Phy215 Schedule
Fall Semester 2001

Wk    Monday            Topics                  Reading

1      Aug. 27      thermodynamics      HRW Ch. 19-21

2      Sept. 3      thermodynamics        HRW Ch. 19-21

3      Sept. 10      special relativity      Thornton Ch. 1-2

4      Sept. 17      special relativity      Thornton Ch. 1-2

5      Sept. 24      photons                  Chap. 3

6      Oct. 1      de Broglie waves       Chap. 5

7      Oct. 8      Schroedinger eq.       Chap. 6

Exam 1 Wednesday, October 10

8      Oct. 15      Schroedinger eq.        Chap. 6

9      Oct. 22      Rutherford and Bohr  Chap. 4

10    Oct. 29      H atom                      Chap. 7

11    Nov. 5        atomic physics          Chap. 8

12    Nov. 12      atomic physics          Chap. 8

Exam 2 Thursday, November 15

13    Nov. 19    nuclear physics    Chap. 12-13

14    Nov. 26    nuclear physics    Chap. 12-13

15    Dec. 3      elem. particles      Chap. 14

FINAL EXAM Monday, December 10