Week Seventeen - Two state systems
This week: two state qunatum mechanical systems. Spin 1/2 and rotations, time independent perturbations, time dependent perturbations leading to emission and absorption, NMR and MASERS. Music: “Summer Wind” by Lyle Lovett, “Frank’s Wild Years” by Tom Waits and “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Dear Professor Fisher and all,
What about discussing on monday some general problem sovling strategies? … if such things exist. Also I notice from the solution of many of the exam problems that often the problem is asking for some approximate answer. While I was doing the problem, I took it at face value and over-complicated things. So how can we recognize the approximatations that can be used for a problem?