PHY 3101: Introduction to Modern Physics Fall 2011 Professor Mark W. Meisel

“in vivo” schedule (black text: projected and tentative; blue text: past;

red text: projected quizzes and exams and extra credit; green text: fixed final exams)

Note: revisions will be announced in class and subsequently posted online.

Week 1 Aug 22 Introduction to the Course and Ch. 1

Homework Problems Ch. 1: 11, 13, 21, 25, 30, 33, 38, 41, 43, 49

Aug 24 Continue Ch. 1, H-ITT testing phase

Aug 26 Continue Ch. 1, H-ITT testing phase

Extra-Credit 1 (5 pts) due at the start of class.

Week 2 Aug 29 Finish Ch. 1. We will not cover General Relativity, but if you are

interested, there is a recent, accessible summary:

“Gravity Probe B concludes its 50-year quest”, S.K. Blau,

Physics Today, July 2011, p. 14: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1150

Homework Problems Ch.2: 1, 5, 9, 17, 21, 25, 29, 37, 40

H-ITT points are recorded today and onward: H-ITT 1 done.

Aug 31 Start Ch. 2. H-ITT2 done.

Sept 02 Continue Ch. 2, H-ITT3, alpha-electron collision problem, and

Quiz 1 (material to end of Aug 29 and Ch. 1)

Week 3 Sept 05 No Class: Labor Day Holiday

Sept 07 Review Quiz 1, Continue Ch. 2,

Finish non-relativistic alpha-electron scattering problem.

Start p + p --> p + p + p + p (anti-p) discussion.

Sept 09 Finish p + p --> p + p + p + p (anti-p), note similarity to

Problem 2-21.

Quiz 2 (material to end of Sept 02)

Week 4 Sept 12 Review Quiz 2. Review Relativity (Ch. 1 and 2).

Problem 2-21. Start Ch. 3, Millikan (see below),

Demo of Photoelectric Effect

Homework Problems for Ch. 3: 13, 17, 21, and

Derivation of Compton’s Equation (p138-5th ed, p153-4th ed)

Sept 14 Continue Ch. 3

Sept 16 Continue Ch. 3, Blackbody temperature of Mars

Quiz 3 (material covered Sept. 07 to end of Sept. 12)

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Aside: Millikan’s Oil Drop Experient – Candy Coated in Textbook?

Assigned Step 1: Read the text about Millikan’s Experiment and online textbook blurb.

Assigned Step 2: Feynman? Try: Cargo Cult Science:

http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.pdf

“But this long history of learning how to not fool ourselves - of having utter scientific integrity –

is, I’m sorry to say, something that we haven’t specifically included in any particular course that

I know of. We just hope you’ve caught on by osmosis.”

Optional Step 3: Ethics? Try:

Case Study 2: The Millikan Case - Discrimination Versus Manipulation of Data

http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/edu/precol/scienceclass/sectone/cs2.aspx

(Online Ethics Center at The National Academy of Engineering)

Assigned Step 4: Repeat Step 1? Your thoughts?

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Week 5 Sept 19 Review for MTE1. Email questions before 8 am!

Sept. 20 Mid-term Exam 1:Tuesday, 20 September, 8:20 pm to 10:10 pm

(Periods E2-E3), focusing on material up to the end of

Friday, 16 September.

Last names A-K report to LIT 121.

Last names L-Z report to FLG 0260.

Sept 21 Review for MTE1.

Sept 23 Compton Effect/Scattering. Finish Ch. 3.

Intro to Ch. 4, and “spectroscopic” HW assignment.

Rutherford Scattering “classic” video of experiment.

Quiz 4 (will be over material that was “fair” for MTE1

with focus on Ch. 3 material.)

Week 6 Sept 26 Review Quiz 4. Return-Recollect MTE1.

Start Ch. 4. Homework Problems for Ch. 4: 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 25, 45.

Rutherford Scattering and Rutherford Scattering “movie”.

Additional assigned reading and viewing:

“Rutherford as Alpha-Male” by M. Fowler,

http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/252/Rutherford_Scattering/Rutherford_Scattering.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqHkraf8iE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckzZvzGkr48

Sept 28 Ch. 4 continued. Bohr Model.

Smithsonian Magazine: Madame Curie’s Passion. Recommended reading.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Madame-Curies-Passion.html

Sept 30 Ch. 4 continued and finish.

