Professor: Piet Brouwer,
538 Clark Hall, tel. 58963,
brouwer@ccmr.cornell.edu.
Office hours: Monday 2.45-3.45pm, and by appointment.
Extra office hours: Tuesday 12/13,
3.00-5.00pm.
Teaching Assistant: Christopher Mayes,
128 Clark Hall, tel.
cmayes@physics.cornell.edu.
Office hours: Monday, 1.20-2.20pm
and
7pm-8pm.
Extra office hours: Monday, 12/12,
11.00-2.00pm.
Grader: Joern Kupferschmidt.
Course webpage: http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/~brouwer/p317.
Literature:
Modern Physics, R. A. Serway, C. J. Moses, and C. A. Moyer,
Thomson, 2005.
Additional literature:
Quantum Physics of atoms molecules, solid, nuclei, and particles,
R. Eisberg and R. Resnick, Wiley, 1985.
Introduction to quantum mechanics,
D. J. Griffiths, Prentice Hall, 1995.
Quantum Mechanics, L. I.
Schiff, McGraw-Hill, 1968.
These books are held on reserve in the Physical Sciences Library.
Course
syllabus and reading assignments
Homework:
Weekly homework assignments.
Homework is due on Tuesdays and will be handed back on the following
Friday.
Computer
lab: One assignment, due in three parts (September 16th,
30th, October 14th).
Prelims:
In class, October 4th and November 3rd.
Final
exam: Wednesday,
December 14th, 9:00 - 11:30 am, RF 122.
Academic Integrity: Each student in this course is expected to abide by the Cornell University Code of Academic Integrity. You are allowed to discuss the subject and the homework problems with others. However, you should write up the homework by yourself and acknowledge all sources.
Final grade based on homework (30%), computer lab (10%), two
prelims (30%) and
final
examination (30%).