SP425

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SP425

• Quantum Mechanics II
• with
• Advanced Laboratory II

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QM Courses

• SP327 Modern
• relativity
• old quantum theory
• QM overview
• SP324 Quantum I with Advanced Lab I
• QM formalism with strange math
• SP425 Quantum II with Advanced Lab II
• What do you do if ... ? (aka perturbation
  theory)
• QM Applications survey
• Hydrogen atom
• multielectron atoms
• molecules
• nuclear
• solid state
• elementary particles
• quantum statistics

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Recommended Resources

• Eisberg Resnick
• std junior year physics book, but...
• http//hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quacon.
  htmlquacon
• ...do some surfing....
• Griffiths Intro to QM
• available in lab
• Melissinos Experiments in Mod Phys
• available in lab

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SP425 Short Syllabus

• Uncertainty Analysis
• SP324 Review
• Perturbation Theory how to correct
  oversimplified calcs
• Time-dep Perturb Theory how to calculate decay
  rates
• Corrections to the simplified hydrogen atom from
  last semester
• Multi-electron Atoms
• Molecules
• Quantum Statistics (preview to SP444 Stat Mech)
• Nuclear
• Solid State / Condensed Matter /
  Superconductivity / SQUIDS
• Elementary Particles
• Relativisitic Quantum Mechanics Dirac Equation

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SP425 Lab Emphasis

• Use real equipment, do your own thing
• Do your own background reading
• Technical writing for physics (satisfies USNA
  capstone requirement)

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FIND AVAILABLE DOCUMENTATION sheets
manuals, Melissinos
suggestion sheets
SP324
FIND PARTS
FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO
SP425
ASSEMBLE
TAKE PRELIM DATA and do quick analysis to verify
correct assembly parts working
YOU FOUND IT, YOU FIX IT
Good to Go ?
TAKE GOOD DATA and analyze
MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
How can results be improved?
FINAL ANALYSIS
WRITE REPORT
If its broken, inform JeffV
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Ocean Optics Spectrometers
2 nm
Typical line spectrum
Absorption of solar radiation
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Jarrell-Ash ½ meter

• Hydrogen/deuterium reduced mass
• Fine structure energy splittings in Na Hg

10-4 eV
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Jarrell-Ash 1 meter

• Hydrogen/deuterium reduced mass
• Fine structure energy splittings in Na Hg

10-4 eV
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Telatomic ESR PSR

• Measure electron gs
• Measure proton gs

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Leybold-Didactic ESR

• Measure electron gs
• Examine the medium effects upon the electron gs

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Telatomic Pulsed NMR
g-factor is used to determine the environment of
the electron in various materials
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TeachSpin Optical Pumpingin Rb
How magnetic fields affect the energies of
states with mj ml ms Especially the
selectivity of transitions
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High-Temp Superconductivity
Study the superconducting transition and
compare yittrium bismuth compounds. Measure
superconducting currents B-fields
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NanoScience Scanning Tunneling Electron
Microscope
Take pictures of individual atoms and defects on
surfaces.
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Extremely High Resolution Ocean Optics
Spectrometer
0.003 nm
Observe fine structure splittings in Hydrogen
Deuterium (I hope)
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Accelerator
Measuring the inner electron orbits of atoms
and how that information can be used for
composition determinations.
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Jarrell-Ash 2 meter

• Fine Structure in Deuterium
• Zeeman Effect in isotopic Hg

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Leybold-Didactic Zeeman Effect in Cd
How magnetic fields affect the energies of
states with mj ml ms