Final Grades (removed for security reasons)
Course Information
Lectures MWF 9:30-10:20AM in 3M67
| Dr. Andrew Frey 2L26 a dot frey at uwinnipeg dot ca 786-9215 |
Marker: TBA For questions about marking only |
| Office Hours W1:30-2:30PM or by appointment | |
This is the course homepage for the winter 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 Winter Term
- First Winter Lecture: Jan , 2016
- Voluntary Withdrawal Date: Jan 20, 2016
- Reading Week: Feb 14-20, 2016
- Last Lectures: April 4 & 5, 2016
- Review Sessions: April 8 & 11, 10-11:30, 2L14
- Final Exam: April 12, 2016, 1:30-4:30PM, 3M67
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6-8 Jan | Hydrogen Atom | Scherrer §6.3,4 |
| 8-13 Jan | Momentum and Angular Momentum Wavefunctions | Scherrer §3.1, 6.2, Ohanian §2.2 here |
| 15-22 Jan | Quantum Statistics | Griffiths §5.4 |
| 22 Jan - 1 Feb | Galilean Relativity | Barton §2.1-4 |
| 1-5 Feb | Einsteinian Relativity | Barton §3.1-3; suggested: §3.4, Hogg §1.2-3, §2.1-2, § 2.5 |
| 8-15 Feb | Lorentz Transformations and Spacetime I | Barton Chapter 4 except §4.2.4,5; suggested: Hogg §4.1-3, chapter 2, §3.3,4 |
| 22-26 Feb | Lorentz Transformations and Spacetime (Part II) | Barton Chapter 5; suggested: Hogg §3.1, §4.1, §5.2,3 |
| 26 Feb - 4 Mar | Velocities & 4-Vectors: Particle Velocities | Barton §4.2.4, 6.2; suggested: Hogg §4.4 |
| 4-7 Mar | Velocities & 4-Vectors: 4-Vectors & Tensors I | Barton §7.1; appendix B |
| 7-11 Mar | Velocities & 4-Vectors: 4-Vectors & Tensors II | Hartle §5.1 ; Barton §7.1,4; appendix B |
| 14 Mar | Velocities & 4-Vectors: 4-Velocity | Hartle §5.2 ; Barton §7.2; appendix B |
| 14-18 Mar | Relativistic Dynamics: 4-Momentum | Barton §9.1-3 |
| 18-23 Mar | Relativistic Dynamics: Collisions & Decays | Barton §11.1-4 |
| 23 Mar | Natural Units | Barton chapter 10 |
| 28 Mar - 1 Apr | The Doppler Effect | Barton §2.5.4, §12.2, §13.3-5; suggested: Hogg §6.9, §7.1 |
| 4-5 Apr | Intro to General Relativity | None |
| 8-11 Apr | Review Sessions | 10-11:30AM, Room 2L14 |
| 12 Apr | Exam | Formula Sheet, Solution Removed |
Homework Assignments
Policies
Please see the course outline for the official statement of homework policies. The following are guidelines for the winter:
- 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 10:59PM 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
Assignments will appear here; solutions will be password-protected.
Solutions removed for security reasons.
- Assignment 1 due 13 Jan
- Assignment 2 due 20 Jan
- Assignment 3 due 27 Jan
- Assignment 4 due 3 Feb
- Assignment 5 due 10 Feb
- Assignment 6 due 24 Feb
- Assignment 7 due 2 Mar
- Assignment 8 due 9 Mar
- Assignment 9 due 16 Mar
- Assignment 10 due 23 Mar
- Assignment 11 due 30 Mar
- Assignment 12 NOT TO BE MARKED
Last updated: 12:43 on 6 Sept 2016