Detailed Syllabus. Waves and Modern Physics Spring 2011

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1 Detailed Syllabus Waves and Modern Physics Spring 2011 Prof. Antonio Badolato Date Lecture Topics; Chapters from Books (G = Giancoli) Homework (HW) and Recitation (R) Assignments 12 Jan, Wed Oscillations: - Oscillations of a Spring (G 14-1) - Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) (G 14-2) No HW; no R 17 Jan, Mon No Class, Martin Luther King's Day No HW; no R 19 Jan, Wed Oscillations: - Energy of a SHM (G 14-3) - SHM related to Uniform Circular Motion (G 14-4) - The Simple Pendulum (G 14-5) - The Physical Pendulum (G 14-6) No HW; no R

2 24 Jan, Mon 26 Jan, Wed 31 Jan, Mon 02 Feb, Wed 07 Feb, Mon - Damped Harmonic Motion (G 14-7) Oscillations: - Forced Oscillator; Resonance (G 14-8) - The Quality Factor of a Damped Harmonic Oscillator (G 14-8) Experiments in class on Resonant Oscillations Wave Motion: - Characteristics of Wave Motion (G 15-1) - Types of Waves: Transverse and Longitudinal (G 15-2) - Wave velocity (G 15-2) - Examples: earthquake and surface waves (G 15-2) - Energy Transported by Waves (G 15-3) - Mathematical Representation of a Travelling Wave (G 15-4) Wave Motion: - The One-Dimensional Wave Equation (G 15-5) - The Principle of Superposition (G 15-6) - Waves at Discontinuities: Reflection and Transmission (G 15-7, Notes) - Interference (G15-8 and G 16-6) Wave Motion: - Interference of Sound Waves; Beats (G 16-6) Experiments in class on Beats - General on Waves: Refraction (G 15-10) and Diffraction ( G 15-11) Wave Motion and Electromagnetic Waves: - Standing Waves (G 15-9, G 16-4) - Solutions of the 1D Wave Equation (Notes) - Electromagnetic Waves Derived by Maxwell s Equations (G 31-3, 31-4, 31-5, 31-6, No HW; R1 No HW; R1 HW1; R2 HW1; R2 HW2; R3

3 09 Feb, Wed 14 Feb, Mon 16 Feb, Wed 21 Feb, Mon notes) Light: Reflection and Refraction: - The Ray Model of Light (G 32-1) - Image Formation by a Plane Mirror (G 32-2) - Image Formation by a Spherical Mirror (G 32-3) Light: Reflection and Refraction: - Index of Refraction (G 32-4) - Snell s law (G 32-5) - Visible Spectrum and Dispersion (G 32-6) - Total Internal Reflection (G 32-7) - Formula of the Refraction at a Spherical Surface (G 32-8) Experiments in class on total internal reflection. Lenses: - Thin Lenses; Ray tracing (G 33-1) - The Thin Lens Equation; Magnification (G 33-2) - Combination of Lenses (G 33-3) - Lensmaker s Equation (G 33-4) - Aberrations of Lenses and Mirrors (G 33-10) Optical Instruments: - Cameras (G 33-5) - The Human Eye; Corrective Lenses (G 33-6) - The Magnifying Glass (G 33-7) - Telescopes (G 33-8) - The Compound Microscope (G 33-9) HW2; R3 HW3; R4 HW3; R4 HW4; R5

4 23 Feb, Wed The Wave Nature of Light; Interference: - Huygens Principle and Diffraction (G 34-1) - Huygens Principle and the Law of Refraction (G 34-2) - Interference Young s Double-slit Experiment (G 34-3) - Coherence (G 34-3) - Intensity in the Double-Slit Interference Pattern (G 34-4) HW4; R5 28 Feb, Mon 1 st Midterm Exam No HW, R6 02 Mar, Wed The Wave Nature of Light; Interference: - Interference in thin Films (G 34-5) - Michelson Interferometer (G 34-6) Diffraction and Polarization: - Diffraction by a Single Slit (G 35-1, Lecture Notes) No HW, R6 07 Mar, Mon Spring Break, no class HW5, No R 09 Mar, Wed Spring Break, no class HW5, No R 14 Mar, Mon Diffraction and Polarization: - Intensity in Single-Slit Diffraction Pattern (G 35-2) - Diffraction in the Double-Slit Experiment (G 35-3) - Limits of Resolution; Circular Apertures; The Rayleigh Criterion (G 35-4) - The Diffraction Limit (G 35-5) - Resolution of Telescopes and Microscopes (G 35-5) - Resolution of the Human Eye and Useful Magnification (G 35-5) No HW; R7

