Physics 425
Class Resources
Homework
Chapter 1, Sections 1 - 4
Chapter 1, Sections 5 - 6
Chapter 2, Sections 1 - 2
Chapter 2, Section 3
Chapter 2, Section 4
Chapter 2, Section 5
Chapter 2, Section 6
Chapter 3, Sections 1 - 2
Chapter 3, Sections 3 - 4
Chapter 3, Sections 5 - 6
Chapter 4, Section 1
Chapter 4, Section 2
Chapter 4, Section 3
Examinations
Exam 1 Solutions
Exam 2 Solutions
Books, Articles, and Web sites
A Quantum Theory of Mitt Romney
The Strange Story of the Quantum
Heisenberg and the Early Days of Quantum Mechanics
The Quantum Theory and Reality
Is the moon there when nobody looks? Reality and the quantum theory
What the State Function Isn't
Computer-Generated Motion Pictures of 1-D QM Transmission and Reflection Phenomena
What is Spin?
MIT Open Courseware - Quantum Physics I
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Simulations
PhET - Quantum Bound States
PhET - Quantum Tunneling and Wave packets
Spherical Coordinates - Volume Element
Quantum Mechanics Visualisation project - University of St Andrews
PhET - University of Colorado at Boulder
Physlet Quantum Physics - Davidson College (Compadre)
Visual Quantum Mechanics - Kansas State University
Mark's Quantum Applets - HarfeSoft
Mathematica Notebooks
Tutorial by Dan Schroeder, Weber State University
Data for Tutorial
Example 1-Integration
Example 2-Kinematics
Example 3-Thermodynamics
Example 4-Mechanics
Example 5-Waves
Example 6-Modeling Experimental Data
Data for Example 6
Chapter 2, Section 2 - Demo
Chapter 2, Section 2 - Stationary States
Chapter 2, Section 4 - Griffiths Example 2.6
Chapter 2, Section 4 - Group and Phase Velocity
Chapter 2, Section 6 - Finite Square Well
Chapter 4, Section 1 - Spherical Harmonics
Chapter 4, Section 2 - Hydrogen Probability Density
Eigenvalues & Eigenvectors - Example A
Eigenvalues & Eigenvectors - Example B
Griffiths - Example 2.2
Griffiths - Problem 2.7
Infinite Potential Well
Simple Harmonic Oscillator - The Answers
Simple Harmonic Oscillator - Ladder Operators
Simple Harmonic Oscillator - "Wag-The-Dog"
Delta Function Potential
Finite Potential Well
Finite Potential Well - "Wag-The-Dog"
Finite Potential Well - Scattering
Infinite Potential Well - Perturbed
Half Linear Potential Well
Homework 8
Associated Legendre Functions
Bessel Functions
Wolfram Demo - Legendre Polynomials
Wolfram Demo - Legendre Polynomials (Polar)
Wolfram Demo - Spherical Harmonics
Wolfram Demo - Hydrogen Orbitals
Spreadsheets
Griffiths - Problem 1.1
Grades Spreadsheet
PDF's
Hudson - Table of Integrals
Saunders - Math Tables
Morrison - Math Appendices
Properties of Coordinate Systems
Differential Relations of Coordinate Systems
The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
Simple Harmonic Oscillator - The Game Plan
Simple Harmonic Oscillator - The Answers
Clebsch-Gordon Coefficients