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Chapter & Section |
Description |
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Sept 4 Th |
Organization, outline, motivation, Books
and Labs, etc. Galilean relativity |
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Sept 9 Tu |
Special Relativity 1: Failure of Galilean Relativity, Einstein postulates,
Time Dilation |
Harris, 1.1 – 1.3 |
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Sept 11 Th |
Special Relativity 2: Twin paradox, Doppler
effect |
Harris, 1.1 - 1.6 |
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Homework 1: Harris, 1.4, 6, 8, 14, 18 |
Due, Mon, Sept 12 |
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Sept 16 Tu |
Special Relativity 3: Velocity transformation,
Dynamics |
Harris, 1.4 - 1.9 |
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Sept 15M, 18Th |
Laboratory 1: Photoelectric Effect, BXX |
Due Tue, Sept 23 |
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Sept 18 Th |
Special Relativity 4: Four Vectors, General
relativity |
Harris, 1.9 - end |
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Homework 2: Harris, 1.24, 26, 30, 32, 35,
36, 40, 81 |
Due, Fri, Sept 19 |
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Sept 23 Tu |
Waves and Particles 1a: Photoelectric
effect, Black Body |
Harris, 2.1 - 2.3 |
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Sept 23M, 26Th |
Laboratory 2: Atomic Potentials, BXX |
Due Tue, Sept 30 |
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Sept 25 Th |
Waves and Particles 1b: |
Harris, 2.3 - 2.5 end |
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Homework 3: Harris, 1.42, 43, 48, 54, 55,
65, 72, 75; 2.4, 10 |
Due, Fri, Sept 26 |
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Sept 30 Tu |
Waves and Particles 2a: Matter waves, Schrodinger Eqn intro |
Harris, 3.1 - 3.3 |
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Sept
30M, Oct
3Th |
Laboratory 3: Electron Diffraction, BXX |
Due Tue, Oct 7 |
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Oct 2 Th |
Waves and Particles 2b: Uncertainty
principle |
Harris, 3.4 - 3.5 |
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Homework 4: TBA |
Due, Fri, Oct 3 |
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Oct 7 Tu |
Waves and Particles 2c: Fourier transform, Bohr atom |
Harris, 3.6 - 3.7, end |
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Oct 6M, 9Th |
No laboratory |
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Oct 9 Th |
The Schrondinger Eqn: Genrl Formulation and wave
equation |
Harris, 4.1 - 4.4 |
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Homework 5: TBA |
Due, Fri, Oct 10 |
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Oct 14 Tu |
Monday Schedule--No Lecture |
Harris, 4.4 - 4.5 |
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Oct 13M, 16Th |
No laboratory |
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Oct 16 Th |
The Schrondinger Eqn: Particle in a box |
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Homework 6: TBA |
Due, Fri, Oct 17 |
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Oct 21 Tu |
The Schrondinger Eqn: Operators, finite wells |
Harris, 4.6 - 4.7 |
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Oct 20M, 23Th |
Laboratory 4: TBA (Photon Quantum
Interference) |
Due Tue, Oct 28 |
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Oct 23 Th |
The Schrondinger Eqn: Simple harmonic oscillator |
Harris, 4.8 - 4.9 |
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Homework 7: TBA |
Due, Fri, Oct 24 |
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Oct 28 Tu |
The Schrondinger Eqn: Non-stationary states and review |
Harris, 4.10 - 4.11, end |
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Oct 27M, 30Th |
No laboratory week of midterm |
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Oct 30 Th |
MIDTERM EXAM – Harris Ch1.
thru Ch 4. |
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No Homework week of Midterm |
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Nov 4 Tu |
Unbound States: |
Harris, 5.1 - 5.2 |
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Nov 3M, 6Th |
Laboratory 5: Atomic Spectra, BXX |
Due Tue, Nov 11 |
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Nov 6 Th |
Quantum Tunneling: Resonance, Finite
Barriers |
Harris, 5.3 |
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Homework 8: Harris, TBA |
Due, Fri, Nov 7 |
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Nov 11 Tu |
Wave Packets: Group and Phase Velocity;
Dispersion |
Harris, 5.3 |
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Nov 10M, 13Th |
No laboratory |
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Nov 13 Th |
Hydrogen Atom: 3D Quantum; Particle in Box |
Harris, 6.1 - 6.3 |
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Homework 9: Harris, TBA |
Due, Fri, Nov 14 |
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Nov 18 Tu |
Hydrogen Atom: Hydrogen SE: Central Forces,
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Harris, 6.3 - 6.4 |
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Nov 17M, 21Th |
Laboratory 6: Spin Physics |
Due Tue, Nov 25 |
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Nov 21 Th |
Hydrogen Atom: Angular Momentum |
Harris, 6.5 - 6.8 |
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Homework 10: Harris, TBA |
Due, Fri, Nov. 21 |
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Nov 25 Tu |
Hydrogen Atom: Radial, Selection Rules Spin Physics: Electron Spin and Symmetrization |
Harris, 6.9, and 6.11 Harris, 7.1 - 7.2 |
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Nov 24M, 27Th |
No laboratory week of Thanksgiving |
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Nov 26 Tu |
Spin Physics: Pauli
exclusion Principle |
Harris, 7.3 - 7.4 |
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Nov 27 Th |
Thanksgiving |
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Homework 11: Harris, TBA |
Due, Fri, Dec 5 |
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Dec 2 Tu |
Statistical Mechanics: Spin and Probability
of small numbers |
Harris, 8.1 - 8.4 |
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Dec 1M, 4Th |
Laboratory 7: Semiconductor Diode
Properties |
Due Tue, Dec 9 |
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Dec 4 Th |
Statistical Mechanics: Quantum
Distributions |
Harris, 8.5 - 8.7 |
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Dec 9 Tu |
Lasers, Bose Einstein Cond:
Applications of Quantum Stat |
Harris, 8.7 and 8.9 |
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Dec 10 Wed |
Review for final during
discussion section time |
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Dec 16 Tues |
Final Exam 9:00-11:00 |
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