PHY 3101 - Modern Physics - Fall 2018
Course Schedule
This schedule is preliminary and will be modified as needed during the semester.
Homework due dates are noted by green cells.
Date |
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Chap |
Material and events |
Aug. 22 |
W |
1 |
1 |
Course organization, Physics in 1900 |
Aug. 24 |
F |
2 |
1 |
Physics in 1900, Relativity |
Aug. 27 |
M |
3 |
2 |
Relativity |
Aug. 29 |
W |
4 |
2 |
Relativity |
Aug. 31 |
F |
5 |
2 |
Relativity |
Sep. 3 |
M |
Holiday! |
Labor Day! Let's all work!! |
Sep. 5 |
W |
6 |
2 |
Relativity (HW 1 due) |
Sep. 7 |
F |
7 |
2 |
Relativity |
Sep. 10 |
M |
8 |
2, 3 |
Relativity, Waves as particles (HW 2 due) |
Sep. 12 |
W |
9 |
3 |
Waves as particles (Bonus 1 due) |
Sep. 14 |
F |
10 |
3 |
Waves as particles |
Sep. 17 |
M |
11 |
3 |
Waves as particles (HW 3 due) |
Sep. 19 |
W |
12 |
4 |
Particles as waves |
Sep. 21 |
F |
13 |
4 |
Particles as waves |
Sep. 24 |
M |
14 |
4 |
Particles as waves |
Sep. 26 |
W |
15 |
5 |
Schrodinger equation (HW 4 due) |
Sep. 27 |
R |
-- |
-- |
Bonus 2 due |
Sep. 28 |
F |
16 |
5 |
Schrodinger equation |
Oct. 1 |
M |
17 |
5 |
Schrodinger equation |
Oct. 2 |
T |
|
|
Exam 1 (8:20-10:20pm, room TBA)
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Oct. 3 |
W |
18 |
5 |
Schrodinger equation |
Oct. 5 |
F |
19 |
6 |
Bohr-Rutherford atom |
Oct. 8 |
M |
20 |
6 |
Bohr-Rutherford atom |
Oct. 10 |
W |
21 |
6 |
Bohr-Rutherford atom (HW 5 due) |
Oct. 12 |
F |
22 |
7 |
Hydrogen atom |
Oct. 15 |
M |
23 |
7 |
Hydrogen atom |
Oct. 17 |
W |
24 |
7 |
Hydrogen atom (HW 6 due) |
Oct. 19 |
F |
25 |
8 |
Multielectron atoms |
Oct. 22 |
M |
26 |
10 |
Statistical physics |
Oct. 23 |
T |
- |
- |
Bonus 3 due |
Oct. 24 |
W |
27 |
10 |
Statistical physics (HW7 due) |
Oct. 26 |
F |
28 |
11 |
Statistical physics |
Oct. 29 |
M |
29 |
11 |
Solid state physics |
Oct. 31 |
W |
30 |
11 |
Solid state physics (HW 8 due) |
Nov. 2 |
F |
|
|
Homecoming! Everyone go home! |
Nov. 5 |
M |
31 |
12 |
Nuclear Physics |
Nov. 7 |
W |
32 |
12 |
Nuclear Physics |
Nov. 8 |
R |
|
|
Exam 2 (8:20-10:20pm, room TBA) |
Nov. 9 |
F |
33 |
13 |
Nuclear Physics |
Nov. 12 |
M |
Holiday! |
Veteran's Day! Kiss a vet! |
Nov. 14 |
W |
34 |
13 |
Nuclear Physics |
Nov. 16 |
F |
35 |
13 |
Nuclear Physics |
Nov. 19 |
M |
36 |
14 |
Particle Physics (HW 9 due) |
Nov. 21 |
W |
Holiday! |
Thanksgiving! Give thanks that you're in
phy3101! |
Nov. 23 |
F |
Holiday! |
Thanksgiving! |
Nov. 26 |
M |
37 |
14 |
Particle Physics |
Nov. 28 |
W |
38 |
14 |
Particle Physics (HW 10 due) |
Nov. 30 |
F |
39 |
15 |
Cosmology (Bonus 4 due) |
Dec. 3 |
M |
40 |
15 |
Cosmology |
Dec. 5 |
W |
41 |
15 |
Cosmology (HW 11 due) |
Dec. 7 |
F |
-- |
-- |
Bonus 5 due |
Dec. 11 |
T |
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Final exam 12:30 - 2:30pm (room to be announced) |