Quiz 5 (focusing on material from Ch. 3)

Week 7 Oct 03 Review Quiz 5. Start Ch. 5.

Oct 05 Ch. 5 continued.

Homework Prob. Ch. 5: 9, 17, 29, 33, [41 5th ed = 39 4th ed],

[50 5th ed = 48 4th ed].

Acoustics and Vibration Animations, Dan Russell, Kettering Univ.

The uncertainty principle, by Mountain Math Software

Wave Packets by Michael Fowler, University of Virginia

Group Velocity vs Phase Velocity by Kyle Forinash, Indiana Univ.

Oct 07 Finish Ch. 5. Start Ch. 6.

Homework Prob. Ch. 6: 5, 7, 9, 16,

[24-25 4th ed = 25-26 5th ed], [28 4th ed = 29 5th ed],

[41-42 4th ed = 43-44 5th ed], [47 4th ed = 49 5th ed]

Quiz 6 (focusing on material in Ch. 4)

Week 8 Oct 10 Review Quiz 6. Continue Ch. 6. Generate S.E.

Oct 12 Continue Ch. 6. S.E. and Free Particle.

Oct 14 Work Problems from Chapter 5.

Extra-Credit Quiz 1 (totally optional)

(add to best of 10 Quiz Score, it does not replace a score)

(focus on material in Ch. 4 or 5)

Week 9 Oct 17 Review Quiz EC. Handout. Ch. 6 continued.

Continue Ch. 6. S.E.: 1D Infinite Square Well, Zero Point Motion.

Oct 19 Ch. 6 continued. S.E.: 1D Infinite Square Well, Operators,

and Expectation Values.

Oct 21 Ch. 6 continued. 1D Infinite Square Well and Expectation Values.

Cover sheet, formula, and Problem 1 for MTE 2 distributed.

Quiz 7 (focusing on material from Ch. 5)

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LINKS: Some Links for QM barriers and wells and orbitals

IBM Quantum Corrals: http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/

Paul Falstad: http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html

PhET: U-CO at Boulder:

http://phet.colorado.edu/new/simulations/sims.php?sim=Quantum_Tunneling_and_Wave_Packets

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Week 10 Oct 24 Review Quiz 7 (opps, forgot to do it!).

Review for MTE2. Email questions by 8 am!

Oct. 25 Mid-term Exam 2: Tuesday, 25 October, 8:20 pm to 10:10 pm

(Periods E2-E3), focusing on material from MTE1 to

end of Friday, 21 October. In other words,

Compton Scattering of Ch. 3, Ch. 4, Ch. 5, and

Ch. 6 sections 6.1, 6.2, and 6.4 (NOT 6.3).

All students report to BRY 130.

Oct 26 Review Quiz 7. Review MTE2.

Oct 28 Continue Ch. 6 material: Finite Well to Steps.

Quiz 8 (from material covered for MTE2, focus on Ch. 6).

Week 11 Oct 31 Review Quiz 8.

Extra Credit 2 (EC2: a “potential” of 10 points): generate a script

or audio file (mp3 file) in the spirit of a 30-45 sec radio spot à la

“Tiny Tech”: http://cnem.chem.ufl.edu/outreach.html.

Your charge is to explain “Modern Physics” to a member of the

general public at any level: K-12, congressional staff, other.

The rubric is: 3 points (each) on creativity, physics message, and

length of presentation, with one point for “professionalism”.

Due at THE START OF CLASS, Wednesday, 30 Nov.

Uncertainty Game: win “valuable” prizes as total winner or loser.

Continue Ch. 6 material: Finite Square Well to Steps.

Nov 02 Continue Ch. 6. material. Finish Ch. 6.

Quiz 9: assign today DUE at START of Class Monday Nov. 7.

(Do-at-Home, Submit at START of Class (Hardcopy, 1 page)!

Run: PhET: U-CO at Boulder:

http://phet.colorado.edu/new/simulations/sims.php?sim=Quantum_Tunneling_and_Wave_Packets

Do a “screen capture” (Print Screen) and Print or Paste to Document

and Print and Comment on your plot. Assignments are:

Birth DAY 01-07: Well

Birth DAY 08-14: Barrier

Birth DAY 15-21: into a Step

Birth DAY 22-31: off a Step

Birth Month EVEN: E of particle less than V

Birth Month ODD: E of particle greater than V

If unphysical situation arises, then run one of the other choices.

