Tue 10:40-12:30 & Thu 13:40-15:30 Room P1
(*) All lectures and exams will be face-to-face.
Tue 15:40-16:30 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: 5 of 6 in-class assignments (ICAs) 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)
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The wave function (Ch1)
Sep 29 The wave function (video), Position and momentum, expectation values (video)
Oct 01 Self-study assignment #1
Time-independent Schrodinger equation (Ch 2)
Oct 06 Separable solutions, Stationary states (video)
Oct 08 Infinite square well, orthogonality, completeness (video) Self-study assignment #2
Oct 13 Example on infinite square well (video)
Oct 15 The harmonic oscillator, algebraic method (i) (video) Self-study assignment #3
>Oct 20 Harmonic oscillator, algebraic method (ii) (video) Harmonic oscillator, algebraic method (iii) (video) Self-study assignment #4
Oct 22 The harmonic oscillator: analytic method (video) In-class assignment #1
Oct 27 The free particle (video)
Nov 03 Fourier transform as the limit of Fourier series (Problem 2.19, video)
Nov 05 Gaussian wave packet time evolution (Problem 2.21, video)
Nov 10 Bound states and scattering states (video)
Nov 12 Delta function potential (video)
Nov 17 The finite square well: Bound states (video) The finite square well: Scattering states (video)
Nov 19 Midterm (13:40-15:30 P1)
Selected problems: 2.2, 2.19, 2.21, 2.27, 2.34, 2.41, 2.42, 2.46
Formalism (Ch 3)
Nov 04 Hilbert space, observables as Hermitian operators (video) In-class assignment #2
Nov 05 Determinate states, eigenfunctions of Hermitian ops (video)
Nov 11 Generalized statistical interpretation (video) Simultaneous observables, operator commutation (video)
Nov 12 The uncertainty principle(video) Energy time uncertainty, classical limit (video)
Nov 19 Vectors, operators and Dirac notation (video) Two-level system (video)
Selected problems: 3.3, 3.5, 3.13, 3.14, 3.16, 3.33
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
David Tong's Lectures on Quantum Mechanics from University of Cambridge