PHY 389L: Quantum Mechanics II, spring 2013

Unique #: 58725
T-Th 12:30-2:00pm, RLM 6.114
Instructor: Prof. Alex Demkov
Office: RLM 13.206
Phone: 471-8560
e-mail: demkov@physics.utexas.edu
Office hours: Friday 10-noon, and by
appointment
Reference Books:

J.J. Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics, Wiley, 2000.

Class website: http://www.ph.utexas.edu/classes/demkov/phy389L/

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Atoms
Periodic table
Molecules
Born Oppenheimer Approximation
Mathematical foundations
Density matrix
Berry phase
Scattering Theory
Quantum Mechanics of Many Particles

5 homework assignments

February, Midterm I
April, Midterm II

No class the week of February 11, make-up classes TBD*

May XX, Final (form to be determined)

Grading: homework 40%, two mid-terms 20% each, final 20%