You should use both wave packet and plane wave options, but only

capture one image. Your comments need to be limited to

one sheet (room on front and space on back as long as ink does

not bleed through the paper. Briefly comment on any

“AH HA” moments. Comment on differences and similarities

between packet and plane waves. Comment on T and R coefficients.

Nov 04 No Class (UF Homecoming Holiday).

Week 12 Nov 07 Take-Home Quiz 9 Due at START of Class.

Start Ch. 7. Homework Prob. Ch.7: 1, 9, 19, 25

Nov 09 Continue Ch. 7.

Nov 11 No Class (Veterns’ Day Holiday)

Week 13 Nov 14 Return Quiz 9.

Explain “Make-Up” Email that is needed by Friday.

Finish Ch. 7. Email questions by 8 am on Wednesday.

Nov 16 Ch. 8. Statistical Physics, Sections 1-3.

BEC at U CO: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/bec/

Required Reading: Quantum Liquids by A. J. Leggett

Science 29 February 2008: 1203-1205

Email Meisel if using “Make-Up” Day, Deadline 18 Nov.

Nov 18 Continue Ch. 8. Chemical Potential Handout.

Ch. 11 in 5th ed (Ch. 11-12 in 4th ed) Nuclear Physics and Energy.

ONLINE Nuclear Safety Issues Readings:

“Radiation Risk and Ethics”, by Zbigniew Jaworowski

Physics Today, Sep99, Vol. 52 Issue 9, p24, 6p, (available online, eg:

http://www.riskworld.com/nreports/1999/jaworowski/NR99aa01.htm)

Quiz 10 (focus on Ch. 7)

Week 14 Nov 21 Review Quiz 10.

Finish Ch. 8. Focus on Ch. 11.

Nov 23 Reading Day (individual study due to evening exams)

You are required to read one of the following and be prepared

to discuss the topic on a quiz or exam.

Option 1: “Which way to the Island”?, by Daniel Clery, Science,

09 September 2011, Vol. 333, pp 1377-1379, see:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6048/1377.full.pdf

Option 2: “Fathoming Matter’s Heart Unbound”, by Adrian Cho

Science, 13 March 2009, Vol. 323, pp 1424-1425, see:

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/323/5920/1424

Option 3: “Preventing the Next Fukushima”, by Matthew Bunn

and Olli Heinonen, Science, 16 September 2011, Vol. 333,

pp 1580-1581, see:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6049/1580.full.pdf

Option 4: “Quarks and the Cosmos”, by Michael S. Turner,

Science, 05 January 2007, Vol. 315, pp 59-61, see:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/315/5808/59.full.pdf

Option 5: “Cool Vibrations”, by Pierre Meystre, Science,

12 August 2011, Vol. 333, pp 832-833, see:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6044/832.full.pdf

Nov 25 No Class, Thanksgiving Holiday

Week 15 Nov 28 “Make-Up” Day

(only for students requesting make-up for excused absences)

Email Prof. Meisel in advance, by 18 Nov: list the dates that you

missed and the material that you want to make-up.

Nov 30 Finish Ch. 11. Quantum Cats and Computers: “Food for thought?”

Student Evaluations! https://evaluations.ufl.edu

Extra Credit 2 (potential of “10 pts”) due at start of class,

as hardcopy or mp3 file.

Dec 01 NO OH on Thursday Dec 01.

Dec 02 Review for MTE3 and Final. Email questions before 8 AM.

Quiz 11 (focus on material from Ch. 8, Ch. 11, 14 – 23 Nov,

including “readings”!)

Week 16 Dec 05 Review Quiz 11. Review for MTE3. Email questions before 8 am!

Mid-term Exam 3: Monday, 05 December, 8:20 pm to 10:10 pm

(Periods E2-E3), focusing on material from MTE2 to

end of Wednesday, 30 Nov.

All students report to WEIM 1064.

Dec 07 Review MTE 3. Last Day of Classes

Dec 10 No Class, Reading/Review Break

Final Exam (Group 14D): Wednesday, 14 December, 3:00 to 5:00 pm, all material covered.

ROOM NPB 1002 (where our class meets).