5 16 Mar, Wed Diffraction and Polarization: - Diffraction Grating (G 35-7) - The Spectrometer and Spectroscopy (G 35-8) - Peak Widths and Resolving Power for a Diffraction Grating (G 35-9) - X-Ray and X-Ray Diffraction (G 35-10) - Polarization (G 35-11) - Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) (G 35-12) - Scattering of Light by the Atmosphere (G 35-13) Experiments in class with diffraction gratings Experiments in class with polarizers 21 Mar, Mon The Special Theory of Relativity: - Galilean Newtonian Relativity - The Michelson Morley Experiment - Postulates of the Special Theory of Relativity - Simultaneity - Time Dilation and the Twin Paradox - Length Contraction - Four-Dimensional Space Time 23 Mar, Wed The Special Theory of Relativity: - Galilean and Lorentz Transformations - Relativistic Momentum - The Ultimate Speed - E = mc 2 ; Mass and Energy - Doppler Shift for Light - The Impact of Special Relativity No HW; R7 HW6; R8 HW6; R8

6 28 Mar, Mon Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atoms: - Planck s Quantum Hypothesis; Blackbody Radiation (G 37-1) - Photon Theory of Light and the Photoelectric Effect (G 37-2) HW7; R9 30 Mar, Wed Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atoms: - Energy, Mass, and Momentum of a Photon (G 37-3) - Compton Effect (G 37-4) - Photon Interactions; Pair Production (G 37-5) - Wave Particle Duality; the Principle of Complementarity (G 37-6, Lecture Notes) - Wave Nature of Matter (37-7, Notes) - Electron Microscopes (37-8) Experiments in class on electron diffraction 4 Apr, Mon 2 nd Midterm Exam 6 Apr, Wed Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atoms: - Early Models of the Atom (G 37-9) - Atomic Spectra: Key to the Structure of the Atom (G 37-10) - The Bohr Model (G 37-11) - de Broglie s Hypothesis Applied to Atoms (G 37-12) 11 Apr, Mon Quantum Mechanics: - Quantum Mechanics A New Theory (G 38-1) - The Wave Function and Its Interpretation; the Double-Slit Experiment (G 38-2) - The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (G 38-3) - Philosophic Implications; Probability versus Determinism (G 38-4)

7 - The Schrödinger Equation in One Dimension Time-Independent Form (G 38-5) - Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation (G 38-6) 13 Apr, Wed Quantum Mechanics: - Free Particles; Plane Waves (G 38-7) - Particle in an Infinitely Deep Square Well Potential (a Rigid Box) (G 38-8) - Finite Potential Well (G 38-9) - Computer Simulations - Tunneling Through a Barrier (G 38-10, Lecture Notes) 18 Apr, Mon Quantum Mechanics of Atoms: - Quantum Mechanical View of Atoms (G 39-1) - Hydrogen Atom: Schrödinger Equation and Quantum Numbers and Selection Rules (G 39-2, Lecture Notes) 20 Apr, Wed Review lecture 25 Apr, Mon Quantum Mechanics of Atoms - Magnetic Dipole Moment and the Bohr Magneton (G 39-7, Lecture Notes) - Stern-Gerlach Experiment and the Electron Spin (G 39-7, Lecture Notes) - Complex Atoms; the Exclusion Principle (G 39-4, Lecture Notes) - The Periodic Table of the Elements (G 39-5, Lecture Notes) 27 Apr, Wed Review lecture 3 May, Tue Final Exam

8 3 May, Tue Final Exam