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University of California, Santa Barbara
College
of Creative Studies - Physics

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Quantum Physics

PHYS CS 36 – Spring 2011

Instructors: Dr. Ilan Ben-Yaacov, Doug Folsom

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Announcements

* 5/20/11: HW8 and HW9 are posted on the class website.

* 5/12/11: HW7 is posted on the class website.

* 5/5/11: HW6 is posted on the class website.

* 4/28/11: HW5 is posted on the class website.

* 4/21/11: HW4 is posted on the class website.

* 4/14/11: HW3 is posted on the class website.

* 4/7/11: HW2 is posted on the class website.

* 3/28/11: Welcome to your 6th quarter of CCS Physics!  HW1 is posted on the class website.

 

 

Syllabus (click here for syllabus in .pdf format)

 

Lecture:

Time:                       Tues/Thurs 12:30 - 1:50 p.m.

Place:                      PHELPS 3505

Instructor:              Dr. Ilan Ben-Yaacov, ESB Room 3221D, ext 5295, ilan[at]engineering.ucsb.edu

Office Hours:         Wednesday 11:00am-1:00pm in ESB 3221D

 

 

Problem Sessions:

Time / Place:          Thurs 10:00 - 11:50am, PHELPS 3505

                                  Thurs 2:00 - 3:50pm, PHELPS 3505

Instructor:              Doug Folsom, doug.folsom[at]gmail.com

Office Hours:         Tues 2-3pm and Wed 12-1pm in CCS Faculty Office (behind CCS building)

 

 

Teaching Assistant:    James Garrison, garrison[at]physics.ucsb.edu

TA office hours:           Tues 6:00-8:00pm in CCS Room 145

 

Grader:                          Alex Troesch, atroesch[at]umail.ucsb.edu

Grader office hours:   Wed 6:00-8:00pm in CCS Room 145

 

Required Texts:    Modern Physics, 2nd edition, by Ohanian, 1995, ISBN 0-13-124439-6

 

Homework Assignments

 

Homework 1

 

Homework 2

 

Homework 3

 

Homework 4

 

Homework 5

 

Homework 6

 

Homework 7

 

Homework 8

 

Homework 9

 

 

                         

Handouts

 

Hydrogen Atom:

 

Wavefunctions of the Hydrogen Atom

 

Links

 

Vector Calculus:

 

Table of div, grad, curl

 

Visualizing div and curl

 

Quantum Mechanics:

 

Blackbody Spectrum

 

Young’s Slits

 

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