PHY3063: HONORS MODERN PHYSICS
Please note: this is a floating schedule. It may change weekly, depending on the speed of absorption and comprehension of various topics.
| Week | Date | Topics Covered | HW | Quiz? |
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| 1 |
Jan 10 Jan 12 |
Ch 1: Intro to course, Special Relativity See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 1: 5, 8, 13, 15, 21, 25, 28, 30, 37 Test Level: 38, 41, 49, 55, 57 |
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| 2 |
Jan 17 Jan 19 |
Ch 1: Special Relativity Ch 2: Relativistic Dynamics, General Relativity See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 1: 5, 8, 13, 15, 21, 25, 28, 30, 37 Test Level: 38, 41, 49, 55, 57Ch 2: 5, 9, 11, 17, 21, 29, 31 Test Level: 37, 39, 48, 50 |
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| 3 |
Jan 24 Jan 26 |
Ch 2: Relativistic Dynamics, General Relativity See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 2: 5, 9, 11, 17, 21, 29, 31 Test Level: 37, 39, 48, 50 |
Quiz 1 (ch 1) |
| 4 |
Jan 31 Feb 2 |
Ch 3: Particle Properties of Waves See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 3: 4, 15, 20, 28, 36 Test Level: 47, 51, 56 |
Quiz 2 (ch 2) |
| 5 |
Feb 7 Feb 9 |
Ch 3: Particle Properties of Waves (cont.) Ch 4: Nuclear Atom See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 4: 6, 7, 9, 13, 19, 24, 31 Test Level: 45, 46, 48, 53 |
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| 8 |
Feb 14 Feb 16 |
Ch 4: Nuclear Atom (cont.) Ch 11: Nuclear Atom Stuff (non QM: 11.3, 4 (no alphas), 7, 8, 9) See Resources Link for additional material Feb 16: NO CLASS |
Ch 11: 19, 23, 29, 30, 34, 50, 53, 58, 59 |
Quiz 3(ch 3, 4) |
| 7 |
Feb 21 Feb 23 |
T: Review for Midterm H: Midterm: ch 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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| 6 |
Feb 28 Mar 1 |
Ch 11: (cont) Ch 5: Wavelike properties of Particles See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 5: 6, 9, 20, 24, 25, 29, 33, 36, 39 Test Level: 40, 44, 48, 50 |
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| 9 |
Mar 6 Mar 8 |
SPRING BREAK | ||
| 10 |
Mar 13 Mar 15 |
Ch 6: Schrodinger Equation, Square Well See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 6: 7, 11, 16, 19, 20, 24,
32, 43, 44, 49 Test Level: 51, 54, 56, 63 |
Quiz 4 (ch 5) |
| 11 |
Mar 20 Mar 22 |
Ch 7: Atomic Structure/Hydrogen Atom See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 7: 1, 3, 9, 15, 19, 24,
25, 30, 34, 39, 49, 55, 59 Test Level: 67, 68, 70, 71, 72 |
Quiz 5 (ch 6) |
| 12 |
Mar 27 Mar 29 |
Ch 9: Molecular Structure and Spectra See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 9: 3, 4, 10, 11, 20, 21, 31
32, 35, 36, 37 Test Level: 42, 45, 51, 56 |
NO QUIZ |
| 13 |
Apr 3 Apr 5 |
T: Review for Exam 2 H: Midterm: ch 5, 6, 7, pertubations covered in class |
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| 14 |
Apr 10 Apr 12 |
Ch 9: (cont.)
Ch 11: (cont, 11.1, 2, 5, 6) See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 11: 2, 10, 35, 36, 41, 43
(don't forget previous suggested problems!) Test Level (for all of Ch 11): 72, 74, 76, 84, 88, 90, 96 |
Quiz 6 (Ch 9) |
| 15 |
Apr 17 Apr 19 |
Ch 12: Particle Physics (skip Feynman diagrams, SUSY and GUT) See Resources Link for additional material |
1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 35
Test Level: 44, 48, 51, 52, 53 54 |
Quiz 7 (Ch 11) |
| 16 | Apr 24 Apr 26 | T: Last day of class: Play Particle Physics card games!! H: Reading Day: review of semseter (time to be determined) |