P301 Fall 2008: Syllabus

Instructor: Chen-Yu Liu

Swain West 338 

Phone: 856-5806 ;   855-2896

email: CL21@indiana.edu

Office Hours:

Monday: 12:10pm-1:30pm (SW338)

Wednesday: 2:00pm-3:00pm (SW338)

Sunday: 5:00pm -  (SW218, the lecture room)

 

Week

Dates

Topics

Readings

Homework

1 JC

9/1

9/3

9/5

Labor day

Relativity

Postulates, Simultaneity

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HW1 (due M, 9/8)

 1-5,1-6,1-2,1-10

TL1-1,1-2

TL1-3

2 JC

9/8

9/10

9/12

Lorentz Transform

Length Contraction, Time Dilation

Spacetime

TL1-4

HW2 (due M, 9/15)

 1-12,1-17,1-18,1-23,1-24,1-27,1-28,1-30

TL1-4

TL1-5

3 JC

9/15

9/17

Velocity addition, Doppler effect

Discussion

TL 1-5

HW3 (due M, 9/22)

 1-36,1-40,1-46,2-2,2-4,2-6,2-8

1-55,1-56,1-57,1-59 (for discussion)

 

9/19

Relativistic Mass & Momentum

TL2-1,2-2

4 JC

9/22

9/24

9/26

Relativivstic Energy and Binding Energy

Invariant Mass

Discussion

TL 2-3

HW4 (due M, 9/29)

 2-14,2-24,2-28,2-A

2-20,2-21,2-25,2-31

2-47,2-48,2-49,2-54 (for discussion)

TL2-4

Chapter 2 level III problems

5 JC

9/29

10/1

10/3

Review

Exam 1

General Relativity

 

HW5 (due M, 10/6)

 2-33,2-35,2-36, 2-B

 

Chapter 1 & 2 (except General Relativity)

TL2-5

6 JC

10/6

10/8

10/10

Quantization of charge

Quantization of Energy

X-rays and Compton Effect

TL3-1,2

HW6 (due M, 10/13)

3-3,3-6,3-8,3-15,3-16,3-28,3-30

 

 

TL3-3

TL3-4

7 JC

10/13

10/15

10/17

Rutherford Nucleus

Bohr Model of the H-atom

X-ray Spectrum

TL4-1,2

HW7 (due M, 10/20)

3-34,3-36,3-38

4-6,4-10,4-40,4-2,4-13,4-15,4-24

 

TL4-3

TL4-4

8 CYL

10/20

10/22

10/24

Ch5: The Wavelike Properties of Particles

TL5-1,5-2

HW8 (due M, 10/27)

4-27, 4-28, 4-30

5-4, 5-5, 5-13, 5-25, 5-23, 5-28, 5-32

TL5-3,5-4

TL5-5,5-6,5-7

9 CYL

10/27

10/29

10/31

Ch4: The Nuclear Atom

TL4-2,4-3

HW9 (not to be collected)

 

 

TL4-1,4-4

TL4-5,4-6

10 CYL

11/3

11/5

11/7

EXAM II

Ch6: Schrodinger Equation

 EXAM II (chap 3,4,5)

HW10 (due M, 11/10)

6-5,6-6,6-3,6-14,6-17,6-19,6-28,6-32

 TL6-1

 TL6-2,6-4

11 CYL

11/10

11/12

11/14

Ch7: Atomic Physics

TL6-6

HW11 (due M, 11/17)

6-45,6-49,7-2,7-9,7-14,7-17,7-26,7-27

 

TL7-1,7-2

TL7-2,7-3

12 CYL

11/17

11/19

11/21

 

 

Ch10: Solid State Physics

TL7-4,7-5

HW12 (due M, 11/24)

7-33, 7-34, 7-36, 7-40, 7-44, 7-47, 7-57, 10-29, 10-33

TL7-6,TL7-7

TL10-6,TL10-7

13 CYL

11/24

Ch10: Solid State Physics

TL10-8

No Homework

 

11/26

11/28

Thanksgiving break!

 

14 CYL

12/1

12/3

12/5

Ch11: Nuclear Physics

 

 

TL11-1,TL11-2

HW13 (due M, 12/08)

 11-2,11-9,11-11,11-15,11-18,11-24,11-33,11-38,11-53,11-60

Your “Final Exam” Project is due on 12/8.

TL11-3,TL11-4

TL11-5,TL11-6

15 CYL

12/8

12/10

12/12

Ch12: Particle Physics

TL11-7,TL11-8

HW14 (not collected)

 

TL12-1,TL12-2,TL12-3

TL12-4,TL12-5

16 CYL

 

12/17

Final Exam:

12/17, Wednesday, location:SW218

12:30pm-2:30pm

 

 

 

Exams:

·         Exam 1: Wednesday, 10/1

·         Exam 2: Monday, 11/3

·         Exam 3: ?

·         Final: Wednesday, 12/17 (location: SW218), 12:30pm-2:30pm

 

Notes:

·         TL refers to our textbook by Tipler & Llewellyn, Modern Physics 5th editon.

·         The reading assignment should be done before class on the day that topic is discussed.

·         Homework is due on Monday at 5pm the week after it is assigned.

·         This syllabus is likely to change (possibly including tests and HWs!). We will add and modify reading assignments and homeworks. Check frequently!