Week |
Ch |
Session |
Notes |
H-Work |
1/11 |
0 |
Review Waves & Mechanics |
Double
Slit
|
hw1
|
1/18 |
1 |
Wave and Particle Duality |
Photoelectric Effect
PhET
|
hw2p
|
1/25 |
1 |
Wave and Particle Duality |
Planck's assumptions
|
|
|
|
Bohr Model
|
Bragg Scattering
Braggs
Legacy
|
hw3
|
|
|
Davisson-Germer Experiment
|
Crystallography
|
|
2/1 |
2 |
Schroedinger Wave Equation |
Finite 1D Well
|
hw4
|
|
|
Brief History of QM (I)
|
Harmonic Oscillator
|
|
2/8 |
3 |
Operators and Waves |
Imaging Atoms
|
hw5
|
|
|
Potential Barriers
and Steps |
Quantum Tunneling (PhET)
|
|
2/15 |
3/4 |
Schroedinger Eq. in 3D |
Hydrogen Atom
Stellar Atmospheres
|
|
|
|
H Radial Functions
|
Spherical Harmonics
|
hw6p
|
2/22 |
4 |
Hydrogen Atom |
|
Exam 1 |
2/29 |
|
Spring Break --------------- NOVA:
|
Quantum Theory - Documentary
|
|
3/07 |
4 |
H-Atom: Fine Structure, Zeeman Effect |
Hydrogen Wave Functions
|
hw7
|
3/14 |
5 |
Electron Spin
|
Many-Electron Atoms
, Atomic States
|
hw8
|
3/21 |
6 |
X-Rays
, X-ray Astronomy
|
Lasers
, How Lasers work
, Simulation
|
hw9p
|
3/28 |
11 |
Michaelson Morley
Experiment
Space-Time
|
Simple Relativity
, Einstein Documentary
|
hw10
|
4/4 |
12 |
MIT GameLab: Slower Speed of Light
|
YT Playthrough
|
hw11
|
4/11 |
14 |
Some Nuclear Units
Chart of Nuclides
Bethe-Weizsäcker mass formula
|
Nuclear Chart today
, Marie Curie
|
hw12
|
4/18 |
14 |
Nuclear Force, Fission,
Fusion
History of Nuclear Fission
, CERN: cloud chamber
, Symmetry Magazin: Build your own
, video
|
Island of Stability in
Nuclear
Physics
KATRIN Experiment,
Majorana
Project
FRIB at MSU
|
|
4/29 |
|
Final Exam
|
1-3 pm
|
Rm 035
|