Required Text
[Griffiths] = 
Griffiths, David J. and Darrell F. Schroeter. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2018. ISBN: 9781107189638.
References
[Cohen-Tannoudji] = Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude, et. al. Quantum Mechanics, Vol. 2. Wiley, 1991. ISBN: 9780471164357.
[Shankar] = Shankar, Ramamurti. Principles of Quantum Mechanics. Plenum Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780306447907.
[Sakurai] = Sakurai, J. J. Modern Quantum Mechanics. Cambridge University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9781108422413.
| WEEK # | READING |
|---|---|
| 1 |
[Griffiths] Chapter 6 [Cohen-Tannoudji] Chapter XI [Shankar] Chapter 17 [Sakurai] Sections 5.1-5.3 |
| 2 |
[Griffiths] Chapter 6 [Cohen-Tannoudji] Chapter XI and Chapter XII [Shankar] Chapter 17 |
| 3 |
[Griffiths] Sections 6.3, 6.4, and 6.5 [Cohen-Tannoudji] Chapter XII [Shankar] Chapter 17 |
| 4 |
[Griffiths] Chapter 8 on WKB approximation [Shankar] Section 16.2 |
| 5 |
[Griffiths] Chapter 9 [Cohen-Tannoudji] Chapter XIII and/or [Shankar] Chapter 18 |
| 6 | [No readings] |
| 7 | [No readings] |
| 8 | [Griffiths] Sections 9.2 and 9.3 for interactions of atoms with light. Chapter 10 for the adiabatic approximation. |
| 9 |
[Cohen-Tannoudji] Chapter VI Complement E, which has a nice treatment of Landau levels. [Sakurai] pp. 130-139 [Shankar]’s treatment of Landau levels begins from Page 587. |
| 10 | [No readings] |
| 11 |
[Griffiths] Chapter 11 [Cohen-Tannoudji] Chapter VIII and/or [Shankar] Chapter 19 |
| 12 | [No readings] |
| 13 |
[Griffiths] Chapter 5 Optional:
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