Lectures: MWF 9:35 am - 10:25 am (period 3), at NPB 1002

Instructor: Steven Detweiler; NPB 2071; Email: det@ufl.edu

Office hours:
   MF 10:40 am – 11:35 pm, period 4
   W   11:40 am –  1:30 pm, periods 5 and 6

Textbook: Modern Physics (5th Ed): Paul A. Tipler and Ralph A. Llewellyn (Freeman)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The exams have been graded and the grades will soon be submitted to the registrar. The final exam and its solution are available from the homework webpage. Enjoy your summer!

I have taken a close look at the distribution of test scores, homework and how the semester is going in general, and I have decided to modify the scale for the final grades. The new grade scale is
    210 pts and above: at least an A
    170 pts and above: at least a B
    130 pts and above: at least a C

For some general questions and answers, take a look at the Modern Physics FAQ ;

OUTLINE (Tentative):
1/07:  First day of classes. First homework assignment is Due.
1/07 – 2/08: relativity; quantization of charge; light and energy.
2/08: Test 1
2/08 – 3/05: Quantization of charge, light and energy, the nuclear atom, wavelike properties of particles.
3/07: Test 2
3/08 - 3/16 Spring Break
3/17 - 4/07 The Schrödinger equation, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, statistical physics.
4/11: Test 3
4/14 – 4/23: selected applications.
4/23:  Last class meeting.
4/25:  Informal review at the usual lecture time and place.
5/02:  Final exam; group 2A on Friday, May 2, from 7:30am to 9:30am in the usual lecture room.