Physics 139A

Quantum Mechanics

Spring, 2008, UC Santa Cruz

Instructor: Gey-Hong Gweon, ISB 249, gweon at ucsc.edu, (Tel) 9-1806

Class Schedule: 10-11:45 am, Tue and Thur, PSB 114

Office Hours: end of class -1:30 pm, Tue and Thur (or just drop by or make an appointment)

Teaching Assistant: Sean Echols, ISB 314, sechols at physics.ucsc.edu, 9-4138

TA Discussion Session: 7-8:30 pm, Wed, ISB 231

[no registration for discussion session; attendance is optional]

TA Office Hour: 4-5pm, Wed

Graders: Glenn Gray, gpaulgray at gmail.com, NS II 338, Jedediah Pixley, jpixley at ucsc.edu

Text:

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Ed. (D. J. Griffiths)

For all course materials (syllabus, homework, lecture notes, etc.) click here.

References:

The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (P. A. M. Dirac)

Interactive Quantum Mechanics (book and CD; S. Brandt, H. D. Dahmen, T. Stroh)

Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 3 (R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, M. Sands)

Introductory Quantum Mechanics (R. Liboff)

Quantum mechanics is the basis of almost all modern science and technology. It is arguably the best example of a working, deterministic scientific principle. In this course, we will discuss foundation principles of quantum mechanics, closely following the [excellent] textbook. We will cover most of part I of the book, and a bit of time-independent perturbation theory of part II as well. Be curious!