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Texts


Amazon logo Griffiths, David J. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN: 9780131118928.

Amazon logo Ohanian, Hans. Principles of Quantum Mechanics. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1989. ISBN: 9780137127955.

Amazon logo Shankar, Ramamurti. Principles of Quantum Mechanics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780306447907.

Amazon logo Feynman, R. P. Feynman Lectures On Physics. Vol. 3. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Longman, 1970. ISBN: 9780201021158.

Amazon logo Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude. Quantum Mechanics. 2 vols. New York, NY: Wiley, 1977. ISBN: 9780471164326.

Amazon logo Sakurai, J. J. Modern Quantum Mechanics. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub., 1994. ISBN: 9780201539295.

The following table lists the reading assignments for each of the seven topics covered in this course.  For more detailed information on these reading assigments, please see the individual assignments in the assignments section.


LEC #TOPICSREADINGS
1-7General Structure of Quantum MechanicsGriffiths, chapter 3 and Appendix

Ohanian, chapter 4

Shankar, chapter 1

Cohen-Tannoudji, parts of chapters II, III, IV, and V

Sakurai, chapter 1
7-9Quantum DynamicsOhanian, chapter 5

Cohen-Tannoudji, parts of chapters III, IV, and V

Sakurai, sections 2.1-2.4
10-14Two-state SystemsFeynman, chapter 9

Cohen-Tannoudji, chapter 4

Sakurai, section 2.10

Ohanian, section 9.2
14-16Angular Momentum and SpinGriffiths, chapter 4

Ohanian, chapter 7

Cohen-Tannoudji, chapters VI, VII, and IX
17-20The Radial Equation and Operator MethodsOhanian, chapters 6 and 8
20-22Addition of Angular MomentumGriffiths, chapter 4

Ohanian, section 9.3

Cohen-Tannoudji, chapter X
23-24Introduction to the Quantum Mechanics of Identical ParticlesGriffiths, sections 5.1, 5.2, 6.3, and 6.4

Cohen-Tannoudji, chapter XIV

 








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