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6.728  Appl Quantum &Statistical Phys

Fall 2010

Instructor: Terry Orlando

TA: Bin Lu

Lecture:  WF11-12.30  (26-328)        

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Announcements

Please fill out evaluation for 6.728

HKN, the student service group that publishes the Underground Guide to classes, has just finished setting up the surveys for the Fall 2010 term. Please go to the website below  and fill out an evaluation for 6.728. This evaluation is important to us as instructors to learn how to improve 6.728. So please  take the time to fill  it out.
 
The link to the class's evaluation for 6.728 is:
 
https://sixweb.mit.edu/student/evaluate/6.728-f2010
 
This link is for students to evaluate their classes. It's available from until 11:59 PM on December 12th.

Announced on 29 November 2010  1:23  p.m. by Terry Orlando

Topics for Quiz 2

Topics to be covered in Quiz 2 which is on Monday November 15th from 11-noon
 
·          All prior material (from quiz 1) plus:
·          LC circuits
·          WKB approximation (tunneling only)
·          Variational method
·          Finite basis-set approximation
·          Two-level systems
·          Dynamic drives to two-level systems
·          Coupled systems
 

Announced on 10 November 2010  7:00  a.m. by Terry Orlando

Final Examination for 6.728

The Final Exam for 6.728  is scheduled for Monday, December 13 from 9:00 to 12:00 noon in 32-144.

The complete final examination schedule  can be found at http://web.mit.edu/registrar/classrooms/exams/finals/index.html

Announced on 25 September 2010  1:09  p.m. by Terry Orlando

Textbook Ordering

The textbook is Introductory Applied Quantum and Statistical Physics, by P. L.. Hagelstein, S. D. Senturia, and T. P. Orlando, and can be ordered on-line from vendors such as amazon.com.

Announced on 27 August 2010  7:40  a.m. by Terry Orlando

Site under construction

This site is underconstruction and contains mostly information  from Fall 2008.

Announced on 04 August 2010  11:09  a.m. by Terry Orlando