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

1.  The Mathematical Formalism of Quantum Mechanics in postscript or pdf.

2.  The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics in postscript or pdf.

3.  The Density Operator in postscript or pdf.

4.  The WKB Method in postscript or pdf.

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

6.  Coherent States in postscript or pdf.

7.  Propagators and Green's Functions in postscript or pdf.

8.  The Feynman Path Integral in postscript or pdf.

9.  Rotations in Ordinary Space in postscript or pdf.

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

11.  Representations of the Angular Momentum Operators in postscript or pdf.

12.  Orbital Angular Momentum and Spherical Harmonics in postscript or pdf.

13.  Spins in Magnetic Fields in postscript or pdf.

14.  Coupling of Angular Momenta in postscript or pdf.

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

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

17.  Time-Reversal in postscript or pdf.

18.  Bound-State Perturbation Theory in postscript or pdf.

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

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

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

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

23.  The Thomas-Fermi Model in postscript or pdf.

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

25.  Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory in postscript or pdf.

26.  The Photoelectric Effect in postscript or pdf.

27.  Coherence in Classical Electromagnetic Radiation in postscript or pdf.

28.  Semiclassical Theory of Radiation in postscript or pdf.

29.  Scattering Theory in postscript or pdf.

30.  The Transition Operator in postscript or pdf.

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

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

33.  The Quantized Electromagnetic Field in postscript or pdf.

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

35.   Interaction of Radiation with Matter in postscript or pdf.

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

6.  Homework #6 in postscript or pdf format.

7.  Homework #7 in postscript or pdf format.

8.  Homework #8 in postscript or pdf format.

9.  Homework #9 in postscript or pdf format.

10.  Homework #10 in postscript or pdf format.

11.  Homework #11 in postscript or pdf format.

12.  Homework #12 in postscript or pdf format.

13.  Homework #13 in postscript or pdf format.

14.  Homework #14 in postscript or pdf format.

15.  Homework #15 in postscript or pdf format.

16.  Homework #16 in postscript or pdf format.

17.  Homework #17 in postscript or pdf format.

18.  Homework #18 in postscript or pdf format.

19.  Homework #19 in postscript or pdf format.

20.  Homework #20 in postscript or pdf format.

21.  Homework #21 in postscript or pdf format.

22.  Homework #22 in postscript or pdf format.

23.  Homework #23 in postscript or pdf format.

24.  Homework #24 in postscript or pdf format.

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.