Chris.Jacobsen@stonybrook.edu,
office D-102, phone 631-632-8093). Office hours in general:
Tuesdays 12:30 - 13:30 or by appointment. Please feel free to
contact me
to meet at other times!
swebb@grad.physics.sunysb.edu
); office S-137A (across from S-137 in the Physics basement)| Date |
Subject |
| Monday, Jan. 28 |
Lecture 1:
Introduction to the
course. EM waves and relativity. |
| Wednesday, Jan. 30 |
Lecture 2:
Relativity II. |
| Monday, Feb. 4 |
Lecture 3: Relativity III |
| Wednesday, Feb. 6 |
Lecture 4:
Relativity
IV. |
| Monday, Feb. 11 |
Lecture 5: Relativity V; Planck and the blackbody spectrum. |
| Wednesday, Feb. 13 |
Lecture 6: More on blackbody. Photons. "First impressions" book report due. |
| Monday, Feb. 18 |
Lecture 7:
X rays and the Compton effect; Thomson and electrons |
| Wednesday, Feb. 20 |
Guest lecture: Prof. Peter van Nieuwenhuizen on general relativity |
| Monday, Feb. 25 |
Lecture 8:
From plum pudding to the fly in the cathedral (Thomson to
Rutherford). |
| Wednesday, Feb. 27 |
Lecture 9: Rutherford scattering and the nucleus. |
| Monday, March 3 |
Lecture 10:
The Bohr model, and de Broglie waves. |
| Wednesday, March 5 |
Lecture 11:
Wave equations and
complex notation; the
Schrödinger equation for matter waves. |
| Monday, March 10 |
Exam
1 on Chapters 1-3. Exam
and solutions. Equation sheet.
Previous
exams and solutions: spring 2007, fall 2006. |
| Wednesday, March 12 |
Lecture 12: Infinite quantum well (particle in a box). Interpretation of wave functions. |
| Monday, March 17 |
No
class. Spring break. |
| Wednesday, March 19 |
No
class. Spring break. |
| Monday, March 24 |
Lecture 13:
Interpretation of wave functions. 2D infinite quantum
well. |
| Wednesday, March 26 |
Lecture 14:
Heisenberg uncertainty relationship. Quantum averages and
fluctuations. Quantum mechanical harmonic
oscillator. Finite square well. |
| Monday, March 31 |
Lecture 15: Schrödinger equation solution for the atom |
| Wednesday, April 2 |
Lecture 16: Schrödinger equation solution for the atom II |
| Monday, April 7 |
Lecture 17:
Hydrogen atom III. Quantum statistics. |
| Wednesday, April 9 |
Lecture 18:
Quantum statistics. |
| Monday, April 14 |
Lecture 19: Lasers; Fermi sea. |
| Wednesday, April 16 |
Lecture 20:
Band theory, semiconductors I. |
| Monday, April 21 |
No classes. Passover. Prof. Jacobsen office hours: Wednesday, April 16 12:30-13:30, and Friday, April 18 10:00-13:00. |
| Wednesday, April 23 |
Exam 2 on chapters 4-9. Equation
sheet. Solutions.
Previous exams and solutions: spring
2007, fall
2006. |
| Monday, April 28 |
Lecture 21:
Semiconductors II. The nucleus. |
| Wednesday, April 30 |
Lecture 22:
Radioactive decay and dating; shell and liquid drop model. |
| Monday, May 5 |
Lecture 23: Nuclear fission and fusion, reactors, etc. Final book report due by Monday, May 5 at 5 pm (email is fine). |
| Wednesday, May 7 |
Lecture 24:
Health effects of
radiation; nuclear fusion; nuclear weapons. |
| Monday, May 12 |
Lecture 25:
Review. |
| Wednesday, May 14 17:00-19:30 |
Final exam
(5 pm - 7:30 pm, in Physics P-130 which where we've met for lectures
all semester). Equation sheet. Exam and solutions. Previous
exams and solutions: spring
2007, fall 2006. Histograms: all three exam scores, and total score for course, plus letter grades. |
| Date |
Homework due |
| Tuesday,
Jan. 29 |
No
recitation |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 5 |
Homework assignment, solutions. |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 12 |
Serway problems 1.24, 1.26,
1.33, 1.34, 1.36 and 2.6, 2.8, 2.11, 2.14, 2.15, 2.18. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 19 |
Serway problems 2.21, 2.23,
2.27, 2.28, 2.31, 2.33 and 3.6, 3.8, 3.12, 3.14, 3.15, 3.20. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 26 |
Serway problems 3.22, 3.24,
3.25, 3.28, 3.30, 3.36, 3.38, 3.39, 3.44, 3.46.
Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
March 4 |
Serway problems 4.3, 4.4, 4.5,
4.8, 4.9, 4.13, 4.14, 4.16, 4.19, 4.24, 4.28. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
March 11 |
No homework; exam 1 on March 10. |
| Tuesday,
March 18 |
Spring
break. |
| Tuesday,
March 25 |
Serway problems 4.33,
4.34, 4.43, 4.44, 5.2, 5.3, 5.10, 5.14, 5.31, 6.5, 6.6. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
April 1 |
Serway problems 5.19, 5.25,
5.26, 5.33, 6.9, 6.12, 6.16, 6.19, 6.25, 6.32. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
April 8 |
Serway problems 6.23, 8.10,
8.14, 8.16, 8.25, 8.26, 9.5, 9.12, 9.21 plus the two problems
below. Solutions.
|
| Tuesday,
April 15 |
Serway problems 10.2, 10.3,
10.6, 10.9, 10.15, 10.21, 12.16, 12.18. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
April 22 |
No homework, and no recitation
meeting; exam April 23. Prof.
Jacobsen office hours: Wednesday, April 16 12:30-13:30, and Friday,
April 18 10:00-13:00. |
| Tuesday,
April 29 |
Serway problems 13.1, 13.5,
13.9, 13.16, 13.17, 13.22, 13.26, 13.30, 13.33, 13.34, 13.41, 13.44,
13.45. Due FRIDAY, MAY 2, by 3
pm. Solutions. |
| Tuesday,
May 6 |
Serway problems 14.4, 14.7,
14.22, 14.24, 14.28, 14.30, 14.35. Due FRIDAY, MAY 9, by 3 pm. Solutions. |
| Date |
Homework due |
| Tuesday,
Jan. 29 |
No
lab |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 5 |
Lab 1: Michelson Interferometer I |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 12 |
Lab 2: Micrometer
nonlinearities; searching for the Aether Wind |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 19 |
Lab 3: Measurement of e/m for electrons |
| Tuesday,
Feb. 26 |
Lab 4: Measurement of the charge of the electron |
| Tuesday, March 4 |
No
lab; study for exam. |
| Tuesday,
March 11 |
Lab 5: The Photoelectric effect |
| Tuesday, March 18 |
No
lab; spring break |
| Tuesday,
March 25 |
Lab 6: Bragg scattering |
| Tuesday,
April 1 |
Lab 7: Emission spectrum of hydrogen. |
| Tuesday,
April 8 |
Lab 8: Geiger counter |
| Tuesday,
April 15 |
Lab 9: Radioactivity |
| Tuesday,
April 22 |
No
lab; study for exam. |
| Tuesday,
April 29 |
Make-up lab |
| Tuesday,
May 6 |
No
lab |
