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Syllabus
| Guide to Physics 290 Fall 2012 | |||||||
| Text: Modern Physics Tiper and Llewellyn | |||||||
| Meetings at 10 a.m., M,W,F | Lab: Tues. and Wed. 1--4 p.m. | ||||||
| Week | Date | Lab | Reading | ||||
| Chap. | ~Topic | ||||||
| 0 | Friday | 31-Aug | - | HRW! | Classical Physics | ||
| Review | |||||||
| 1 | Monday | 3-Sep | … review cont'd | ||||
| Wednesday | 5-Sep | Radioactive decay | HRW Ch. 19 | ||||
| Friday | 7-Sep | start B'body radiation | |||||
| 2 | Monday | 10-Sep | |||||
| Wednesday | 12-Sep | Blackbody Radiation | Tipler Ch. 3 | more thermal | |||
| Friday | 14-Sep | Radiation | |||||
| 3 | Monday | 17-Sep | |||||
| Wednesday | 19-Sep | Photoelectric | Tipler Ch. 3 | Particle properties | |||
| Friday | 21-Sep | Effect | of waves | ||||
| 4 | Monday | 24-Sep | |||||
| Wednesday | 26-Sep | Hydrogen spectrum | Tipler Ch. 4 | Early atomic models | |||
| Friday | 28-Sep | Bohr model of 1-e atom | |||||
| 5 | Monday | 1-Oct | |||||
| Wednesday | 3-Oct | Exam | Tipler Ch. 4 | Bohr cont'd | |||
| Friday | 5-Oct | x-ray spectra | |||||
| 6 | Monday | 8-Oct | |||||
| Wednesday | 10-Oct | Electron diffraction | Tipler Ch. 5 | Wave properties | |||
| Friday | 12-Oct | of particles | |||||
| 7 | Monday | 15-Oct | Copenhagen | ||||
| Wednesday | 17-Oct | Fall break | Tipler Ch. 5 | Uncertainty | |||
| Friday | 19-Oct | ||||||
| 8 | Monday | 22-Oct | |||||
| Wednesday | 24-Oct | Bragg Diffraction | Tipler Ch. 6 | Schrodinger | |||
| Friday | 26-Oct | Wave mechanics - yay!!! | |||||
| 9 | Monday | 29-Oct | |||||
| Wednesday | 31-Oct | Xray Spectroscopy | Tipler Ch. 6 | Time independent | |||
| Friday | 2-Nov | solutions | |||||
| 10 | Monday | 5-Nov | |||||
| Wednesday | 7-Nov | Exam | Tipler Ch. 6 | Scattering | |||
| Friday | 9-Nov | ||||||
| 11 | Monday | 12-Nov | |||||
| Wednesday | 14-Nov | Gamma Spectrscopy | Tipler Ch. 7 | Hydrogen atom | |||
| Friday | 16-Nov | (the real thing this time) | |||||
| 12 | Monday | 19-Nov | |||||
| Wednesday | 21-Nov | Thanksgiving | |||||
| Friday | 23-Nov | ||||||
| 13 | Monday | 26-Nov | |||||
| Wednesday | 28-Nov | Interferometer | Tipler Ch. 7 | Spin | |||
| Friday | 30-Nov | ||||||
| 14 | Monday | 3-Dec | |||||
| Wednesday | 5-Dec | Visiting lecture | Tipler Ch. 7 | Atomic physics | |||
| Friday | 7-Dec | "Interpretations of QM" | |||||
| 15 | Monday | 10-Dec | Single Photon | Cats | |||
| Wednesday | 12-Dec | Interference | Mermin etc. | Foundations and | |||
| Friday | 14-Dec | Interpretations | |||||
| 18-Dec | Tuesday | Final Exam, 9 a.m. (cumulative) | |||||
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