Physics 752: Syllabus

Spring 2007

 

(The estimated number of lectures is approximate.)

 

1. The Density Matrix.

 

1 lecture

 

2. Electron in a Magnetic Field. 

 

2 lectures

 

3. Addition of Angular Momenta, Tensor Operators, the Wigner-Eckart Theorem.

 

5 lectures

 

3. Variational and WKB Methods.

 

3 lectures

 

4.  Time-Independent Perturbation Theory.

 

5 lectures

 

5. Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory.

 

11 lectures

 

6. Scattering Theory.

 

9 lectures

 

7. The Dirac Equation.

 

5 lectures