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9:30-10:50am Lecture 01. QM I review; Time independent perturbations
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 03. Time independent perturbation (1st order) psi state correction
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 04. Time independent perturbation (2nd order for energy). Perturbation for degenerate states.
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 05. Example: Stark effect (DC electric field) in Hydrogen like atom

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9:30-10:50am Lecture 06. Example: Stark effect (finished).
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 07. Relativistic correction

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9:30-10:50am Lecture 08. Spin orbital coupling
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 09. Zeeman effect

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9:30-10:50am Lecture 10. The variational principle
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 11. The variational principle and He atom
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 12. He atom and hydrogen molecule ion. Chemistry: ionic and covalent bond

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9:30-10:50am Lecture 13. Identical particles. Fermions and Bosons. Symmetric and anti-symmetric wave function
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 14. Identical particles and exchange force

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9:30-10:50am Lecture 15. Free electron gas and degeneracy pressure
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 16. White dwarf stars and degeneracy pressure, transition to neutron stars

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9:30-10:50am Lecture 17. Improved model of solids, band structure. Classical scattering (review)
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 18. Quantum scattering: introduction
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 19. Quantum scattering: partial wave analysis

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9:30-10:50am Lecture 20. Integral form of Schrodinger equation. Greens function. From integral from to Born approximation for quantum scattering
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 21. Time dependent perturbations

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9:30-10:50am Lecture 22. Periodic excitation, two level atom (perturbative approach)
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 23. Periodic excitation (almost exact solution), two level atom

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9:30-10:50am Lecture 24. Two level atom, decay rate or lifetime of exited level
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9:30-10:50am Lecture 25. LIGO and squeezing

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9:00-12:00 Final exam at TBD

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