 11:45am - 12:35pm, in NPB 2063

GRADER

Kazi Alam
Office: NPB 2157
email: kazi.a.alam@ufl.edu
tel: 352.392.0139
Office hours: Wednesdays 9:35 - 10:25am

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK

"Principles of Quantum Mechanics" by R. Shankar, 2d edition, Springer 1994. We will cover chapters 3 - 13.

There are many other useful textbooks on quantum mechanics. You are encouraged to explore alternatives. Here are four that are commonly used in graduate level courses:

L. Landau and E. Lifchitz, `Quantum Mechanics', Pergamon Press.
L.I. Schiff, `Quantum Mechanics', 3d Edition, McGraw-Hill 1968.
E. Merzbacher, `Quantum Mechanics', 2d Edition, Wiley 1970.
J.J. Sakurai and J. Napolitano, `Modern Quantum Mechanics', 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press 2017.

COURSE OUTLINE

Experimental foundations
Postulates
The Schr\"odinger equation
The classical limit
The harmonic oscillator
The path integral formulation
Uncertainty relations
Identical particles
Symmetries and conservation laws
The rotation group and angular momentum
The hydrogen atom

A course schedule can be found here .

HOMEWORK

There will be one problem set per week, due on Wednesdays.

due August 28: homework #1
due September 4: homework #2
due September 11: homework #3
due September 18: 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4
due September 25: homework #5
due October 2: homework #6
due October 9: homework #7
due October 16: 7.3.2, 7.3.4, 7.3.6, 7.4.2, 7.4.3, 7.4.4, 7.4.5, 7.4.6
due October 23: homework #9
due October 30: 7.5.4, 8.6.1, 8.6.2, 8.6.3, 10.1.2
due November 6: homework #11
due November 13: 12.3.3, 12.3.6, 12.3.7
due November 20: 12.3.8, 12.4.4, 12.5.1, 12.5.3, 12.5.5, 12.5.6
due December 4: homework #14

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The 14th homework is due in the instructor's mailbox at noon on Friday, December 6.

The final exam is from 9:00am to 12:00n on Wednesday December 11, in NPB 1101. You may bring a formula sheet.

GRADING

Your final grade will be based on:

the homework	25%
a mid-term test (Oct. 14)	25%
the final exam (Dec. 11)	50%

The current UF policies for assigning grade points may be found at https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/grades.aspx.

CLASS ATTENDANCE

Requirements for class attendance, make-up exams, and other work in this course are consistent with university policies that can be found at https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/attendance.aspx.

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Students with disabilities requesting accommodations should first register with the Disability Resource Center (352-392-8565, https://www.dso.ufl.edu/drc) by providing appropriate documentation. Once registered, students will receive an accommodations letter which must be presented to the instructor when requesting accommodation. Students with disabilities should follow this procedure as early as possible in the semester.

COURSE EVALUATIONS

Students are expected to provide professional and respectful feedback on the quality of instruction in this course by completing course evaluations online via GatorEvals. Guidance on how to give feedback in a professional and respectful manner is available at https://gatorevals.aa.ufl.edu/drc. Students will be notified when the evaluation period opens, and can complete evaluations through the email they receive from GatorEvals, in their Canvas course menu under GatorEvals, or via https://ufl.bluera.com/ufl/. Summaries of course evaluation results are available to students at https://gatorevals.aa.ufl.edu/public-results.