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    This document summarizes the key points about the PHY520 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics course. It is taught by Professor Kwok-Wai Ng in room CP 385 on Mondays from 10-11am. The class meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 12-12:50pm in room CP 183. The textbook is Quantum Mechanics by Nouredine Zettili. Grading is based on homework, two tests, and a final exam. Important concepts covered include plane wave parameters, blackbody radiation, the photoelectric effect, and the Compton effect. Experiments on these topics provided evidence that electromagnetic radiation behaves both as waves and particles.

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    This document summarizes the key points about the PHY520 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics course. It is taught by Professor Kwok-Wai Ng in room CP 385 on Mondays from 10-11am. The class meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 12-12:50pm in room CP 183. The textbook is Quantum Mechanics by Nouredine Zettili. Grading is based on homework, two tests, and a final exam. Important concepts covered include plane wave parameters, blackbody radiation, the photoelectric effect, and the Compton effect. Experiments on these topics provided evidence that electromagnetic radiation behaves both as waves and particles.

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    PHY520 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics About myself: Kwok-Wai Ng Office: CP 385 Telephone: 7-1782 E-mail: kwng@uky.

    edu Office hour: Mon 10:00-11:00

    About this course Time: Place: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 12:00-12:50 p.m. CP 183

    Text book: Quantum Mechanics Concepts and Applications, by Nouredine Zettili. (Publisher: John Wiley)

    Grading policy
    Homework Test 1 Test 2 Final Examination Total 40% 15% 15% 30% 100%

    Syllabus
    Read syllabus carefully at home. Ask if you have any question. Please sign the class roll when it is passed to you. Evaluation window for this semester:
    13 April 2009 (Monday) to 29 April 2009 (Wednesday)

    Some important plane wave parameters


    1- D :
    v

    (x, t) = A e i(kx -t) 3- D : vv v i(k r -t) ( r , t) = A e


    Frequency :

    Wave length :

    2 k=

    1 = 2 and = T
    Relationship between and :

    v = or = vk

    Experiments showing particle property of electromagnetic waves


    1. Black body radiation 2. Photoelectric effect 3. Compton effect 4. Pair production Wave parameters:

    Blackbody radiation
    A blackbody absorbs all radiation incident upon it. In reverse, it radiates electromagnetic wave when it is heated. The radiation spectrum depends on the temperature of the blackbody.

    A model blackbody

    Some classical properties of blackbody radiation


    1. Wiens Displacement Law gives the peak position:

    max T = 2.897 7685(51) 10 3 m K or max T


    2. Stefans Law gives the area under curve: Total radiation power /Area

    = T4

    = 5.670400 10-8 Js -1m -2 K -4 = emissivity = 1 for perfect black


    < 1 for not so black
    3. Exact form? Wiens Law (thermodynamical derivation): f ( T ) u ( ) = 5 Attempt to get the exact equation of the spectral distribution RayleighJeans Theory

    (infinite possible equations can satisfy this requirement!)

    Energy in a Blackbody
    Introduce density of states N() defined as the number of modes per unit frequency per volume. For electromagnetic plane waves, c= and N()= 82/c3. The spectral density u() is the total energy radiated per unit wavelength.

    u() = N()E()V

    Change of varibale from to : u( ) d = u ( ) d

    u() = N()E()V

    d d

    Choice of E() matters! Rayleigh-Jeans classical approach: Plancks quantum mechanical approach:

    E() = < E > = k BT

    8 k B T u() = 5

    E() = e

    h
    h k BT

    Trouble!

    8 h u() = 3 c

    3 e
    h k BT

    Perfect fit electromagnetic radiation is composed of small energy packets (quanta), each quanta has energy h.

    Photoelectric effect
    Experimental arrangement: Electron slowing down by going from a high potential to a low potential ht - Low Lig
    potential

    Findings:

    K=eV0

    e-

    e-

    e-

    Sl op

    + High potential

    UV

    A V
    Retarding voltage: As we crank up
    the retarding voltage, A will decrease. Eventually A will become 0 when V reaches the stopping voltage V0. From V0 we can calculate the kinetic energy K of the electrons.

    W K= h - W
    The stopping voltage V0 (i.e. K) is independent of the intensity, but depends on the frequency of the incident wave. Implication: Light is composed of small energy packets (quanta), each quanta has energy h.

    Compton effect
    Compton effect describes the collision between an electron and a photon (X-ray).

    Longer wavelength


    Experimental results follow conservation of energy and momentum by assuming electromagnetic radiation as particles of E=h and p=h/.

    = '- =

    h (1 - cos ) mc

    In conclusion
    In some experiments, a plane wave of frequency and wavelength behaves like a particle of energy E and momentum p, with

    E = h

    and

    h p=

    Notes: 1. and are wave parameters and E and p are particle parameters. 2. if [E] is the unit of energy and [p] is the unit of momentum, then the unit of h is [E]-s or [p]-m.

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