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Lecture:
(see Spring
timetable entry).
Discussion:
A weekly discussion will
be used for working problems:
Text:
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Physics for Scientists
and Engineers, Paul A. Tipler, Fourth Ed., W.H.
Freeman and Company, (1999).
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Modern Physics,
by Paul A. Tipler and Ralph A. Llewellyn, Third Ed.,
W.H. Freeman and Company, (1999).
Prerequisites:
calculus, high school physics.
| Topic |
Reading |
Approximate Weeks |
| Oscillations and waves |
Tipler 14&15 |
1 |
| Waves and superposition, standing waves |
Tipler 15&16 |
2 |
| Particle waves, experimental basis of QM |
Tipler 17, T & L 3 |
3 |
| De Broglie waves, uncertainty principle |
T & L 3, 5 |
4 |
| Schrodinger equation and QM |
T & L 6 |
5 |
| Schrodinger equation and QM |
T & L 6 |
6 |
| Electric charge and Gauss’ law |
Tipler 22&23 |
7 |
| Electric potential, energy, capacitance |
Tipler 24&25 |
8 |
| Thomson and Rutherford exp., H-atom |
T & L 3&7(1-3) |
9 |
| Spring Break |
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| H-atom |
T & L 3&7(1-3) |
10 |
| DC circuits, magnetic field |
Tipler 26&28 |
11 |
| Magnetic sources, induction |
Tipler 29&30 |
12 |
| AC circuits |
Tipler 31 |
13 |
| Spin |
T & L 7(4-7) |
14 |
| Spin |
T & L 7(4-7) |
15 |
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