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     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)
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 Final exam 12:30 - 2:30pm (room to be announced)