Location:4623 Mayer Hall • Lectures:M/W 11:00-12:20 • Lab:M 2:00-4:00
| Spring 2009 | Lectures | Topics | Laboratory | |
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| April 3 | Lecture 1 | Feynman Path Integral I | ||
| April 5 | Lecture 2 | Feynman Path Integral II | ||
| April 10 | Lecture 3 | Feynman Path Integral III | Lab 1: Lecture 4 + Lab intro | April 10 | Lecture 4 | Feynman Path Integral IV | Lab 1: Lecture 4 + Lab intro |
| April 12 | Lecture 5 | Path int. V: kernel K of the probability amplitude | ||
| April 17 | Lecture 6 | Free particle, harmonic oscillator; Schrodinger equation I |
Lab 2: Harmonic Oscillator | |
| April 19 | no lecture | no lecture | ||
| April 24 | Lecture 7 | Free particle, harmonic oscillator; Schrodinger equation II |
Lab 3: Assignment II | |
| April 26 | Lecture 8 | Propagator trace and unitarity | ||
| May 1 | Lecture 9 | Lectures 6-8 revisited | Lab 4: Assignment II discussion | |
| May 3 | Lecture 10 | Lectures 6-8 revisited | ||
| May 8 | Lecture 11 | QM tutorial and course review | Lab 5: QM tutorial continued | |
| May 10 | Lecture 12 | Path Integral and Statistical Physics I. | ||
| May 15 | Lecture 13 | Path Integral and Statistical Physics II. | Lab 6: Lecture continued | |
| May 17 | Lecture 14 | Path Integral and Statistical Physics III. | ||
| May 22 | Lecture 15 | Monte Carlo I. | Lab 7: Monte Carlo I. | |
| May 24 | Lecture 16 | Monte Carlo II. and Assignment 3 | ||
| May 29 | Memorial day | no lecture | no lab (Memorial day) | |
| May 31 | Lecture 17 | QM Oscillator and Monte Carlo I. | ||
| Jun 5 | Lecture 18 | QM oscillator and Monte Carlo II. | Final project | |
| June 7 | Lecture 19 | Final project discussion |
| June 14 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Final project presentations |
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