| Date | Subject | Suggested reading | Lecture notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 21 | Density Matrix | S&N 3.4, G&Y 2.2c | Lecture 1 |
| January 23 | Density matrix: Entangled states | S&N 3.4, G&Y 2.2d | Lecture 2 |
| January 26 | Hidden variables - Bell inequality | S&N 3.10, G&Y 12.2-12.3 | Lecture 3 |
| January 28 | Clause-Horne Inequality | G&Y 12.3 | Lecture 4 |
| January 30 | Teleportation | Penio and Vedral | Lecture 5 |
| February 2 | Deutsch Problem, Scattering | S&N 6.2, 6.3, G&Y 8.3a | Lecture 6 |
| February 4 | Scattering: Lippman Schwinger, Scattering amplitude | S&N 6.4, G&Y: 8.1c | Lecture 7 |
| February 6 | No class | ||
| February 9 | Cross section,transition operator, optical theorem | S&N 6.4, G&Y 8.1 | Lecture 8 |
| February 11 | Optical theorem, Partial waves, rho-0 decay | S&N 6.4 G&Y 8.3,8.5 | Lecture 9 |
| February 13 | Partial waves, optical theorem, hard sphere scattering | S&N 6.4, G&Y 8.3 | Lecture 10 |
| February 18 | Time Reversal, Spin dependent scattering | S&N 4.4, G&Y 7.2, 8.5 | Lecture 11 |
| February 20 | No class | G&Y 8.5 | |
| February 23 | Spin dependent scattering - Parity - Lamda0 decay | G&Y 7.2, 8.5, 8.6, S&N 4.2 | Lecture 12 |
| February 25 | Lambda0 decay - Time Reversal Invariance - symmetry properties of scattering amplitudes | S&N 4.4 G&Y 8.7. 7.5 | Lecture 13 |
| February 27 | Time Reversal Invariance - symmetry properties of scattering amplitudes | S&N 4.4, G&Y 8.2 | Lecture 14 |
| March 2 | Spin dependent scattering | G&Y 8.5 | Lecture 15 |
| March 4 | Spin 1/2, Proton neutron scattering | G&Y 8.6 | Lecture 16 |
| March 6 | Scattering identical particles | G&Y 8.6,8.7 | Lecture 17 |
| March 9 | Quantization of the EM field | G&Y 10.1, Sakurai | Lecture 18 |
| March 11 | Field Operators | G&Y 10.1, G&Y 10.2 Sakurai (Advanced QM) 2-4 | Lecture 19 |
| March 13 | Parity - Uncertainty principle | G&Y 10.1, 10.2 | Lecture 20 |
| March 16 | Uncertainty relations for E\&M fields | G&Y 10.2, Sakurai (Advanced QM) 2-4 | Lecture 21 |
| March 18 | Casimir effect | G&Y 10.3 | Lecture 22 |
| March 20 | Lamb shift | G&Y 10.3 | Lecture 23 |
| March 23 | Radiative transitions | G&Y 10.4, Sakurai (Advanced QM) 2-4 | Lecture 24 |
| March 25 | Forbidden transitions | G&Y 10.4, Sakurai (Advanced QM) 2-4 | Lecture 25 |
| March 27 | No class | ||
| April 6 | Electric quadrupole transition, Planck radiation law | Sakurai (Advanced QM) 2-4 | Lecture 26 |
| April 8 | Photon scattering, Second order PT | G&Y 10.7, Sakurai (Advanced QM) 2-5 | Lecture 27 |
| April 10 | Electron self energy, Lamb Shift | Sakurai (Advanced QM) 2-8 | Lecture 28 |
| April 13 | Electron self energy, Dirac equation | G&Y 13.1, Sakurai (Advanced QM) 2-8 | Lecture 29 |
| April 15 | Dirac spinor | G&Y 13.1 | Lecture 30 |
| April 17 | Dirac spinor, Dirac equation, Lorentz group | G&Y 13.1, 13.2, G&W Appendix 3 | Lecture 31 |
| April 20 | Dirac equation, Charge and current density, magnetic moment | G&Y 13.2, 13.3, G&W Appendix 3, Sakurai 3.2, S&N 8.2 | Lecture 32 |
| April 22 | Dirac equation, nonrelativistic limit | 13.3, Sakurai 3.3, S&N 8.2 | Lecture 33 |
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