PHY 3101 - Introduction to Modern Physics - SPRING 2010


SCHEDULE OF LECTURES (tentative)


Lecture # Date Section# from Text Assignments/Exams
1 1/6 Introduction
2 1/8 3-1 HW 1 due
3 1/11 3-2
4 1/13 3-3
5 1/15 3-4 HW 2 due
No Classes 1/18
6 1/20 4-1, 4-2
7 1/22 4-3 HW 3 due
8 1/25 1-1, 1-2
9 1/27 1-2, 1-3
10 1/29 1-3, 1-4 HW 4 due
11 2/1 1-4
12 2/3 1-5, 1-6
13 2/5 Review HW 5 due
14 2/8 2-1, 2-2
Exam 1 2/9 Chp 1, 3, 4 PUGH 170, Periods E2-E3: 8:20--10:10pm
15 2/10 2-3, 2-4
16 2/12 2.5 HW 6 due
17 2/15 5-1, 5-2, 5-3
SL1 2/17 Gravitational Waves
18 2/19 5-4, 5-5, 5-6 HW 7 due
19 2/22 6-1, 6-2
20 2/24 6-3, 6-4
21 2/26 6-5, 6-6 HW 8 due
22 3/1 7-1, 7-2
23 3/3 7-3, 7-4
24 3/5 7-5, 7-5 HW 9 due
No Classes 3/8 Spring Break
No Classes 3/10 Spring Break
No Classes 3/12 Spring Break
25 3/15 7.5-7.6
26 3/17 Review
Exam 2 3/18 Chp 2, 5, 6, 7 FLG 210, Periods E2-E3: 8:20--10:10pm
27 3/19 8.1-8.2 HW 10 due
28 3/22 8.2-8.3
29 3/24 8.4-8.5
30 3/26 10.3 & 10.6 HW 11 due
31 3/29 10.6 & 10.7
SL2 3/31 Superconductivity
32 4/2 10.6 & 10.7 HW 12 due
SL3 4/5 The Solar Planets
33 4/7 Particle Physics
34 4/9 Particle Physics HW 13 due
SL4 4/12 The LHC
SL5 4/14 Neutrino Oscillations
SL6 4/16 X-ray Astro-Phys & Dark Matter, Saab HW 14 due
SL7 4/19 Cosmology
35 4/21 Review
Exam 3 4/21 Chp FLG 210, Periods E2-E3: 8:20--10:10pm