| Date | Lectures | Assignments | Notes | |
| 01/05 | Review of measurements. (notes) (supplement) | PH 451 WS 1 (PH 551 WS 1) | ||
| 01/07 | Review of basic quantum systems. (notes) | HW 1 PH451 (solutions) (HW 1 PH551 (solutions)) | PH 451 WS 2 (PH 551 WS 2) WS 2 analysis | Review questions |
| 01/09 | Review: inifinite and finite well. Energy spectra and wavefunctions in arbitrary potential. (notes) | WS 3 WS 3 analysis | ||
| 01/12 | 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 | |
| 01/14 | Harmonic oscillator: energy spectrum and ladder operators.(notes) | Reading: Ch. 9.2-9.3. | WS 5 (PH 551 WS 5) WS 5 analysis | |
| 01/16 | Harmonic oscillator: position representation, expectation values. (notes) | Reading: Ch. 9.4-9.7. | WS 6 (PH 551 WS 6) WS 6 analysis | |
| 01/19 | no class: Martin Luther King day | |||
| 01/21 | Harmonic oscillator: uncertainty relations, measurements. (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 |
| 01/23 | Harmonic oscillator: time dependence and applications. (notes) (supplement) | Reading: Ch. 9.8-9.9. | WS 8 (PH 551 WS 8) WS 8 analysis | |
| 01/26 | Time-independent perturbation theory: non-degenerate case, first-order energy correction. (notes) | Reading: Ch. 10.1-10.3. | WS 9 (PH 551 WS 9) WS 9 analysis | |
| 01/28 | 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 10 (PH 551 WS 10) WS 10 analysis | |
| 01/30 | Time-independent perturbation theory: non-degenerate case, second-order energy correction. (notes) (supplement) | Reading: Ch. 10.1-10.4. | WS 11(PH 551 WS 11) WS 11 analysis | |
| 02/02 | Time-independent perturbation theory: degenerate case. (notes) (supplement) | Reading: Ch. 10.5. | ||
| 02/04 | Degenerate perturbation theory: example - linear Stark effect. (notes) (supplement) | Reading: Ch. 10.5-10.6. Also: review Ch. 7-8 and finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors in matrix representation. | WS 12(PH 551 WS 12) WS 12 analysis | |
| 02/06 | Degenerate perturbation theory: hyperfine structure of the hydrogen atom. (notes) | Reading: 11.1-11.3. (Also: preparation for midterm: Ch. 9; 10.1-10.4, HW1-4, WS1-11) | WS 13(PH 551 WS 13) WS 13 analysis | |
| 02/09 | Addition of angular momenta.(notes) | |||
| 02/11 | Midterm | |||