Lecture Notes for Phys3220, Fa08

Below are the lecture notes for the each class. These are "chatty" summaries following (closely, but not exactly!) the text and course. It's an alternative, but not a replacement, for your book.

Please report any serious typos in the notes to steven.pollock at colorado.edu or oliver.dewolfe at colorado.edu - thanks!

Intro (Chapter 1, part 1)
Chapter 1, part 2
Chapter 1, part 3
Chapter 2, part 1 Schrodinger's Equation (or, a typed version)
Chapter 2, part 2a Infinite Square Well (or, a typed version)
Chapter 2, part 2b Harmonic Oscillator (or, a typed version)
Chapter 2, part 3 Free Particles Note: I modified these 10/04 to incorporate momentum space (which hadn't been in them in detail before) - here's the new typed version
Chapter 3 - From last term (prof Dubson), brief notes on vector spaces
Chapter 3 - Here is a complete set of notes of mine (from an earlier term)
Chapter 3 Alternative - From last term (Prof Dubson), some notes on Ch3 formalism, broken up into (handwritten/scanned) part1, part2, part3, part4, and part5 Or if you want it all together in one typed package, here.
Chapter 4-HYDROGEN: Here are some notes from Prof Dubson last term: All in one typed file, here (Let us know if you find any typos!) Or if you prefer it split into (handwritten/scanned) parts: Intro to 3D, angular momentum 1, angular momentum 2, continuing with hydrogen atom part 3, part 4, and part 5
Chapter 4 -SPIN: Here are some notes from Prof Dubson last term: Spin (part 1, with some review of Dirac notation) Spin (part2), and Spin (part3) (here, in .doc format)

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