Physics
QUANTUM I: COURSE MATERIALS
Contact: Steve Goldhaber. Email me at steven.goldhaber@ if you would like to be notified when our materials are updated. (All email addresses are at colorado.edu).
Physics 3220, Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics 1, is the first semester of our two-semester sequence of junior-level quantum mechanics. Topics include the Schrödinger equation, wave functions, probability, the uncertainty principle, stationary states, the infinite square well, the harmonic oscillator, Hilbert space and formal operator methods, three dimensional systems including the hydrogen atom, and, spin and angular momentum.
We transformed this course using:
- Explicit Learning Goals
- Interactive Lectures
- Transformed Homework problems
- Common Student Difficulties & In-Class Group Activities
- Concept Tests ("Clicker" questions) - download here
Click here to
download a zip file containing all course materials EXCEPT
assessments
Assessments given in the course include:
- Traditional exams
- A new research-based conceptual assessment (the Quantum Mechanics Assessment Tool or QMAT)
Please email us at steven.goldhaber@ or steven.pollock@ to obtain a
zip file of all course materials INCLUDING
assessments. Email addresses are at colorado.edu.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0737118.
Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
