This web site contains the class notes for a course on Quantum Mechanical Models of Solids. Topics cover basic quantum mechanics, crystallography, exchange-correlation, metals, and…
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G. Passante, P. Emigh, T. Wan, and P. Shaffer, PERC 2015 Proceedings, 247-250.
We have investigated the extent to which students can qualitatively determine the effect of perturbations to a Hamiltonian on the energies of the eigenfunctions. The results indicate…
C. Keebaugh, E. Marshman, and C. Singh, PERC 2016 Proceedings, 184-187.
We discuss an investigation of student difficulties with degenerate perturbation theory (DPT) carried out in advanced quantum mechanics courses by administering free-response and…