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PHY2049 - Physics 2 with Calculus
Field of LHC dipoles
Field of dipole magnets for the Large Hadron Collider

Physics with Calculus 2 - Electromagnetism
PHY2049, Spring 2008
Lectures: Period 4 or 5 / M W F
1001 New Physics Building
Prof. Darin Acosta and Prof. Selman Hershfield

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Note: Homework 11 is due WEDNESDAY evening, April 23
  • Final exam is Saturday, Apr.26, 12:30pm-2:30pm
    • Covers material from Ch.21-36 inclusively with roughly equal weight (20 problems)
    • ASSEMBLY EXAM. Report to the following rooms based on the initial of your last name:
      • A-F:  CLB C130, Chemistry Lab Building
      • G-J:   LIT 101, Little Hall
      • K-R:  NRN 137, Norman Hall
      • S-Z:  WEIL 270, Weil Hall
    • (Closed book - see syllabus)
  • Exam 3 scores include +1 point to account for difficulty
  • Exam 3 was Wednesday, Apr.9, during class lecture period
  • Review session was Monday, April 7 in class
    • suggested problems: F07-Exam3: 2, 4; S07-Exam3: 6; S06-Exam2: 10 S06-Final: 10,14; S05-Exam3: 6; F03-Exam3: 10
  • Exam 2 was Wednesday, Mar.5, during class lecture period
  • Francisco Rojas office hours on Tuesday moved to 5pm
  • Exam 1 was Wednesday, Feb.6, during class lecture period
    • You should have received an email with your exam grade. Please contact us if you did not.
    • Solution available
  • Homework 1, 2, and 3 solutions are posted to the WileyPlus course web site. Choose any chapter under "Ready, Study, Practice" and look for Instructor-Provided Homework solutions.
  • Register for H-ITT here (make sure to log in each class period (down arrow until red, enter "0" then "7", then down arrow again)
  • Homework assignment 1 due Jan.18 at 11pm
    • Some students may have had difficulty submitting an answer for problem 15 in homework 1 with a mysterious error message, like "gt error submit null or 0."  We have contacted Wiley, and the problem appears to be resolved.
    • To enter scientific notation in Wiley Plus, use "E" for the exponent. In other words, the charge of the electron is "-1.6E-19" in Coulombs
  • For those students who need to see a professor about the Wiley Plus codes (see the syllabus), see Prof. Acosta or Hershfield to obtain a code





CMS Magnet               levitating frog                      ATLAS toroid
World's most energetic magnet (3 GJ)     Levitating frog in magnetic field (click for movie)           MRI accident (NYTimes,NessAiver)
                                      University of Florida Department of Physics