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Syllabus, Spring 2009
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Mon Lecture
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Wed Lecture
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Fri Lecture
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Lab
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HW
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Discussion
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Week 1
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None |
Jan 21, Montaruli
Introduction, Oscillations & resonance Read T&M Ch 14 |
Jan 23, Montaruli Oscillations and Waves |
No lab
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Intro HW1 due Tue 1/31
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Oscillations and waves
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Week 2
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Jan 26, Montaruli
Superposition of waves Read T&M Ch 15-16-Start Ch 33 |
Jan 28, Montaruli
Interference Read T&M Ch 33 |
Jan 30, Montaruli
Diffraction Read T&M Ch 33 |
Lab 1: S-2,SC-1
Waves |
HW2 due
Tue 2/3 |
Interference & Diffraction
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Week 3
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Feb 2, Montaruli
De Broglie, Matter waves, Photoelectric effect Read T&L Ch 5, Ch 3.3 |
Feb 4, Montaruli
Wave packets and Probability, Uncertainty Principle Read T&L Ch 5 |
Feb 6, Everett
Schroedinger equation in 1D, particle in a box Read T&L Ch 6 |
Lab 2: LC-1
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HW3 due
Tue 2/10 |
Matter waves
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Week 4
Exam 1 |
Feb 9, Everett |
Feb 11, Montaruli
Exam Review |
Feb 13, Montaruli
MTE1 |
Makeup labs: S-2,SC-1,LC-1 |
HW4 due
Tue. 2/17 |
Exam review
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Week 5
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Feb 16, Montaruli
Electric charge Read T&M Ch 21 |
Feb 18, Montaruli
Electric Field Read T&L Ch 22 |
Feb 20, Montaruli |
Lab 3: Wave-Particle Duality
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HW5 due
Tue. 2/24 |
Schroedinger equation and Electric Force and Field
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Week 6
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Feb 23, Montaruli
Electric potential energy Read T&M Ch 23 |
Feb 25, Montaruli
Gauss' Law Applications and Electric potential - Electric field relation Read T&M Ch 22-23 |
Feb 27, Montaruli
Capacitance & dielectrics Read T&M Ch 24 |
Lab 4: EC-2 Electric Fields
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HW6 due
Tue. 3/3 |
Gauss' law and Electric Potential
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Week 7
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Mar 2, Montaruli |
Mar 4, Everett |
Mar 6, Everett
Energy levels, X-ray, 3D Schroedinger equation Read T&L Ch 4 |
Lab 5: L-5 Balmer |
HW7 due
Tue. 3/10 |
Capacitance and Potential energy, H-atom |
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Week 8 Exam 2
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Mar 9, Everett
Schroedinger equation for central potential
Read T&L Ch 7 |
Mar 11, Everett
Exam review |
Mar 13, Everett
MTE2 |
Makeup labs: |
HW8 due
Tue. 3/24 |
Schroedinger eq. for H atom, exam review
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Week 9
Spring Break |
Mar 16
none |
Mar 18 |
Mar 20
none |
none
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none
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none
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Week 10
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Mar 23, Everett
Quantization of angular momentum, Electron Spin Read T&L Ch 7 |
Mar 25, Montaruli
More on Spin, Spin-orbit effect, Larmor precession Read T&L Ch 7 |
Mar 27, Montaruli |
Lab 6: MPC-1 interaction radiation -matter |
HW9 due
Tue. 3/31 |
Multi-electron atoms and electron spin
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Week 11
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Mar 30, Montaruli
Radioactivity, Nuclear Force Read T&L Ch 11 |
Apr 1, Montaruli Current and Resistance, Ohm's law |
Apr 3, Montaruli |
Lab 7: EC-3 DC Circuits |
HW10 due
Tue. 4/7 |
Nuclear Physics and radioactivity, DC Circuits |
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Week 12
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Apr 6, Montaruli
Magnetic Field and Force Read T&M Ch 26 |
Apr 8, Everett
Magnetic Forces, Torque on Current Loop Read T&M Ch 26 |
Apr 10, Everett
Biot-Savart Law Read T&M Ch 27 |
Lab 8: E-4 Magnetic Fields
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HW11 due
Tue. 4/14 |
Magnetic Forces
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Week 13
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Apr 13, Everett |
Apr 15, Everett
Magnetic induction Read T&M Ch 28 |
Apr 17, Everett |
Lab 9: Frank & Hertz |
HW12 due
Tue. 4/21 |
Magnetic Fields
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Week 14
Exam 3 |
Apr 20, Everett
Inductance, RL Circuits, Displacement Current Read T&M Ch 28, 30.1 |
Apr 22, Everett Exam Review |
Apr 24, Everett |
Makeup labs:
MPC-1,EC-3, E-4, Franck & Hertz |
HW13 due
Tue. 4/28 |
Exam review, Magnetic Induction
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Week 15 |
Apr 27, Everett |
Apr 29, Everett |
May 1, Everett
EM Waves, properties of light polarization Read T&M Ch 31.4 |
Lab 10: EC-5 Magnetic Induction |
HW14 due
Thurs. 5/9 |
EM waves and light |
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Week 16
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May 4, Everett
Particle Physics Read T&L Ch 12 |
May 6, Everett |
May 8, Everett
Final Exam Review |
Lab 11: L-5
Polarization Make up labs: EC-5 |
Special Topics
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| Final Exam: |
Monday, May 11 (2:45 pm to 4:45 pm) |
| Room Van Vleck B239 |