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Class & |
Topics |
Readings |
HW Due |
Links |
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| W | Sept 6 | Introduction, Math Review | Math
Review Solution |
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| F | Class 1, Sept 8 | Heat and Temperature | 19:1-8 | ||
| M | Class 2, Sept 11 | First Law of Thermodynamics | 19:9-10 | ||
| W | Class 3, Sept 13 | Energy Flow | 19:11 | Set #1 | HW#1 Solution |
| F | Class 4, Sept 15 | Kinetic theory, R, N_A | 20:1-5 | ||
| M | Class 5, Sept 18 | Statistical Interpretation of Temperature |
20:8-11 | ||
| W | Class 6, Sept 20 | Brownian Motion, Maxwell-Boltzman Distributions | 20:6-7 | Set #2 | HW#2
Solution Brownian Motion |
| F | Class 7, Sept 22 | Thermodynamic cycles, engines, and efficiency | 21:1-5 | ||
| M | Class 8, Sept 25 | Thermodynamics, Entropy, and the Third Law | 21:6 | Set #3 | HW#3 Solution |
| W |  Midterm
1: Sept 27 |
Chapters 19, 20, 21 | |||
| F | Class 9, Sept 29 | Simple Harmonic Motion, Pendulums | 16:1-7 | Simple Harmonic Motion | |
| M | Class 10, Oct 2 | Damped and forced oscillations | 16:8-9 | ||
| W | Class 11, Oct 4 | Waves | 17:1-7 | ||
| F | Class 12, Oct 6 | Superposition, Interference | 17:8-11 | Set #4 | HW#4
Solution Superposition |
| M | Class 13, Oct 9 | Sound | 18:1-5 | ||
| W | Class 14, Oct 11 | Musical Instruments | 18:6 | ||
| F | Class 15, Oct 13 | Beats and Standing Waves | 17:12, 18:7-8 |
Set #5 | HW#5
Solution Sonic Booms |
| M | Midterm
2: Oct 16 |
Chapters 16, 17, 18 | |||
| W | Class 16, Oct 18 | Maxwell's Equations and EM waves | 34:1-3 | E-M Waves | |
| F | Class 17, Oct 20 | Maxwell's Equations and EM waves (cont.) | 34:1-3 | ||
| M | Class 18, Oct 23 | Energy Transport and Polarization | 34:4-6 | Polarization | |
| W | Class 17, Oct 25 | Reflection and Refraction | 34:7-9 | Set #6 | Reflection and Refraction HW#6 Solution |
| F | Class 18, Oct 27 | Image formation and detection | 35:1-4 | ||
| M | Class 19, Oct 30 | Mirrors and Lenses | 35:5-6,8 | ||
| W | Class 20, Nov 1 | Optical instruments, telescopes and microscope | 35:7 | Set #7 | HW#7 Solution |
| F | Class 21, Nov 3 | Optical Interference, Single and Double Slit | 36:1-6 | Frauenhofer Diffraction | |
| M | Class 22, Nov 6 | Thin films, and Interferometers | 36:7-8 | ||
| W | Class 23, Nov 8 | Diffraction, gratings, x-ray | 37:1-9 | ||
| F | Class 24, Nov 10 | Atmospheric phenomena | Set #8 | HW#8
Solution Color Vision |
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| M | Class 25, Nov 13 | Review | |||
| W | Midterm
3: Nov 15 |
Chapters 34, 35, 36, 37 | |||
| F | Class 26, Nov 17 | Michelson-Morley | 38:1-4 | ||
| M | Class 27, Nov 20 | Lorentz Transformations | 38:7-8 | Lorentz Transformations | |
| W | Class 28, Nov 22 | Time Dilation, Length Contraction | 38:5-6 | Set #9 | HW#9 Solution |
| F | Nov 23-24 | Thanksgiving Break | |||
| M | Class 29, Nov 27 | Velocity Transformations | 38.9 | CRLT forms | |
| W | Class 30, Nov 29 | Relativistic Momentum and Energy | 38:11-12 | Momentum and Energy | |
| F | Class 31, Dec 1 | Applications to Particle Physics & Astrophysics | 38:10 | Set #10 | HW#10 Solution |
| M | Class 32, Dec 4 | The Equivalence Principle and General Relativity | Handout | General Relativity | |
| W | Class 31, Dec 6 | Experimental Tests of General Relativity | Handout | Experimental Tests | |
| F | Class 32, Dec 8 | Cosmology | Handout | Cosmology | |
| M | Class 33, Dec 11 | Review | Handout | Practice
Questions Solutions |
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| W | Midterm
4: Dec 13 |
Chapter 38 | |||
| T | Final
Exam: Dec 19 |
cancelled -> replaced by Midterm 4 |
