PHYS 580 - Fall 2008 - Quantum Mechanics I
Course News Page

• Special office hour...
  (posted 12/09/2008)
  • on Friday, December 12, from 4pm to 5pm, in 236 Loomis
    (location to be announced)

• Homework #13...
  (posted 11/21/2008)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday December 11
    (note change). Please note that some aspects are quite challenging,
    so please don't leave it to the last minute. Problem 1 requires some
    semi-classical mechanics, which we shall develop in class.

• Make-up lecture...
  (posted 11/21/2008)
  • on Tuesday, December 9, from 5pm to 6:20pm in 136 Loomis.

• Special Office Hour...
  (posted 11/21/2008)
  • at 5pm on Monday December 8 in 136 Loomis.

• Homework #12...
  (posted 11/13/2008)
  • This homework is optional. However, doing problems 3 and 4 would be a good idea.

• No lecture...
  (posted 11/21/2008)
  • on Thursday, December 4.

• Happy Thanksgiving...
  (posted 11/13/2008)
  • Wishing you a good, restful break!

• Homework #11...
  (posted 11/11/2008)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday November 20.

• No lecture...
  (posted 11/09/2008)
  • on Tuesday, November 18 (we'll be scheduling a make-up lecture), but
    TA Jitong Yu has kindly agreed to substitute for me at the 5pm Tuesday office hour.

• Homework #10...
  (posted 11/04/2008)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday November 13.

• Homework #9...
  (posted 10/26/2008)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday November 6.
  • Please note that I have altered Problem 2 (Unit angular momentum) as of 6:20pm on 11/04/08.

• Homework #8...
  (posted 10/20/2008)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday October 30.

• Homework #7...
  (posted 10/13/2008)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday October 23.

• 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics...
  (posted 10/07/2008)
  • Yoichiro Nambu
    ...for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics
  • Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa
    ...for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at
    least three families of quarks in nature
    
    
    • For further information, go to the the Nobel Prize website.

• Homework #6...
  (posted 10/06/2008)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday October 16.

• Homework #5...
  (posted 09/28/2008)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday October 9.

• Special Office Hour...
  (posted 09/25/2008)
  • At 5pm on Wednesday, October 1, we'll have a special office hour
    focusing on: vector algebra; div, grad and curl; and the geometry
    of rotations.
    Location: 144 Loomis.

• Homework #4...
  (posted 09/23/2008)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday October 2.

• Homework #3...
  (posted 09/16/2008)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday September 25.

• Center for Advanced Study Eighteenth Annual Lecture...
  will be given by Dale Van Harlingen, who will speak on
  Searching for Unconventional Superconductors: A Quantum Map-Quest
  September 9th, Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
  (posted 09/07/2008)

• Homework #2...
  (posted 09/07/2008)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday September 18.

• Homework #1...
  (posted 08/24/2008)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday September 11.

• Departmental Picnic...
  from 4pm to 7pm on Saturday, August 30th, at Illini Grove to welcome all new
  graduate students to the department. Meet other members of the department
  and enjoy great food! I hope to see you there!
  (posted 08/27/2008)

• Office hour...
  For the week beginning August 25, TA Mao-chuang Yeh will have an office
  hour on Wednesday August 27 at 12 noon in 4119 ESB.
  (posted 08/27/2008)

• Homework #0...
  (posted 08/24/2008)
  This homework is optional, but I encourage you to work through at least some
  of the problems, especially numbers 2 and 10.

• Link to the Course Gradebook.
  (posted 08/24/2008)

• Probable basic homework schedule...
  (posted 08/24/2008)
  
  • Homework is issued on Tuesdays on the web.
  • And due on Thursdays (i.e., eight days later).
  • It's to be turned in by 4:00pm to the 580-QM1 Loomis Homework Box.
  • The Loomis Homework Boxes are on the second floor of the building,
    on the interpass connecting Loomis Lab and the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Lab.
  • Graded homeworks will be returned on Thursday in class (i.e., a week after they are due).

• Course lecture notes...
  are available for you to buy (at cost price) from the Illini Union Bookstore
  on South Wright Street.
  (posted 08/24/2008)

• Course lecture notes...
  are available to you via the notes web page.
  I may add the occasional section from time to time.
  (posted 08/24/2008)

• The Final Exam for the course...
  will take place on Tuesday, December 16, from 8am to 11am, in 144 Loomis Lab
  (posted 10/10/2008)

• Office hours...
  when, where and with whom?
  (posted 08/24/2008)
  
  
  • Prof. Paul Goldbart (goldbart@illinois.edu)
    Office: 2115 ESB
    Office hours
    day: Tuesdays
    time: 5pm
    location: 136 Loomis
    
    
  • TA and Grader Mao-Chuang Yeh (myeh2@illinois.edu)
    Office: 4119 ESB
    Office phone: 217/333-5488
    Cell phone: 217/721-7189
    Office hours
    day: Wednesdays
    time: 5:30pm
    location: 158 Loomis (but 135 MEB on 9/24, 10/29, 12/3)
    
    
  • TA and Grader Jitong Yu (jyu23@illinois.edu)
    Office: 4101 ESB
    Cell phone: 217/819-9014
    Office hours
    day: Wednesdays
    time: 5:30pm
    location: 158 Loomis (but 135 MEB on 9/24, 10/29, 12/3)

• Where...
  does the class meet?
  144 Loomis Lab.
  (posted 08/24/2008)

• When...
  does the class meet?
  On Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00am to 10:20am.
  (posted 08/24/2008)