Course Information
Lectures at MWF 9:30-10:20AM in 3M64
| Fall Semester | Winter Semester |
| Dr. Andrew Frey 3L17 a dot frey at uwinnipeg dot ca 786-9215 |
Dr. Melanie Martin 3L21 m dot martin at uwinnipeg dot ca 786-9442 |
| Office Hours (or by appointment) | |
| T9:30-10:30AM | MW 11AM-12PM |
This is the course homepage for the fall semester only of PHYS-3301, Quantum Mechanics I.
I welcome feedback and comments on the course. If you're more comfortable commenting anonymously, leave me a note in my mailbox in the department office (2L26).
Texts
- Required: Introduction to the Relativity Principle by Barton
- Required: Quantum Mechanics by Scherrer
- Supplementary: These notes by Hogg
In addition, some extra reading (from other texts, journal articles, etc) may be assigned.
Important Dates for Fall Term
- Thanksgiving Holiday: Oct 10, 2011
- Remembrance Day Holiday: Nov 11, 2011
- Extra Day of Monday Class Schedule: Nov 30, 2011
- Extra Day of Friday Class Schedule: Dec 1, 2011
- Review Sessions: Dec 5, 2011 at 9:30-10:30AM and 1:30-2:30PM, room 2L15
- December Exam: Dec 9, 2011, starts promptly at 1:30PM, room 3M64, Study Guide (includes scheduling info and exam policies)
Reading Schedule
The reading will be very important for your general education, so please keep up! Please note that this is a rough schedule, subject to change depending on how quickly we move in class, so watch for updates. If you click on the topics, you will find scanned copies of my lecture notes.
| Dates | Topic | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 7-19 Sept | Symmetries & Galilean Relativity | Barton §2.1-4 |
| 21-27 Sept | Einsteinian Relativity | Barton §3.1-3, suggested: §3.4, Hogg §1.2-3; 2.1-2; 2.5 |
| 27 Sept - 3 Oct | Lorentz Transformations and Spacetime (Part I) | Barton Chapter 4 except §4.2.4,5, suggested: Hogg § 4.1-3, chapter 2, §3.3,4 |
| 5-14 Oct | Lorentz Transformations and Spacetime (Part II) | Barton Chapter 5, suggested: Hogg § 3.1, 4.1, 5.2,3 |
| 14-21 Oct | Velocities & 4-Vectors (Particle Velocities) | Barton §4.2.4, 6.2; suggested: Hogg §4.4 |
| 24-31 Oct | Velocities & 4-Vectors (4-Vectors) | Fayngold §4.7 (ereserve); Barton §7.1,4, appendix B |
| 2 Nov | Velocities & 4-Vectors (4-Velocity) | Barton §7.2 |
| 4-14 Nov | Relativistic Dynamics (4-Momentum) | Barton §9.1-3 |
| 14-18 Nov | Relativistic Dynamics (Collisions & Decays) | Barton §11.1-4 |
| 18 Nov | Natural Units | Barton chapter 10 |
| 21-25 Nov | The Doppler Effect | Barton §2.5.4, §12.2, §13.3-5; suggested: Hogg §6.9, §7.1 |
| 28 Nov-1 Dec | Historical Intro to Quantum Mechanics | Scherrer chapter 1 |
Homework Assignments
Policies
Please see the course outline for the official statement of homework policies, and there will be a revised course outline with new homework policies distributed in January. The following are guidelines for the fall:
- Assignments will only be posted on this web page, NOT handed out in class!
- Assignments are due one week after they are assigned, with due dates listed on this web page.
- Collaboration is allowed, but you must write up your own solutions independently (in your own words).
- Late assignments will only be accepted with prior permission from the instructor.
- Assignments that are not neatly organized and written will receive zero credit (one warning allowed). Please see the course outline.
- If you find a mistake in grading, please see the instructor.
Homework Sets
Solutions removed
- Assignment 1 due 21 Sept
- Assignment 2 due 28 Sept
- Assignment 3 due 5 Oct
- Assignment 4 due 12 Oct
- Assignment 5 due 19 Oct
- Assignment 6 due 26 Oct
- Assignment 7 due 2 Nov
- Assignment 8 due
9 Nov14 Nov in class - Assignment 9 due 16 Nov
- Assignment 10 due 23 Nov
- Assignment 11 due 30 Nov
Last updated: 14:39 on 20 Dec 2011; solutions removed: 12:05 on 10 May 2012