Physics 137B course pageFall 2007Department of Physics University of California, Berkeley Discussions: 2-3 Tu in 121 Latimer (but still in 9 Evans on 9/11) or 3-4 W in 9 Evans Instructor office hour: Tu 1-2, 549 Birge Hall GSI office hour: W 1-2, F 3-4, 465 Birge Hall Office hours 11/27 rescheduled: questions by email or by appt. Syllabus 8/28/07: review and introduction. 137A ended with topics in Bransden chapters 6 (spin) and 10 (identical particles). 8/30/07: continue review; start time-independent perturbation theory Problem set 1 due 9/7/07, solutions 9/4/07: more time-independent perturbation theory. Bransden 8.1. 9/6/07: examples of perturbation theory; start degenerate case. Bransden 8.2. Problem set 2 due 9/14/07, solutions 9/11/07: degenerate perturbation theory. Bransden 8.2. 9/13/07: spin-orbit coupling; variational method. Bransden 8.3. Problem set 3 due 9/21/07, solutions 9/18/07: WKB method. Start time-dependent perturbation theory. Bransden 9.1. 9/20/07: Time-dependent perturbation theory. Bransden 9.1. Problem set 4 due 9/28/07, solutions 9/25/07: Fermi's golden rule for constant perturbations. Sudden approx. Bransden 9.2 and 9.5. 9/27/07: Sinusoidal perturbations. Adiabatic approximation. Bransden 9.3-4, 11.2. Problem set 5 due 10/5/07, solutions 10/2/07: Electric dipole transitions: formulas for rates. Bransden 11.3. 10/4/07: Dipole selection rules. Bransden 11.4. 10/9/07: Midterm I (no problem set this week). midterm and solutions 10/11/07: Lorentzian distribution and convolution theorem. Bransden 11.5. Problem set 6 due 10/19/07, solutions 10/16/07: Thomas-Fermi model and molecular excitations. 10/18/07: Introduction to scattering theory. Bransden 13. Problem set 7 due 10/26/07, solutions 10/23/07: More scattering. Bransden 13. 10/25/07: Finish scattering. Bransden 13. Problem set 8 due 11/02/07, solutions 10/30/07: Density matrices. Bransden 14. 11/1/07: Einstein derivation of spontaneous emission. Bransden 11.3. Problem set 9 due 11/09/07, solutions 11/6/07: Photoionization. 11/8/07: Laser action. Stark effect. 11/13/07: Midterm II review. 11/15/07: Midterm II. Review sheet, exam & solutions. 11/20/07: Adiabatic approximation in more detail. "Berry phase" idea. 11/22/07: Holiday (no pset due 11/23) Problem set 10 due 11/30/07, solutions 11/27/07: Identical particle scattering. 11/29/07: Coherent states. 12/4/07: Entanglement and reduced density matrix. Problem set 11 due 12/7/07, solutions 12/10/07: Final review sheet. 5 pm review session, 325 LeConte Practice final, solutions 12/15/07: (8-11 am) FINAL EXAM, 241 Cory Hall While there are no labs for this course, you might enjoy the virtual Zeeman experiment here. Lecture notes: most packets are around 1 MB (~ 10 pages) Review (more than in class): notes 1, notes 2, notes 3 (notes 3 is just 2 pages) Time-independent perturbation theory: notes 4 More perturbation theory, fine structure: notes 5 Variational method, WKB, start time-dep PT: notes 6 More time-dep PT: notes 7, notes 8 Interaction of light with matter and selection rules: notes 9 Lorentzian distribution: notes 10 Molecules and other many-particle systems: notes 11 Density matrices: notes 12 Supplements: degenerate-state perturbations, origin of SO coupling, Einstein approach to spontaneous emission, quick derivation of Boltzmann factor: notes 13 Photoionization, masers/lasers, Stark effect: notes 14 Adiabatic approximation, identical particle collisions, coherent states: notes 15 Quantum information (reduced density matrix and entanglement): notes 16 Books on course reserve in Physics/Astronomy Library, 40 Doe Hall Quantum Mechanics, 2nd ed., Bransden and Joachain (required) selected others Instructor contact information Joel Moore, Assistant Professor |