Evolving Class Schedule
This schedule is tentative and we reserve
the right to adjust as necessary. Items listed in italics are
optional and may be skipped if we run behind. Check the online
schedule on the class website for the most up to date subject list
and readings.
Lecture Topics |
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Week # |
Week Of... |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
Homework |
1 |
Jan. 11 |
Introductions / Partial Review
of Classical Mechanics |
Special Relativity: Basic Postulates
and Frames of Reference |
Problem Set 0 (Due Friday, January 16 at 4:00 pm) |
2 |
Jan. 18 |
Special Relativity: Lorentz
Transformation, Time Dilation, Lorentz Contraction |
Special Relativity: Relativistic
Velocity |
Problem Set 1 (Due Friday, January 23 at 4:00 pm) |
3 |
Jan. 25 |
Special Relativity: Momentum
and Energy |
General Relativity: Loose
Ends |
Problem Set 2 (Due Friday, January 30 at 4:00 pm) |
4 |
Feb. 1 |
Light as a Particle: Blackbody
Radiation, Photoelectric Effect |
Light as a Particle: Compton
Effect, Pair Production |
Problem Set 3 (Due Friday, February 6 at 4:00 pm) |
5 |
Feb. 8 |
Particles as Waves: Double-Slit
Experiment, Matter Waves |
Particles as Waves: Free-Particle
Schrödinger Equation and the Uncertainty Principle |
Problem Set 4 (Due Friday, February 13 at 4:00 pm) |
6 |
Feb. 15 |
Particles as Waves: Bohr Model |
Simple Bound States: The Schrödinger
Equation, Stationary States |
Problem Set 5 (Due Friday, February 20 at 4:00 pm) |
7 |
Feb. 22 |
Simple Bound States: The Infinite
Well |
Prepare for MidTerm #1 (Exam on Tuesday, February 24) Problem Set 6 (Due Friday, February 27 at 4:00 pm) |
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8 |
Mar. 1 |
Simple Bound States: The Finite
Well, SHO |
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Problem Set 7 (Due Friday, March 6 at 4:00 pm) |
9 |
Mar. 8 |
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Class Cancelled due to Blizzard |
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Mar. 15 |
Spring Break |
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10 |
Mar. 22 |
Class Cancelled due to Flood Preparations |
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11 |
Mar. 29 |
Class Cancelled due to Flood |
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12 |
Apr. 5 |
Simple
Unbound States: |
Simple Unbound States: Quantum
Tunneling |
Problem Set 8 (Due Monday, April 13 at 4:00 pm) |
13 |
Apr. 12 |
3D Quantum Mechanics: 3D Schrödinger Equation and Infinite Well (Harris Chapter 7) |
3D
Quantum Mechanics: Central Forces, Hydrogen Atom and Hydrogenlike
Atoms |
Problem Set 9 (Due Friday, April 17 at 4:00 pm) |
14 |
Apr. 19 |
Spin
and Atomic Physics: Angular Momentum Quantization |
Prepare for Midterm #2 Exam |
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15 |
Apr. 26 |
Midterm #2 review (if necessary) |
Nuclear Physics: Basic Structure,
Binding |
Problem Set 10 (Due Friday, May 1 at 4:00 pm) |
16 |
May 3 |
Nuclear Physics: Radioactivity
and Radioactive Decay law |
Nuclear Physics: Nuclear Reactions |
Problem Set
11 (Due Thursday, May 7 at
4:00 pm) Prepare for Final Exam (Exam on Thursday, May 14, 2009, 12 noon - 2pm) |
Physics 322 Final Exam: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 12 noon - 2:30 pm