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F&T = French, and Taylor. Introduction to Quantum Physics. Norton.
Liboff = Liboff. Introductory Quantum Mechanics. 4th ed. Addison Wesley.

SES # LECTURE TOPICS SUPPLEMENTAL WEEKLY READINGS
1 Wave-Particle Duality, Units and Scales F&T, 1.1-1.6
2 Thomson and Millikan, Thomson Atom, Atomic Spectra, Rutherford Scattering F&T, 1.1-1.6
3 More Rutherford, Light as Particle, Photoelectric Effect, Short X-rays F&T, 2.1-2.11
Liboff, 2.1-2.3
4 Compton Scattering, Blackbody, Particle as Wave, De Broglie, Davisson-Germer F&T, 2.1-2.11
Liboff, 2.1-2.3
5 Bohr model, Franck-Hertz, Correspondence Principle, Wilson-Sommerfeld F&T, 1.7-1.12
Liboff, 2.4-2.6
6 Critique of Bohr, Particle as Wave Packet, Wave Functions F&T, 3.1-3.2
Liboff, 2.7-2.9
7 Heisenberg Uncertainty, Probability, Expectation Values, Standard Deviation F&T, 3.1-3.2
Liboff, 2.7-2.9
8 Schrodinger Equation, Separable Solutions, Infinite Well F&T, 3.3-3.10
Liboff, 3.1-3.4 and 4.1-4.4
9 Measurement, Dirac Notation, Operators F&T, 3.3-3.10
Liboff, 3.1-3.4 and 4.1-4.4
10 More Operators, Orthonormality, Completeness, Time-Dependence F&T, 8.1-8.10
Liboff, 5.1-5.2
11 Free Particle, Eigenfunctions of p and x, Postulates of QM F&T, 3.11 and 4.1-4.2
Liboff, 7.1
12 Boundary Conditions, Qualitative Wave Functions, Finite Square Well F&T, 3.11 and 4.1-4.2
Liboff, 7.1
13 Delta Function Potential, Harmonic Oscillator: Series Method F&T, 4.3
Liboff, 7.5-7.9
Gasiorowicz, pp. 103-108
14 Scattering and Tunneling Problems F&T, 4.3
Liboff, 7.5-7.9
Gasiorowicz, pp. 103-108
15 Harmonic Oscillator: Operator Method Liboff, 7.2-7.4 and 8.2
16 Parity, Periodic Potentials, Quantum Dot Demo Liboff, 7.2-7.4 and 8.2
17 WKB, Alpha Decay F&T, 5.1-5.7
Liboff, 7.10 and 10.1-10.2
18 Schrodinger Equation in 3D: Cartesian, Spherical Coordinates F&T, 5.1-5.7
Liboff, 7.10 and 10.1-10.2
19 Solutions with Spherical Symmetry, Hydrogen Ground State

F&T, 10.1-10.7
Liboff, 9.1-9.2

20 Angular Momentum, Compatible Observables, L2 and Lz Ops, Lz Eigenfunctions F&T, 10.1-10.7
Liboff, 9.1-9.2
21 L2 and Lz Simultaneous Eigenfunctions, Spherical Harmonics F&T, 11.1-11.2
Liboff, 9.3 and 10.3
22 Vector Model, Stern-Gerlach, Radial Equation F&T, 11.1-11.2
Liboff, 9.3 and 10.3
23 Radial Solutions, Hydrogen Wave Functions, H Spectrum F&T, 12.1-12.7
Liboff, 10.5-10.6
24 Review, Future, EPR and Bell F&T, 12.1-12.7
Liboff, 10.5-10.6