Week of 1/28/08
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===Some links related to zero-point energy=== | ===Some links related to zero-point energy=== |
Revision as of 17:00, 1 February 2008
Download Lecture notes 1/28/08. Quantum Harmonic Oscillator. Creation/annihilation operators. |
Download Wavefunctions of the Quantum Harmonic Oscillator |
Download Lecture notes 1/30/08. Review of raising/lowering operators. QHO. the ground state and basic ideas of superposition and measurement involving stationary states. |
1/30/08 Announcements
- Jared will post solutions to HW on our door, MH 339
- No HW next week due to exam
- first exam on Wednesday 2/6 covering material up to today.
- Closed book except for a one page (both sides standard letter or A4 sheet) cheat sheet
- Sample questions will be posted Friday and discussed in class on Monday by way of review.
Download Lecture notes 2/1/08. Miscellaneous calculations. zero point fluctuations. summation of series of reciprocal powers. |
- The Casimir effect