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 * The final exam is posted now. <<ln("https://griffin.ucsc.edu/ph139b-13/Homework+?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=E02.pdf", "Get it by clicking here")>>. Watch this space for any news about the exam.  * The final exam is posted now. <<ln("https://griffin.ucsc.edu/ph139b-13/Homework+?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=E02.pdf", "Get it by clicking here")>>. Watch this space for any news about the exam.&mdash;~-''<<DateTime(2013-12-06T11:38:21-0800)>>''-~

 * If you like to submit your solutions to some or all problems in Homework 8, then please note that the due date is 5 PM Dec 13 (Friday), if you plan to hand in your homework in person, or 9 PM Dec 15 (Sunday), if you plan to submit it by email or by forum posting (forum discussion is very much encouraged, as always).&mdash;~-''<<DateTime(2013-12-06T11:38:21-0800)>>''-~

Welcome to Phys 139B, 2013!

  • The final exam is posted now. Get it by clicking here. Watch this space for any news about the exam.—12:38PM, Dec 06, 2013

  • If you like to submit your solutions to some or all problems in Homework 8, then please note that the due date is 5 PM Dec 13 (Friday), if you plan to hand in your homework in person, or 9 PM Dec 15 (Sunday), if you plan to submit it by email or by forum posting (forum discussion is very much encouraged, as always).—12:38PM, Dec 06, 2013

Welcome to the second part of Quantum Mechanics!

In this course, you will learn how to use Quantum Mechanics, now that you have thoroughly learned, in 139A, what Quantum Mechanics is. (However, we will review the essentials of the formalism of Quantum Mechanics, as we begin 139B.) The topics to be covered include perturbation theories, the variational principle, scattering, the WKB approximation, the adiabatic principle and the Berry’s phase. These contents that you will learn will make you feel good, I believe, not only because you will learn to calculate things and apply your results to physical situations, but also because this process of using Quantum Mechanics will enrich your notion of what Quantum Mechanics really is all about.