Midterm Grades
Course Information
Lectures at MWF 9:30-10:20AM in 3M57
| Fall Semester | Winter Semester |
| Dr. Andrew Frey 2L26 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) | |
| T9:45-10:45AM | TBA |
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 (3L00A).
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 8, 2012
- Extra Day of Monday Class Schedule: Nov 28, 2012
- Review Sessions: TBA
- December Exam: Dec 3, 2012, starts promptly at 1:30PM, room 2L14
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5-17 Sept | Galilean Relativity | Barton §2.1-4 |
| 17-19 Sept | Statistical Mechanics: Distribution Functions, more notes | Reif §2.1,4; 6.2; 7.9,10 ereserve |
| 21-24 Sept | Statistical Mechanics: Equilibrium Distributions | continue readings from Reif |
| 24-28 Sept | Einsteinian Relativity | Barton §3.1-3, suggested: §3.4, Hogg §1.2-3; 2.1-2; 2.5 |
| 28 Sept-5 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 |
| 5-12 Oct | Lorentz Transformations and Spacetime (Part II), Example | Barton Chapter 5, suggested: Hogg §3.1, 4.1, 5.2,3 |
| 15-19 Oct | Velocities & 4-Vectors: Particle Velocities | Barton §4.2.4, 6.2; suggested: Hogg §4.4 |
| 19 Oct - 2 Nov | Velocities & 4-Vectors: 4-Vectors & 4-Velocities | Fayngold §4.7 & Hartle §4.6,5,1-3 (ereserve); Barton §7.1,2,4, appendix B |
| 2-7 Nov | Relativistic Dynamics: 4-Momentum | Barton §9.1-3 |
| 9-14 Nov | Relativistic Dynamics: Collisions & Decays | Barton §11.1-4 |
| 14-16 Nov | Natural Units | Barton chapter 10 |
| 16-23 Nov | The Doppler Effect | Barton §2.5.4, §12.2, §13.3-5; suggested: Hogg §6.9, §7.1 |
| 23-28 Nov | Historical Intro to Quantum Mechanics | Scherrer chapter 1 |
| 30 Nov | Review Sessions | 9:30 & 13:30, room 2L14 |
| 3 Dec | Term Test, 13:30, 2L14 | Cover Sheet (Solution removed) |
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. They are due by 11:59PM on the due date to the dropbox outside room 2L26. Make sure to label your assignment with your name and "QMI."
- 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 19 Sept
- Assignment 2 due 26 Sept
- Assignment 3 due 3 Oct
- Assignment 4 due 10 Oct
- Assignment 5 due 17 Oct
- Assignment 6 due 24 Oct
- Assignment 7 due 31 Oct
- Assignment 8 due 7 Nov
- Assignment 9 due 14 Nov
- Assignment 10 due 21 Nov
- Assignment 11 due 28 Nov
Last updated: 20:05 on 8 July 2013