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last updated 21 December 2021.
Quantum Mechanics
Conference 11 (Tuesday, 21 December 2021, solstice)
Fourier series, mostly.
(Recording.)
Class 32 (Wednesday, 22 December 2021). Assignment 10 due.
Atoms: central potentials in two dimensions.
Invitation to Quantum Mechanics, section 7.1.
(Recording.)
Winter Holiday/New Years break
Class 33 (Monday, 3 January 2022).
Atoms: central potentials in three dimensions. Hydrogen atom.
Invitation to Quantum Mechanics, sections 7.2 and 7.3.
(Recording.)
Conference 12 (Tuesday, 4 January 2022)
TBD.
(Recording.)
Class 34 (Wednesday, 5 January 2022). Assignment 11 due.
Atoms: Helium atom.
Invitation to Quantum Mechanics, section 7.4.
(Recording.)
Class 35 (Friday, 7 January 2022).
Atoms: All other atoms. Periodic Table.
Invitation to Quantum Mechanics, sections 7.6 and 7.7.
(Recording.)
Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics
Class 36 (Monday, 10 January 2022).
Characteristics of Nuclei:
They are large in mass, tiny in size, made of neutrons and protons (nucleons), and held together by the
strong nuclear force.
Radioactivity.
Notes on Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics, chapters 1 and 2.
(Recording.)
Conference 13 (Tuesday, 11 January 2022)
TBD.
(Recording.)
Class 37 (Wednesday, 12 January 2022). Assignment 12 due, Final exam distributed.
The weak nuclear force. Nuclear stability.
(We spent three semesters learning about contact forces, gravity, and electromagnetism.
Now I've introduced two new forces in two classes!)
Notes on Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics, chapters 3 and 4.
(Recording.)
Class 38 (Friday, 14 January 2022).
Elementary Particles.
Notes on Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics, chapter 6.
(Recording.)