| Date | Lectures | Assignments | Notes | |
| 09/23 | Review of measurements. (notes) (supplement) | Reading: Ch. 1-8. | PH 451 WS 1 (PH 551 WS 1) WS 1 analysis | |
| 09/25 | Review of basic quantum systems: free particle, infinite well. (notes) | HW 1 PH451 (solutions) (HW 1 PH551 (solutions)) | PH 451 WS 2 (PH 551 WS 2) WS 2 analysis | Review questions |
| 09/28 | Review: finite well. Energy spectra and wavefunctions in arbitrary potential. Harmonic oscillator. (notes) | Reading: Ch. 9.1. | WS 3 WS 3 analysis | |
| 09/30 | Harmonic oscillator: number representation. Raising and lowering operators. (notes) | Reading: Ch. 9.1, 9.2. HW 2 PH451 (solutions) (HW 2 PH551 (solutions)) | WS 4 (PH 551 WS 4) WS 4 analysis | |
| 10/02 | Harmonic oscillator: energy spectrum and ladder operators.(notes) | Reading: Ch. 9.2-9.3. | WS 5 (PH 551 WS 5) WS 5 analysis | |
| 10/05 | Harmonic oscillator: position representation, expectation values. (notes) | Reading: Ch. 9.4-9.7. | WS 6 (PH 551 WS 6) WS 6 analysis | |
| 10/07 | Harmonic oscillator: uncertainty relations, measurements, time dependence. (notes) | Reading: Ch. 9.1-9.7. HW 3 PH451 (solutions) (HW 3 PH551 (solutions)) | WS 7 (PH 551 WS 7) WS 7 analysis | papers for HW3: H. O. in quantum optics, H.O. in ion trapping |
| 10/09 | Harmonic oscillator: applications. (supplement) | Reading: Ch. 9.8-9.9. | ||
| 10/12 | Time-independent perturbation theory: non-degenerate case, first-order energy correction. (notes) | Reading: Ch. 10.1-10.3. | WS 8 (PH 551 WS 8) WS 8 analysis | |
| 10/14 | Time-independent perturbation theory: non-degenerate case, first-order state correction. (notes) (supplement) | Reading: Ch. 10.3-10.4. HW 4 PH451 (solutions) (HW 4 PH551 (solutions)) | WS 9 (PH 551 WS 10) WS 9 analysis | |
| 10/16 | Time-independent perturbation theory: non-degenerate case, second-order energy correction. (notes) (supplement) | Reading: Ch. 10.1-10.4. | WS 10(PH 551 WS 10) WS 10 analysis | |
| 10/19 | Time-independent perturbation theory: degenerate case. (notes) (supplement) | Reading: Ch. 10.5. Also: review Ch. 7-8 and finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors in matrix representation. | ||
| 10/21 | Degenerate perturbation theory: example - linear Stark effect. (notes) (supplement) | Reading: Ch. 10.5-10.6. | WS 11(PH 551 WS 11) WS 11 analysis | |
| 10/23 | Degenerate perturbation theory: hyperfine structure of the hydrogen atom. (notes) (supplement) | Reading: 11.1-11.3. | WS 12(PH 551 WS 12) WS 12 analysis | |