silver atoms (and by implication electrons) have a small amount of built-in magnetism (a magnetic dipole moment) and a built-in intrinsic spin angular momentum, and these are quantized when measured.
Particle in a box in 3D. Particle in an infinite spherical well. Tunneling through a barrier. Orbital angular momentum. Intrinsic spin angular momentum.
We will show that the energy eigenfunctions are orthonormal. We will find the probability density, various expectation values, the uncertainty in position and momentum, and the uncertainty product.
We solve the simplest 1D spatial problem with bound energy eigenstates and discrete, quantized energies: the "Particle in a box", or infinite square well.
We will look at the Schrodinger Equation generally: Time-Dependent and Time-Independent; for spatial problems and spin problems. Energy eigenvalues, eigenfunctions, and eigenvectors.
Young's double-slit experiment shows diffraction interference (constructive and destructive). This is well understood classically with electromagnetic waves but what does it mean when light consists of photons.
Learning about quantum mechanics by exploring Planck's constant: units and value. Schrodinger's equation: time evolution; momentum. angular momentum. Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. de Broglie wavelength.
The classical model (Rayleigh-Jeans model) for the spectral radiance of black-body thermal radiation disagreed horribly with experimental results for short wavelengths/high frequencies, later called the "ultraviolet catastrophe".
Five discoveries in physics in the 1800s that relate to quantum mechanics or we will need for future lectures: absorption and emission lines; electromagnetic waves; X-rays; radioactivity; the electron.
An Introduction to this Quantum Mechanics for Everybody video series, for non-physicists with a little college background or high school background and willingness to deal with unfamiliar physics and math.
