Physics 15400 Section: Modern Physics
Instructor: Cheng Chin
Lectures: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11:30am ~ 12:20pm, KPTC 106
Textbooks: (Required) Quantum Physic by R. Eisberg and R. Resnick, ISBN: 0 471 87373
Lab Schedule
Discussion Sections: Tuesday, 4:30~5:20 pm
Last Name | Room | TA |
A-F | Cobb 104 | Kaixuan Kevin Yao |
G-L | KPTC 105 | Asrat Demis |
M-R | Cobb 112 | Ian MacCornack |
S-Z | KPTC 120 | Timothy Hoffman |
Office Hours:
Cheng Chin | Tue.11~12:30 pm & Wed. 2:30~3:30 pm | GCIS 107 |
Ian MacCormack | Monday 4~5 pm | KPTC 307 |
Timothy Hoffman | Tuesday 1:30~2:30 pm | KPTC 307 |
Asrat Demis | Wednesday 10:30~11:30 am | KPTC 307 |
Yu Hung Tommy Chiu | Wednesday 4~5 pm | KPTC 307 |
Kaixuan Kevin Yao | Thursday 2:30~3:30 pm | KPTC 307 |
Class Outline:
Wk | Lecture | Date | Topic | Eisberg chapter/page |
Home- work |
TA mtg |
1 | 1 | 9/26 | What is Modern Physics? | |||
2 | 9/28 | Quantization of Light (I): photoelectic effect | pp. 27-34 | |||
3 | 9/30 | Quantization of Light (II): x-ray and Compton effect | pp. 34-43 | #1 | #1 | |
2 | 4 | 10/3 | Particle-Wave Duality (I): de Broglie's hypothesis | pp. 56-65 | ||
5 | 10/5 | Math (I): Fourier transform | ||||
6 | 10/7 | Particle-Wave Duality (II): uncertianty principle | pp. 65-79 | #1solution #2 |
#2 | |
3 | 7 | 10/10 | Particle-Wave Duality (III): Bohr's model | pp. 96-105 | ||
8 | 10/12 | Particle-Wave Duality (IV): Quantization rules | pp. 110-119 | |||
9 | 10/14 | Math (II): Operators and Differential Equations | pp.134-150 | #2 solution #3 |
#3 | |
4 | 10 | 10/17 | Schrodinger's Equation | pp. 150-155 | ||
11 | 10/19 | Free and Confined Particles (I) | pp. 177-184 | |||
12 | 10/21 | Free and Confined Particles (II) | pp.184-199 | #3 solution #4 |
#4 | |
5 | 10/24 | Midterm Exam I (Lec. 1~9) | ||||
13 | 10/26 | Free and Confined Particles (III) | pp. 199-209 | |||
14 | 10/28 | Free and Confined Particles (IV) | pp. 150-155 | #4 solution #5 |
#5 | |
6 | 15 | 10/31 | Math (III): Partial Differential Equations | pp. 214-221 | ||
16 | 11/2 | Math (IV): State vectors in Hilbert Space | ||||
17 | 11/4 | Free and Confined Paritcles (V) | pp.157-167 | #5 solution #6 |
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7 | 18 | 11/7 | Quantum Measurements | |||
19 | 11/9 | Quantum Paradoxes | ||||
11/11 | Selected topic (I): Atoms and molecules | pp. 416-424 | #6 solution #7 |
#6 | ||
8 | 11/14 | Midterm Exam II (Lec. 10~17) | ||||
20 | 11/16 | Identical Particles | pp.376~380 | |||
21 | 11/18 | Bose and Fermi gas | pp. 398~407 | #7 solution #8 |
#7 | |
9 | 11/21 | Student presentation (I) | ||||
22 | 11/23 | Selected topic (II): Condensed matter | ||||
11/25 | Thanksgiving | |||||
10 | 23 | 11/28 | Student presentation (II) | #8 solution | #8 | |
11/30 | Selected topic (III): Quantum simulation | |||||
11 | 12/7 | Final Exam 10:30 am~12:30 pm @ KPTC 106 | final_solution |
Evaluation
Lab 20%
Problem sets 25%
Two Midterms 30%
Final 25%
Extra Credit:
Presentation 5%: 10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A
Time slots: (11/21) 11:30~11:45 am, 11:45~12 pm, 12~12:15 pm, 12:15~12:30 pm
(11/28) 11:30~11:45 am, 11:45~12 pm, 12~12:15 pm, 12:15~12:30 pm