| Date |
Subject |
| Monday, Jan. 22 |
Lecture 1:
Introduction to the
course. EM waves and relativity. |
| Wednesday, Jan. 24 |
Lecture 2:
Relativity II. Lecture give by
Prof. Peter Stephens |
| Monday, Jan. 29 |
Lecture 3: Relativity III |
| Wednesday, Jan. 31 |
Lecture 4:
Relativity
IV; Planck and the blackbody spectrum. |
| Monday, Feb. 5 |
Lecture 5:
Photons I |
| Wednesday, Feb. 7 |
Lecture 6: Photons II, plus Röntgen and the discovery of X rays. "First impressions" book report due. |
| Monday, Feb. 12 |
Lecture 7:
X rays and the Compton effect; Thomson and electrons |
| Wednesday, Feb. 14 |
Classes
canceled by the university due to weather. |
| Thursday, Feb. 15 |
Extra office hours, 3:30 - 4:30
pm. Physics D-102 or, if enough people come, D-122. |
| Monday, Feb. 19 |
Exam
1 on material through chapter 3. Equation sheet.
Previous exams: spring 2005, fall 2005, fall
2006. Spring 2007 exam and
solutions. Histogram
of exam scores. |
| Wednesday, Feb. 21 |
Lecture 8: From plum pudding to the fly in the cathedral (Thomson to Rutherford). Lecture given by Prof. Deane Peterson |
| Monday, Feb. 26 |
Lecture 9: Bohr to de Broglie. |
| Wednesday, Feb. 28 |
Lecture 10:
Wave equations and
complex notation; the
Schrödinger equation for matter waves. |
| Monday, March 5 |
Lecture 11:
Infinite quantum well (particle in a box). Interpretation of wave
functions. |
| Wednesday, March 7 |
Lecture 12:
Heisenberg uncertainty relationship. Quantum mechanical harmonic
oscillator. |
| Monday, March 12 |
Lecture 13:
Quantum averages and fluctuations. Finite square well. |
| Wednesday, March 14 |
Lecture 14: Schrödinger equation solution for the atom |
| Monday, March 19 |
Discussion of HW 7, rather
than
a regular lecture. No recitation on March 20. |
| Wednesday, March 21 |
Lecture 15:
Conclusion of Schrödinger solution for the atom. Quantum
statistics and the Maxwell distribution. |
| Monday, March 26 |
Lecture 16:
Fermi-Dirac, Bose-Einstein, and Einstein A/B coefficients |
| Wednesday, March 28 |
Exam
2 (covering material in Chapters 5, 6, 8, and the first part of
9). Fall 2005 exam and solutions.
Spring 2005 exam and
solutions. Fall 2006 exam and
solutions. Equation
sheet. Spring 2007 exam and
solutions. Histogram of exam
scores. |
| Monday, April 2 |
Spring
break. No class. |
| Wednesday, April 4 |
Spring
break. No class. |
| Monday, April 9 |
Lecture 17:
Lasers. Heat capacity. Fermi distribution. |
| Wednesday, April 11 |
Lecture 18:
Solid state physics: conductors, insulators, and
semiconductors. Electronics and integrated
circuits. |
| Monday, April 16 |
Lecture 19: Semiconductors; the nucleus |
| Wednesday, April 18 |
Lecture 20: Radioactive decay |
| Monday, April 23 |
Lecture 21: Radioactive decay and dating; shell and liquid drop model. |
| Wednesday, April 25 |
Lecture 22: Nuclear fission and fusion, reactors, etc. Final book report due. |
| Monday, April 30 |
Lecture 23: Nuclear weapons. |
| Wednesday, May 2 |
Discuss
homework 11, and review. |
| Monday, May 14 17:00-19:30 |
Final exam
(P-130): Spring 2007 final and solutions,
equation sheet,
histogram of exam scores,
and histogram of course total scores,
Fall 2006 final and solutions, Fall 2005 final and solutions, Spring 2005 final and solutions. |
| Date |
Homework due |
| Tuesday,
Jan. 23 |
No
recitation |
| Tuesday,
Jan. 30 |
Discuss homework assignment 1, which is due on Wednesday,
Jan. 31. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 6 |
Discuss homework assignment 2:
Serway problems 1.29, 1.32, 1.33, 2.9, 2.14, 2.15, 2.17, 2.19, 2.21,
2.22. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 13 |
Discuss homework assignment 3:
Serway problems 3.4, 3.6, 3.10, 3.12, 3.15, 3.16, 3.20, 3.22, 3.25,
3.28, 3.36. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 20 |
No
recitation, since there was an exam the day before. |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 27 |
Discuss homework 4 (due
Wednesday, Feb. 28): Serway problems 4.3, 4.5, 4.9, 4.16, 4.20, 4.24,
4.28, 4.34, 4.43, and 5.2, 5.4, 5.9. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
March 6 |
Discuss homework 5 (due
Wednesday, March 7): Serway problems 5.13, 5.14, 5.20, 5.25, 5.26,
5.30, 5.33, 5.37, 6.6, 6.9, 6.12, 6.19. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
March 13 |
Discuss homework 6 (due
Thursday, March 15): Serway problems 6.23, 6.24, 6.28, 6.32, 6.33,
6.34. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
March 20 |
No
recitation; will discuss homework in March 19 lecture.
Homework assignment 7 due Thursday, March 22: Serway problems 8.10,
8.12, 8.14, 8.16, 8.17, 8.18, 8.23, 8.25, 9.21, 9.25. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
March 27 |
Recitation
meets. No new homework assignment; ask questions on any previous
homework. However, no organized review will be carried out, so if
you have no homework questions you don't need to come. |
| Tuesday,
April 3 |
Spring
break; no recitation. |
| Tuesday,
April 10 |
Discuss homework 8 due Thursday,
April 12: Serway 10.2, 10.3, 10.6, 10.9, 10.13, 10.15, 10.19,
10.21. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
April 17 |
Discuss homework 9, which is due
Thursday, April 19: Serway 12.10, 12.11, 12.14, 12.16, 12.18, and 13.1,
13.5, 13.9. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
April 24 |
Discuss homework 10, which is
due Thursday, April 26: Serway 13.16, 13.17, 13.22, 13.26, 13.30,
13.33, 13.34, 13.41, 13.44, 13.45. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
May 1 |
No recitation. Instead, homework 11 (which is due on Thursday, May 3) will be discussed in the May 2 lecture. Assignment: Serway 14.4, 14.7, 14.22, 14.24, 14.28, 14.30, 14.35. Solutions. Special end-of-semester office hours. |
| Date |
Homework due |
| Tuesday,
Jan. 23 |
No
lab |
| Tuesday,
Jan. 30 |
Lab 1: Michelson Interferometer |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 6 |
Lab 2: Measurement of e/m for electrons |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 13 |
No lab (study for exam) |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 20 |
Lab 3: Measurement of the charge of the electron |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 27 |
Lab 4: The Photoelectric effect |
| Tuesday,
March 6 |
Lab 5: Vibrational modes |
| Tuesday,
March 13 |
Lab 6: Emission spectrum of hydrogen. |
| Tuesday,
March 20 |
Lab 7: Scattering. See also comments on the data analysis. |
| Tuesday,
March 27 |
No lab |
| Tuesday,
April 3 |
Spring
break; no lab. |
| Tuesday,
April 10 |
Lab 8: Geiger counter |
| Tuesday,
April 17 |
Lab 9: Radioactivity |
| Tuesday,
April 24 |
Make-up lab |
| Tuesday,
May 1 |
No
lab |
