p261-2002

PHYSICS 261Q Introductory Quantum Mechanics
University of Connecticut
Professor Gerald Dunne
Fall 2002

"Anyone who is not shocked by quantum mechanics has not fully understood it." (Niels Bohr)

Here are some links that you might like to check out.
Max Planck and his Nobel lecture
Blackbody spectrum from COBE, the COsmic Background Explorer; for more information on the data see George Smoot's webpage.
Important experiments in quantum physics
Albert Einstein and his Nobel lecture
Niels Bohr and his Nobel lecture
double-slit experiment : part of the Physics2000 project at the University of Colorado
A macroscopic attempt at the double-slit experiment
Find the normalized Gaussian wavefunction on the old 10 Deutschmark banknote
Try some 1D quantum scattering
Brian Josepshon and his Nobel lecture on Josephson tunneling
Leo Esaki and his Nobel lecture on tunneling in semiconductors
Ivar Giaever and his Nobel lecture on tunneling in superconductors
Practical applications of spin resonance : MRI

Homework exercises listed below. Numbered problems from "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" by D. J. Griffiths

Problem Set 1 (due Wed. 9/11/02 at beginning of class) :	Q1. Griffiths 1.10;	Q2. Griffiths 1.14;
Problem Set 2 (due Wed. 9/18/02 at beginning of class) :	Q1. Griffiths 2.7;	Q2. Griffiths 2.8;
Problem Set 3 (due Wed. 9/25/02 at beginning of class) :	Q1. Griffiths 2.17;	Q2. Griffiths 2.38;
Problem Set 4 (due Wed. 10/2/02 at beginning of class) :	Q1. Griffiths 2.22 (a),(b),(c);	Q2. Griffiths 2.28;
Problem Set 5 (due Wed. 10/9/02 at beginning of class) :	Q1. Griffiths 2.33;	Q2. Griffiths 2.44;
Problem Set 6 (due Wed. 10/30/02 at beginning of class) :	Q1. Griffiths 4.2;	Q2. Griffiths 4.3;
Problem Set 7 (due Wed. 11/6/02 at beginning of class) :	Q1. Griffiths 4.13;	Q2. Griffiths 4.17;
Problem Set 8 (due Wed. 11/13/02 at beginning of class) :	Q1. Griffiths 4.22;	Q2. Griffiths 4.27;
Problem Set 9 (due Wed. 11/20/02 at beginning of class) :	Q1. Griffiths 4.33;	Q2. Griffiths 4.34;
Problem Set 10 (due Tue. 11/26/02 at beginning of class) :	Q1. Griffiths 4.48;
Problem Set 11 (due Mon. 12/9/02 at beginning of class) :	Q1. Griffiths 5.2;	Q2. Griffiths 5.4;