PHYS 3202 QUANTUM PHYSICS II (2012)
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General Information

How to study physics? (Univ. of Texas at Austin)


Constants, Tables & Useful Webpages

Constants for physics calculations
Molecular Absorption Spectra
Semiconductor information
Table of properties of semiconductors (after S.M. Sze, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, 3/e)
Nuclear energy level diagrams
Nuclide search
Decay schemes and Gamma ray spectra (Idaho National Laboratory)
Tables of Radioactive Nuclides
Table of isotopes (from The Lund/LBNL Nuclear Data Search)
Atomic mass data
Table of Experimental Atomic Masses (from LBNL)
(The table lists the mass excess (M-A) in units of keV.)

Online radioactivity calculator
Properties of particles


Lecture Notes (2012)

Corrections
Ch.1 Molecular physics
Ch.2 Solid state physics
Ch.3 Superconductivity
Ch.4 Subatomic physics
Ch.5 Nuclear physics
Ch.6 Elementary particles
Ch.7 High energy experiments
Ch.8 Solar neutrino mystery & geo-neutrinos


Appendices (will not be covered in exam.)

Appendix 1: 1D Quantum wells
Appendix 2: Variational principle
Appendix 3: X-ray diffraction
Appendix 4: A brief summary of statistical physics
Appendix 5: Madelung constants
Appendix 6: The wonderful world of carbon
Appendix 7: Density of states
Appendix 8: Hall effect in semiconductor
(http://mems.caltech.edu/courses/EE40%20Web%20Files/Supplements/02_Hall_Effect_Derivation.pdf)
Appendix 9: p-n junction & transistor
Appendix 10: Surface current on superconductor
Appendix 11: Nuclear & Particle Detectors
Appendix 12: Cross-section
Appendix 13: Rutherford scattering
Appendix 14: Alpha decay theory
Appendix 15: Beta decay theory
Appendix 16: Isobars
Appendix 17: The trouble with nuclear power


Exam

2006 midterm exam paper
2007 midterm exam paper
2009 midterm exam paper
2010 midterm exam paper
2011 midterm exam paper
Formula sheet for Midterm Exam
2011 final exam paper


Homeworks

Set 4
Due: Feb. 17, 2012 (Friday), 5:30 pm, SC213
Set 3
Due: Feb. 10, 2012 (Friday), 5:30 pm, SC213
Set 2
Due: Feb. 3, 2012 (Friday), 5:30 pm, SC213
Set 1
Program for calculation of energy levels
Due: Jan. 20, 2012 (Friday), 5:30 pm, SC213
Set 5 (to be finalized)
Due: Feb. 24, 2012 (Friday), 5:30 pm, SC213


Suggested Solutions

Problem Set 3 Solution
Problem Set 2 Solution
Problem Set 1 Solution


Questions for preparation of exams

Questions for Ch. 1
Questions for Ch. 2
Questions for Ch. 3
Questions for Ch. 4
Questions for Ch. 5
Questions for Ch. 6-8