Notes from Physics 221AB, Fall 1996 and Spring 1997.

1.  The Mathematical Formalism of Quantum Mechanics in pdf.

2.  The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics in pdf.

3.  The Density Operator in pdf.

4.  The WKB Method in pdf.

5.  Connection Rules for One-Dimensional WKB Problems in pdf.

6.  Coherent States in pdf.

7.  Propagators and Green's Functions in pdf.

8.  The Feynman Path Integral in pdf.

9.  Rotations in Ordinary Space in pdf.

10.  Rotations in Quantum Mechanics, and Rotations of Spin-1/2 Systems in pdf.

11.  Representations of the Angular Momentum Operators in pdf.

12.  Orbital Angular Momentum and Spherical Harmonics in pdf.

13.  Spins in Magnetic Fields in pdf.

14.  Coupling of Angular Momenta in pdf.

15.  Irreducible Tensor Operators and the Wigner-Eckart Theorem in pdf.

16.  Bloch's Theorem and Band Structure in pdf.

17.  Time-Reversal in pdf.

18.  Bound-State Perturbation Theory in pdf.

19.  The Stark Effect in Hydrogen and Alkali Atoms in pdf.

20.  Fine Structure in Hydrogen and Alkali Atoms in pdf.

21.  Hyperfine Structure in Hydrogen and Alkali Atoms in pdf.

22.  Introduction to Chapter 6 of Bransden and Joachain, Physics of Atoms and Molecules in pdf.

23.  The Thomas-Fermi Model in pdf.

24.  The Hartree-Fock Method in Atoms in pdf.

25.  Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory in pdf.

26.  The Photoelectric Effect in pdf.

27.  Coherence in Classical Electromagnetic Radiation in pdf.

28.  Semiclassical Theory of Radiation in pdf.

29.  Scattering Theory in pdf.

30.  The Transition Operator in pdf.

31.  Adiabatic Invariance, the Geometric Phase, and the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation in pdf.

32.  Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formulation of the Classical Electromagnetic Field in pdf.

33.  The Quantized Electromagnetic Field in pdf.

34.  The Classical Electromagnetic Field Hamiltonian via the Equations of Motion in pdf.

35.   Interaction of Radiation with Matter in pdf.

36.  Lorentz Transformations in Quantum Mechanics and the Covariance of the Dirac Equation in pdf.

Homeworks from Physics 221AB, Fall 1996 and Spring 1997.

1.  Homework #1 in postscript or pdf format.

2.  Homework #2 in postscript or pdf format.

3.  Homework #3 in postscript or pdf format.

4.  Homework #4 in postscript or pdf format.

5.  Homework #5 in postscript or pdf format.

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25.  Homework #25 in postscript or pdfformat.

26.  Homework #26 in postscript or pdf format.

27.  Homework #27 in postscript or pdf format.

28.  Homework #28 in postscript or pdf format.

Final Exams.

• 221A Final in postscript or pdf format.
• 221B Final in postscript or pdf format.