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 8 Jan 10 |
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 (v5) Test Level: 38, 42, 50, 56, 58 (v6) |
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| 2 |
Jan 15 Jan 17 |
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, 57 (v5) Test Level: 38, 42, 50, 56, 58 (v6)Ch 2: 5, 9, 11, 17, 21, 29, 31 Test Level: 37, 39, 48, 50 (v5) Test Level: 39, 41, 50, 52 (v6) |
T: discussion of articles H: Quiz 1 (ch 1) |
| 3 |
Jan 22 Jan 24 |
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 (v5) Test Level: 39, 41, 50, 52 (v6) |
H: Quiz 2 (ch 2) |
| 4 |
Jan 29 Jan 31 |
T: Review for Exam 1
H: Exam 1: Ch 1 and 2 (60 minutes, starting at 8:30 am) |
T: Quiz 2.5 (ch 2) H: discussion of General Relativity and GPS after exam |
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| 5 |
Feb 5 Feb 7 |
Ch 3: Particle Properties of Waves See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 3: 4, 15, 20, 28, 36 Test Level: 47, 51, 56 (v5) Test Level: 49, 53, 58 (v6) |
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| 6 |
Feb 12 Feb 14 |
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 (v5) Test Level: 47, 48, 50, 55 (v6) |
T: Quiz 3 (ch 3) |
| 7 |
Feb 19 Feb 21 |
T: Ch 4: cont H: Review for Exam 2 |
T: Quiz 4 (ch 4) H: Quiz 4.5 (ch 4) | |
| 8 |
Feb 26 Feb 28 |
T: Exam 2: Ch 3, 4 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 (v5) Test Level: 40, 42, 46, 52 (v6) |
T: discussion of ethics after exam |
| 9 |
Mar 5 Mar 7 |
SPRING BREAK | ||
| 10 |
Mar 12 Mar 14 |
Ch 5: cont Ch 6: Schrodinger Equation, Square Well See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 6: 7, 11, 16, 19, 20, 24,
32, 43, 44, 49 (v5) Ch 6: 7, 11, 16, 20, 21 25, 33, 44, 46, 51 (v6) Test Level: 51, 54, 56, 63 (v5) Test Level: 53, 56, 58, 65 (v6) |
H: Quiz 5 (ch 5) |
| 11 |
Mar 19 Mar 21 |
Ch 6: cont 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 (v5) Ch 7: 1, 3, 9, 15, 20, 25, 26, 31, 35, 40, 51, 57, 61 (v6) Test Level: 67, 68, 70, 71, 72 (v5) Test Level: 69, 70, 72, 73, 74 (v6) |
H: Quiz 6 (ch 6) |
| 12 |
Mar 26 Mar 28 |
Ch 7: cont H: Review for Exam 3: Ch 5, 6, 7 |
T: Quiz 7 (ch 7) H: Quiz 7.5 (Ch 7) |
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| 13 |
Apr 2 Apr 4 |
T: Exam 3: ch 5, 6, 7, pertubations covered in class Ch 9: Molecular Structure and Spectra |
Ch 9: 3, 4, 10, 11, 20, 21
31, 32, 35, 36, 37 (v5) 32, 33, 36, 37, 38 (v6) Test Level: 42, 45, 51 (v5) Test Level: 43, 47, 53 (v6) |
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| 14 |
Apr 9 Apr 11 |
Ch 11: Nuclear Atom Stuff See Resources Link for additional material |
Ch 11 (v5 and v6): 2, 10, 19, 23, 29, 31, 34
35, 36, 41, 43, 50, 53, 58, 59 Test Level: 72, 74, 76, 84, 88, 90, 96 |
H: Quiz 8 (Ch 9) |
| 15 |
Apr 16 Apr 18 |
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 (v5) 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 36 (v6) Test Level: 44, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54 (v5) Test Level: 45, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56 (v6) |
H: Quiz 9 (Ch 11) |
| 16 | Apr 23 Apr 25 | T: Last day of class: Play Particle Physics card games!! H: Reading Day: review of semseter (time to be determined) | T: discussion of radiation and ethics |