Syllabus

monday date

chapter

topic, posted lecture notes (pdf)

Problem Set #

problems from Thorton and Rex or handouts or postings

due

~~Week 1:~~

8.28

TR *

1 & 2

Special Theory of Relativity
mon tue wed thu
review of "classical concepts"

~~Week 2:~~

9.5

TR

2

Special Theory of Relativity
tue wed

1

Due 912: /23, 24, 25, 28, 31, 51, 54, 66, 90, D1, D2

9.12

~~Week 3:~~

9.11

HO

19, 20

Thermodynamics
prev thu, slidesA and slidesB; mon tue wed thu

2

ch 19: 15, 46, 50, 61, 72, 75; ch 20: 11, 19, 25, 55

9.21

~~Week 4:~~

9.18

HO

21

Thermodynamics
mon tue wed thu

3

ch 21: 3, 7, 23, 42

9.26

~~Week 5:~~

9.25

TR

3

Experimental Basis of Quantum Theory
mon tue wed thu

4

17, 18, 27, 33, 35, 39, 43, 47, 48

10.3

Exam #1

Thursday, October 5 covering TR 2, HO 19, 20, 21

~~Week 6:~~

10.2

TR

4

Structure of the Atom
mon tue wed thu(exam#1)

5

5, 8, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30,

10.12

~~Week 7:~~

10.9

TR

5

Wave properties of matter and Quantum Mechanics I
mon tue wed thu

6

5, 15, 18, 26, 42, 44

10.17

~~Week 8:~~

10.16

TR

6

Quantum Mechanics II
mon tue wed thu

7

5, 11, 17, 21, 35, 37, 39, 43

10.24

~~Week 9~~:

10.23

TR

7

The Hydrogen Atom
mon tue wed thu

8

3, 10, 14, 16, 20, 24

11.2

Exam#2 (Thursday 11/9)

...covers chapters 3(!) through 7

~~Week 10:~~

10.30

TR

8

Atomic Physics
mon tue wed thu

9

8, 21, 24, 26, 32, 37

11.9

~~Week 11:~~

11.6

TR

9

Statistical Physics
mon tuea tueb wed(thu exam#2)

10

5, 16, notice that the date has HAS shifted -->

mon
11.20!

A copy of the exam: exam2_round2.pdf. Two redo's plus one more extra credit. Due ~~Monday~~ Tuesday, as per mail message.

~~Week 12:~~

11.13

TR

9

12

still Statistical Physics
mon

The Atomic Nucleus
tues wed thu

10

11

ch 9: 21, 25, 26, 35, 49 notice that the date HAS shifted -->

ch 12: 4, 8, 13, 17, 26, 37, 50, 51 notice that the date HAS shifted -->

mon 11.20!

mon 11.27!

~~Week 13:~~

11.20

TR

12

still The Atomic Nucleus
mon tue wed thanksgiving

mon 11.27!

grades at this moment are here. This includes exams 1 and 2 (including redos) plus homework through chapter 9. Remember that the ultimate weighting of exams vs homework is not done at this stage (so the overall % is just a figure of merit). Remember, also, that there are a lot of points left: no freaking.

Exam #3 (thursday 11/30)

...covers chapters 8,9,12

~~Week 14:~~

11.27

TR

13

14

Nuclear Interactions and Applications
mon tue

Elementary Particles
wed (thu exam #3)

12

13

ch 13: 1, 8, 14, 26, 30, 31, 43 notice that the date HAS shifted -->

mon
12.4

A copy of the exam: exam3.pdf. you can do one redo among problems 1, 2, 3, or 4. Due Tuesday before class, 12/ 5

~~Week 15:~~

12.4

TR

14

15

Elementary Particles
mon tue

General Relativity
wed thu (review)

15

no problem sets from Elementary Particles...but some simple, few-point questions on the final from the lectures and chapter 14

nada

Here are the grades-to-date slides I showed in class: everything and just the homework. Please let me know about typos!

FINAL

final exam

Information about the exam:
General information
People
Experiments
Concepts

Monday, December 11, 12:45-2:45
location: BPS 1415