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Class & |
Topic |
Reading |
Comments & Links |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | Class 1, January 5 | Introduction and Review | Chapters 1 and 2 | skim reading as necessary |
| Quantization of Radiation | ||||
| W | Class 2, January 10 | Charge
and mass of electron, Blackbody Radiation |
3:1-2 | Java Applets |
| F | Class 3, January 12 | Photoelectric
effect, Compton Scattering |
3:3-4 + More | Java Applets |
|
Particle Nature of Matter |
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| W | Class 4, January 17 | Early Atomic Theory,
Rutherford Experiment, Bohr atom |
4:1-6 | HW set #1 due |
|
Matter Waves |
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| F | Class 5, January 19 | De
Broglie’s Hypothesis, Wave groups, dispersion |
5:1-4 | Java Applets |
| W | Class 6, January 24 | Uncertainty
Principle, Applications of Uncertainty Principle |
5:5-7 + More | Lecture Notes |
|
Schrodinger Equation |
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| F | Class 7, January 26 | Quantum wave equation | 6:1 | HW set #2 due |
| W | Class 8, January 31 | Infinite square well, Finite square well |
6:2-4 + More |
Lecture Notes Java Applets |
| F | Class 9, February 2 | Quantum harmonic Oscillator | 6:5 + More | Java Applets |
| W | Class 10, February 7 | Barrier reflection and tunneling | 6:6 + More | Java Applets |
| Atomic Physics | ||||
| F | Class 11, February 9 |
3-dim square well,
degeneracy, Hydrogen Atom |
7:1-3 |
HW set #3
due Java Applets |
| W |  Midterm Exam: February
14 |
on quantum mechanics (Ch. 1-6) |
Exam practice questions (Solutions) Exam Solutions |
|
| F | Class 12, February 16 | Electron Spin, Angular Momentum | 7:4-5 | |
| W | Class 13, February 21 |
Pauli Principle, Atomic Spectra, Complex Atoms |
7:6-8 9:4 + More |
|
| F | Class 14, February 23 | Lasers | 9:5-6 | HW set #4 due |
| February 24 - March 2 | Spring Break | No Class | ||
| Solid State Physics | ||||
| W | Class 15, March 7 | Statistical Physics | 8:1-5 + More1 More2 | Lecture Notes |
| F | Class 16, March 9 | Electrons in metals | 10:2-4 | |
| W | Class 17, March 14 | Band
theory of solids, Semiconductors |
10:5-8 | |
| Nuclear Physics | ||||
| F | Class 18, March 16 |
Atomic Nucleus, Radioactive decay |
11:1-4 + More |
HW set #5
due
|
| W | Class 19, March 21 | Nuclear force, reactions and applications | 11:5-6 12:1-3 |
|
| Particle Physics | ||||
| F | Class 20, March 23 | Elementary Particles and their Interactions | 13:1-2 | |
| W | Class 21, March 28 | Symmetries | 13:3 + More | HW set #6 due |
| F | Class 22, March 30 | Conservation Laws, and the Quark Model | 13:3-5 | |
| Cosmology | ||||
| W | Class 23, April 4 | White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes | 14:3-5 | |
| F | Class 24, April 6 | The Origin and Fate of the Universe | 14:6-8 |
HW set #7
due |
| M | Class 25, April 9 | Review | class moved |
from W to M |
| F | "Final"
Exam: April 13 |
Ch. 7-14 |
Exam practice questions (Solutions) |
|
| F | April 20 | pick up exams and HW sets | 10-noon | 330 WHall |