Tue 10:40-12:30 P1 & Wed 15:40-17:30 U2
(*) All lectures and exams will be face-to-face.
Tue 16:30-17:30 P311 (Instructor)
?? (TA)
(**) In-person visits at other times will not be admitted.
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J. Griffiths and Darrell F. Schroeter, Third edition Cambridge University Press 2018
Make sure to read detailed rules carefully. See also METU Rules and Regulations Governing Undergraduate Studies.
Grading: in-class assignments (ICA) 30%, Midterm (MT) 30%, Final Exam (F) 40% (Total 100).
Letter grades: AA (90), BA (85), BB (80), CB (75), CC(70), DC (65), DD(60), FD(50), FF (0)
Class attendance and participation is mandatory for a passing grade independent of exam results.
By registration, you are assumed to accept the code of ethics & core values of METU and commit to maintain academic honesty and integrity for this course.
Any form of academic misconduct, including cheating in assignments and exams, is strictly prohibited, and disciplinary action will be taken against violators.
The wave function (Ch1) Lecture notes
Sep 30 The wave function (video), Position and momentum, expectation values (video)
Time-independent Schrodinger equation (Ch 2) Lecture notes
Oct 01 Separable solutions, Stationary states (video) Infinite square well, orthogonality, completeness (video)
Oct 07 Example on infinite square well (video) The harmonic oscillator, algebraic method (i) (video)
Formalism (Ch 3) Lecture notes
Quantum Mechanics in Three Dimensions (Ch 4) Lecture notes
Identical particles (Ch 5) Lecture notes
Midterm (Nov. 18 10:30-12:30 P1)
Symmetries and Conservation Laws (Ch 6) Lecture notes
Final Exam: Please check METU SIS for details.
Makeup Exam: Information will be emailed to eligible students.
(***)The content outlined is subject to change depending on our pace in this semester.
Barton Zwiebach's Quantum Physics I lectures from MIT