Physics 4604/4605 -- Quantum Theory of Matter A & B

Professor: Nick Bonesteel
E-mail: bonestee@magnet.fsu.edu

Fall 1996

Problem set 1	Solution	Origins of Quantum Theory, Review of Statistics.
Problem set 2	Solution	Wave Functions, Expectation Values, Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation.
Problem set 3	Solution	Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation, Infinite Square Well.
Problem set 4	Solution	Finite Square Well, Harmonic Oscillator.
Problem set 5	Solution	More Harmonic Oscillator.
Problem set 6	Solution	Wave Packets, Delta Function Potential.
Problem set 7	Solution	One Dimensional Scattering Theory.
Problem set 8	Solution	Hilbert Space, Postulates of Quantum Mechanics.
Problem set 9	Solution	Commutation Relations, Incompatible Observables.
Problem set 10	Solution	Spherical Harmonics, Infinite and Finite Spherical Well.
Problem set 11	Solution	Hydrogen Atom, 3D Harmonic Oscillator.
Problem set 12	Solution	Angular Momentum, Raising and Lowering Operators, Spin.
Problem set 13	Solution	More Spin, Addition of Angular Momenta.

Problem set 1	Solution	Identical Particles, Exchange Force
Problem set 2	Solution	The Helium Atom, Electronic Configurations of Atoms and Hund's Rules, The Periodic Table
Problem set 3	Solution	Time-Independent Perturbation Theory: Nondegenerate Case.
Problem set 4	Solution	Time-Independent Perturbation Theory: Degenerate Case.
Problem set 5	Solution	The `Real' Hydrogen Atom: Fine Structure and the Zeeman Effect.
Problem set 6	Solution	Hyperfine Splitting, The Variational Approximation.
Problem set 7	Solution	The WKB Approximation.
Problem set 8	Solution	Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory.
Problem set 9	Solution	Interaction of Light and Matter.
Problem set 10	Solution	Three Dimensional Scattering Theory.