Syllabus, Fall 2006
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| Week 1 Sep. 4 |
Sep 4 Labor Day |
Sep 6 Pre-Newtonian physics Read Chap 1.1-1.7 |
Sep 8 Galileo's observations Read Chap 3.1-3.3 |
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| Week 2 Sep. 11 |
Sep 11 Speed, accel., momentum Read Chap 3.4-3.6 |
Sep 13 Newton's Laws Read Chap 4.1-4.3, HW1 due |
Sep 15 Newton, cont. Read Chap 4.4-4.6 |
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| Week 3 Sep. 18 |
Sep 18 Law of Gravity Read Chap 5.1-5.6 |
Sep 20 Work and Energy Read Chap 6.1-6.3, HW2 due |
Sep 22 Potential Energy and Power Read Chap 6.4-6.7 |
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| Week 4 Sep. 25 |
Sep 25 Review for Exam #1 |
Sep 27 In-class exam #1 HW3 due |
Sep 29 Waves Read Chap 8.1-8.2 |
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| Week 5 Oct. 2 |
Oct 2 Superposition/interference Read Chap 8.1-8.2 |
Oct 4 Interference & Resonance Read Chap 8.1-8.2 |
Oct 6 EM Waves, Electricity Read Chap 8.3-8.5 |
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| Week 6 Oct 9 |
Oct 9 EM Waves, Magnetism Read Chap 8.6-8.8 |
Oct 11 Light Read Chap 9.1-9.4, HW4 due |
Oct 13 Relativity of Time & Space Read Chap 10.1-10.3 |
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| Week 7 Oct 16 |
Oct 16 The Space-Time Continuum Read Chap 10.3-10.6 | Oct 18 Energy and Relativity Read Chap10.7-10.8 , HW5 due | Oct 18 General Relativity Read Chap 11.1-11.7 |
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| Week 8 Oct 23 |
Oct 23 Review for Exam 2 |
Oct 25 In-class Exam #2 HW6 due |
Oct 27 Quantum: Particles of light Read Chap 13.1-13.3 | ||
| Week 9 Oct 30 |
Oct 30 Quantum: Matter waves Read Chap 13.4-13.6 |
Nov 1 Quantum: Atoms Read Chap 8.6-8.8 |
Nov 3 Quantum Atoms 2 Read Chap 13 Essay topic, para. due |
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Week 10 |
Nov 6 The Wavefunction Read Chap 14.1-14.3 |
Nov 8 |
Nov 10 Indistinguishability Read Chap 14, |
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| Week 11 Nov 13 |
Nov 13 Solid State Physics Read Chap 14 |
Nov 15 Superconductivity Read Chap 14, HW8 due |
Nov 17 The nucleus Read Chap 15.1-15.2 Essay outline & ref due |
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| Week 12 Nov. 20 |
Nov 20 Radioactivity Read Chap 15.3-15.7 |
Nov 22 Fission fusion Read Chap 16, HW9 due |
Nov 24 Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| Week 13 Nov 27 |
Nov 27 Review for Exam #3 |
Nov 29 In-class Exam #3 HW10 due |
Dec 1 Particles and fields Read Chap 18 |
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| Week 14 Dec 4 |
Dec 4 Quarks and gluons Read Chap 18 |
Dec 6 The weak interaction Read Chap 18 |
Dec 8 What is mass? Read Chap 18 Essay due |
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| Week 15 Dec 11 |
Dec 11 Beyond the Standard Model Read Chap 18 |
Dec 13 HEP Research Read Chap 18, HW11 due |
Dec 15 Particle Physics Review Read Chap 18 |
| Final Exam: | Thursday, Dec 21 (2:45 pm to 4:45 pm) |
| Location to be announced |