Physics & Astronomy

Physics 451   Quantum Mechanics I   Fall 2009 MWF 9AM, C285 ESC  Instructor: Karine CHESNEL

• Instructor and TA contacts

Karine Chesnel

Office: N319 ESC

email: kchesnel@byu.edu

phone: 801 422 5687

Teaching assistants:

Jacob Johansen, jacobjjohansen@gmail.com 8015920228
Peter Lyon, lyon0100@yahoo.com 801-358-0150

• Course

Textbook: David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd ed.

We will follow this Class/Reading Schedule

• Course ID

You can get your course ID here. Remember to indicate your CID on each of your homework and each of your tests.

• I-clicker

In order to answer in-class quizzes and questions, you need to get your own I-Clicker and register it at the link below:

Register your i-Clicker here     

• Homework

Homework assignments are due twice a week: T and Th by 7pm.

There will be helping sessions on T and Th nights, room N337 ESC (undergraduate lab):

Help session Tuesday (with Jacob): from 2-5 pm

Help session Thursday (with Peter): from 3-6 pm

Submit your homework in the reserved slots "Phys 451" across N373 ESC

For best learning results and to get best scores, I strongly encourage you to explain your reasoning, method and findings in sentences as much as possible, together with your calculation.  

• Exams

There will be 3 mid-term exams and one final exam. The exams are time limited for 3 hours, closed books.

Exam I :  M Sep 28 & T Sep 29, 2009 - Testing center

Exam II: Th Oct 29 & F Oct 30, 2009 - Testing center

Exam III:  M Nov 23 & T Nov 24, 2009 - Testing center

Final exam :  Th Dec 17, 2009,  11am-2pm, C285 ESC

• Grading

In-Class Quizzes on Reading (10% of grade)

Homework (40% )

Exams (30%)

Final (20%)

You can check your grades here

• Lecture notes

You may review some of my lecture notes below.

Aug 31                            Sep 30                            Nov 2                        Nov 30

Sep 2                              Oct 2                               Nov 4                        Dec 2

Sep 4                              Oct 5                               Nov 6                        Dec 4

Sep 9                              Oct 7                               Nov 11                     Dec 7

Sep 11                            Oct 9                               Nov 13                    Final Review

Sep 14                            Oct 12                            Nov 16

Sep 16                            Oct 14                            Nov 18

Sep 18                            Oct 16                            Nov 20

Sep 21                            Oct 19                           Review 3

Sep 23                            Oct 21

Review 1                        Oct 26

                                      Review 2