Schedule
| Date | Lecture | Famous Physicists | Homework | Labs | |
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| Part I: Relativity | |||||
| T | Aug. 28 | Modern Syllabus Modern timeline physics_overview history of light Lecture 1: Light Krane Chapter 2.2 | HW 1 (updated 8/30) Due: Sept 4 | ||
| TH | Aug. 30 | Foundations of Special Relativity Lecture 1 (cont.) Video: Frames of Reference Video: Michelson-Morley Experiment | Thomas Young James Maxwell Albert Michelson | ||
| T | Sept. 4 | Lecture 2 - Relativity Postulates Krane, Chapter 2, Sections 1-3, 5 | Hendrik Lorentz | HW2 Due: Sept. 11 | |
| TH | Sept. 6 | Lecture 3 - Time Dilation and Length Contraction Krane, Chapter 2, Sections 4, 6 | Albert Einstein | Lab 1: Cosmic Ray Muons |
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| T | Sept. 11 | Lecture 4 - Relativistic Momentum and Energy Krane, Chapter 2, Section 7 | HW 3 Due Sept. 18 | ||
| TH | Sept. 13 | Lecture 5 - Collisions and Reactions Krane, Chapter 2, Section 8 | Lab 1: Cosmic Ray Muons (cont.) Cosmic Ray Muon Video |
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| T | Sept. 18 | Relativity and Electromagnetism | |||
| TH | Sept. 20 | Test 1 | |||
| Part II: Quantum Physics | |||||
| T | Sept. 25 | Discovery of the Electron | J.J. Thomson Ernest Rutherford | ||
| TH | Sept. 27 | Millikan Oil Drop Experiment Radioactivity | Henri Becquerel Marie Curie | HW 4 Due: T, Oct. 9 | Millikan Oil Drop Experiment Canceled - will be rescheduled |
| T | Oct. 2 | Chapter 3: Particle Properties of Light Read Sections 3.2 and 3.2 Lecture 7 - Light as a Particle PowerPoint | Max Planck Albert Einstein | ||
| TH | Oct. 4 | Chapter 3: Particle Properties of Light Read Sections 3.4-3.6 | Arthur Compton | Lab 2: Photoelectric effect | |
| T | Oct. 9 | Chapter 4: Wave Properties of Particles Read Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.6 PowerPoint Mathematica files | Luis de Broglie George Thomson | HW 5 Due: Oct. 16 | |
| TH | Oct. 11 | Chapter 4: Wave Properties of Particles Read Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.7 | Werner Heisenberg | Lab 2 (cont.): Data Analysis | |
| T | Oct. 16 | Chapter 6: Rutherford-Bohr Model of the Atom PowerPoint | Johannes Rydberg Niels Bohr | ||
| TH | Oct. 18 | Chapter 6: Rutherford-Bohr Model of the Atom | HW 6 Due: Oct 23 | Study Session for Test 2 | |
| T | Oct. 23 | Test 2 | |||
| TH | Oct. 25 | Math: Complex Numbers Mathematica code PowerPoint | Erwin Schrodinger Max Born | HW 7 Due: Oct. 30 | Lab 3: Double Slit Experiment - One Photon at a Time Lab Description |
| T | Oct. 30 | Chapter 5: Schrodinger Equation Mathematica Basics | |||
| TH | Nov. 1 | Chapter 5: Schrodinger Equation PowerPoint Lecture Notes | HW 8 Due: Nov. 8 | Lab 3(cont.): Data Analysis First draft of Lab 2 Due. |
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| T | Nov. 6 | Chapter 5: Schrodinger Equation PowerPoint Lecture Lecture Notes | |||
| TH | Nov. 8 | Chapter 5: Schrodinger Equation | Lab 5: Computer Lab - Wave Functions | ||
| T | Nov. 13 | Chapter 5: Schrodinger Equation PowerPoint | HW 9 Due: Nov 15 at 5pm | ||
| TH | Nov 15 | Review test 3 review sheet test 3 equation sheet | Review for Test 3 | ||
| T | Nov. 20 | Test 3 | |||
| TH | Nov. 22 | Thanksgiving | |||
| T | Nov. 27 | Chapter 7: Hydrogen Atom Lecture Notes | James Chadwick Paul Dirac Carl Anderson | ||
| TH | Nov. 29 | Angular Momentum and Spin Schrodinger's Cat | Work on Lab Writeups | ||
| T | Dec. 11 | Final Exam - 12:45 - 3:25 pm Final Equation Sheet Final Review Sheet | |||