UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT	Physics 274
Department of Physics	Spring 2010
	General Information

Title:                            Applications of Quantum Mechanics

Time:                          MWF 1:55 - 2:45 pm A402 Cook.

                                    Phone: 656-0047 (direct), 656-2644 (department).

                                    email: Kevork.Spartalian(at)uvm.edu.

Office Hours:              Mon, Wed, 3:00 - 4:00, Thurs.  2:00 - 3:00 pm, or by appointment.

Textbook:                   Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, by David J. Griffiths, Prentice-Hall, Second Edition (2005).

Topics:                       The topics to be covered will include Quantum Statistical Physics, Time-Independent and Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory; WKB Approximation; Variational Principle.  Additional Topics may include Crystal Field Theory, Scattering and the Adiabatic Approximation.

Homework:                A finite number of problems will be given and collected on a regular basis.  See "List of Problems" for details.

Exams:                       One mid-term exam and one final will account for 1/3 of the course grade.  Homework will account for 1/3 and in-class performance will account for the final 1/3.

Attendance:               Attendance is mandatory.  Even though attendance will not be taken, in a class of 10 students (or fewer), one absence is 10% of the total (or higher) and is, therefore, highly noticeable.  By definition, students who do not attend show poor in-class performance.

Prerequisites:            Working familiarity with basic material in differential equations course and a linear algebra course is essential.  Mastery of the material in the first semester course (PHYS 273) is also essential.  As always, students will be expected to preclude religious arguments from physical derivations, to use their minds constructively in order to justify their statements, and to abstain from Procrustean methods when developing physical proofs.