8.05 Quantum Physics II
Fall 2011
Instructors: Barton Zwiebach, Raymond Ashoori, Roman Jackiw
TA: Andrea Allais
Lecture:
MW12.30-2
(6-120)
R01: TR10
(26-168)
R02: TR11
(26-168)
R03: TR1
(26-314)
R04: TR2
(26-314)
Information:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Physics
Physics 8.05 Fall 2010
General Information
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Professor Barton Zwiebach |
6-305 |
253-4839 |
zwiebach@mit.edu |
| Recitation Instructors |
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Professor Roman Jackiw |
6-403 |
253-4830 |
jackiw@mit.edu |
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Professor Raymond Ashoori |
13-2053 |
253-5585 |
ashoori@mit.edu |
| Teaching Assistant: |
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Andrea Allais |
6-308A |
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a_allais@mit.edu |
| Course Administrator |
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Nancy Boyce |
4-315 |
253-4461 |
nboyce@mit.edu |
| Course Webmaster |
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Kimeee Heatley |
4-315 |
253-4522 |
kheatley@mit.edu |
Textbooks:
D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd edition,Pearson Prentice Hall (Required and useful for both 8.05 and 8.06)
R. Shankar, Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Second Edition, Springer.
References: (on reserve)
Cohen–Tannoudji et al., Quantum Mechanics, Vols. 1 and 2, Wiley
(Useful for 8.05 and 8.06: Some students find it too encyclopedic.)P. A. M. Dirac, The Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Oxford University Press
(The Dirac formulation of quantum mechanics from the Master.)R. P. Feynman, Leighton and Sands, Feynman Lectures in Physics, Vol. III, Addison-Wesley
(Ch. 6 on spin and Ch. 9 on the ammonia maser are particularly useful and will be provided)H. Ohanian, Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Prentice Hall
(More emphasis than Griffiths on operator methods but less depth on some other topics)J. J. Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics, Revised Editioin, Addison Wesley
(Treatment of the two-state system will be provided. This text is somewhat advanced for 8.05)
Course Prerequisite: To register for 8.05 students must have completed 8.04 with a grade of C or higher.
Announcements
Final exams graded.
Dear Class:The final exams were graded and the grades are now posted. Profs. Jackiw, Ashoori and me, as well as Andrea, all feel very pleased by the overall results of the class. The class average was 77/100 on this challenging test. I feel that an 80/100 in this test is an A. Letter grades for the course are not available yet. They will be known sometime early next week.
We hope you feel you learned a lot in 8.05. That is, at the end, the most important thing. We wish you a restful and enjoyable break,
Barton Zwiebach.
Announced on 22 December 2011 8:04 p.m. by Barton Zwiebach
Final Exam tomorrow at 9:00 at du Pont / review material
Dear Class:Our test is tomorrow at 9:00 am in du Pont ! Please arrive on
time (or a little
before time!)
I posted in Materials/Exam-preparation the notes on the exercises we solved in yesterday's review session.
See you all tomorrow!
Barton
Announced on 21 December 2011 3:13 p.m. by Barton Zwiebach
Review session today (3-270) at 7:30 pm
Dear Class:We will be doing some practice, so it may be useful if you bring your formula sheet with you.
B. Zwiebach.
Announced on 20 December 2011 5:19 p.m. by Barton Zwiebach
The time for Prof. Ashoori's office hour on Tuesday, Dec. 20 will change to 11:00-12:00
The time for Prof. Ashoori's office hour on Tuesday, Dec. 20 will change to 11:00-12:00 (it was previously 1:30-2:30).
Announced on 19 December 2011 10:33 a.m. by Raymond Ashoori
Review session, office hours, postings updated
The review session will be this coming tuesday (20 December)
beginning at 7:30 pm in Room 3-270.
Starting tomorrow friday this is the schedule of office hours:
Friday:
--Ashoori 10:30-11:30,
--Zwiebach 12:00 - 1:00
--Jackiw 1:30 - 2:30
Monday
--Zwiebach 1:00 - 2:00
--Allais 3:00 - 5:00
Tuesday
--Ashoori 11:00-12:00
--Jackiw 12:00 - 1:00
Wednesday
--Jackiw 12:00 - 1:00
--Ashoori 2:30 - 3:30
--Zwiebach 3:00 - 5:00
The solutions for the practice set have been posted.
The new formula sheet has been posted. It is a good draft so I expect only minor changes before the test. Let me know if you find any typo, or if you think some other formula should be there.
We got some more p-sets back from the graders (P-set 10, R03). I have put them in a box in front of Allais's office (6-308). You can pick them up at any time. We hope to have P-set 11 back sometime on monday.
One last thing. **Course Evaluations** Only a fraction of you
have done this
(http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation/evaluate.html).
Now that you are on a computer, don't delay, do it !
Barton Zwiebach.
Announced on 15 December 2011 12:50 p.m. by Raymond Ashoori
