PHYSICS 460 QUANTUM
MECHANICS I
Spring 2003
Instructor:
Professor T.E. Clark
Office:
Room 254, Physics Building
Office Phone: 49-43038
E-Mail:
clark@physics.purdue.edu
Office Hours: T 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Class Hours: M,W,F 11:30
a.m.-12:20 p.m.
Class
Room: Room 110, Physics Building
Text:
Introduction To Quantum Mechanics by David J. Griffiths
Homework:
Specific reading assignments will be given supplementing the lecture material
covered in class.
Homework problems will be assigned regularly.
Problem solving is an essential as well as an integral part of this course and your
homework grades will count approximately 40% towards your course grade. Students may discuss the problems with each other
in a general way but should not do the homework as a group effort. No carbon copy homework sets are acceptable. Further, the problem solutions should be clearly
and neatly written on one side only of standard size paper.
Your fellow students should be able to read, follow and understand the solutions. The quality of the presentation counts towards the
grade. The problem sets will be written in a
format that has your name, PHYS 460, and the due date in the upper right hand corner of
the first page and your name and PHYS 460 on each following page; the problem set number
on the first page and each page numbered. As
well, the question should first be written out (if a long question, re-write it in an
outlined form) and then followed by the solution.
Exams & Grades: There will be one exam during the semester and a
comprehensive final exam at the end of the semester.
Your
course grade will be based on the scores for the exams and homework sets, with the
approximate weights:
Homework
40%
One exam
20%
Final exam
40%
The final exam will be scheduled during the week beginning 5 May.
References:
Besides our textbook, the following books will be on reserve in the Physics
Library.
A)
Undergraduate Level
i)
Elementary
1. R.P. Feynman, R.B. Leighton and M.
Sands: The Feynman Lectures on
Physics,Vol. III: Quantum Mechanics
2. E.H. Wichmann: Berkeley Physics
Course, Vol. 4: Quantum Physics
ii) Intermediate
B)
Graduate Level (Advanced)
C)
Problems and Solutions