Applied Quantum Mechanics Assignments

Oberlin College Physics 412

Spring 2009

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Assignment 1 (PDF) (Due Friday, 6 February.)

Model Solutions 1:

• Quantal recurrence in the infinite square well
• Quantal recurrence in the Coulomb problem
• Atomic units
• Scaling in the stadium problem

Assignment 2 (PDF) (Due Friday, 13 February.)

Model Solutions 2:

• The Stark effect

Assignment 3 (PDF) (Due Friday, 20 February.)

Model Solutions 3:

• Mean separation
• Building basis states
• Variational principle for the harmonic oscillator

Assignment 4 (PDF) (Due Friday, 27 February.)

Model Solutions 4:

• Electron-electron repulsion
• Two-electron ions
• Addition of angular momenta

Assignment 5 (PDF) (Due Friday, 6 March.)

Model Solutions 5:

• Atoms
• The hydrogen molecule ion
• Spreadsheet for the hydrogen molecule ion (excel)

Assignment 6 (Exam!) (PDF) (Due Friday, 13 March.)

Model Solutions 6 (PDF)

Assignment 7 (PDF) (Due Friday, 20 March.)

Model Solutions 7 (PDF)