Class meeting date
|
Lecture subject
|
Recommended reading
|
January 15
|
Thermal radiation
and Planck’s postulate
|
Chapter 1
|
January 20
|
Photons - Particle-like
properties of radiation
|
Chapter 2
|
January 22
|
Photons - Particle-like
properties of radiation
|
Chapter 2
|
January 27
|
The Broglie’s
postulate - wavelike properties of particles
|
Chapter 3
|
January 29
|
The Broglie’s
postulate - wavelike properties of particles
|
Chapter 3
|
February 3
|
No class
(my parents are married 50 years)
|
|
February 5
|
Bohr’s
model of the atom
|
Chapter 4
|
February 10
|
Bohr’s
model of the atom
|
Chapter 4
|
February 12
|
Schroedinger’s
theory of quantum mechanics
|
Chapter 5
|
February 17
|
Schroedinger’s
theory of quantum mechanics
|
Chapter 5
|
February 19
|
Solutions of
time-independent Schroedinger equations
|
Chapter 6
|
February 24
|
Solutions of
time-independent Schroedinger equations
|
Chapter 6
|
February 26
|
Midterm Exam
# 1
|
Chapters 1
- 5
|
March 3
|
One-electron
atoms
|
Chapter 7
|
March 5
|
One-electron
atoms
|
Chapter 7
|
March 17
|
Magnetic dipole
moment, spin, and transition rates
|
Chapter 8
|
March 19
|
Magnetic dipole
moment, spin, and transition rates
|
Chapter 8
|
March 24
|
Multielectron
atoms - ground state and X-ray excitation
|
Chapter 9
|
March 26
|
Multielectron
atoms - ground state and X-ray excitation
|
Chapter 9
|
March 31
|
Multielectron
atoms - optical excitations
|
Chapter 10
|
April 2
|
Multielectron
atoms - optical excitations
|
Chapter 10
|
April 7
|
Nuclear Models
|
Chapter 15
|
April 9
|
Nuclear Models
|
Chapter 15
|
April 14
|
Midterm Exam
# 2
|
Chapter 6 -
10
|
April 16
|
Nuclear decay
and nuclear reactions
|
Chapter 16
|
April 21
|
Nuclear decay
and nuclear reactions
|
Chapter 16
|
April 23
|
Introduction
to elementary particles
|
Chapter 17
|
April 28
|
Introduction
to elementary particles
|
Chapter 17
|
May 6
|
Final Exam
|
|
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