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PHYSICS 1B/HIGHER PHYSICS 1B (PHYS1221/1231)
Textbook:
Fundamentals of Physics, Halliday, Resnick & Walker, 10th edition
TOPIC 1: Electricity and Magnetism
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COULOMB’S LAW (§21.1-21.3)
Coulomb’s law; charge is quantized; charge is conserved.
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ELECTRIC FIELDS (§22.1-22.7)
The electric field; the electric field due to a charged particle; the electric field due to a
dipole; the electric field due to a line of charge; the electric field due to a charged disk; a
point charge in an electric field; a dipole in an electric field.
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GAUSS'S LAW (§23.1-23.6)
Electric flux; Gauss’s law; a charged, isolated conductor; applications of Gauss’s law to
various charge distributions.
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ELECTRIC POTENTIAL (§24.1-24.8)
Electric potential; equipotential surfaces and the electric field; potential due to a charged
particle; potential due to an electric dipole; potential due to a continuous charge
distribution; calculating the field from the potential; electric potential energy of a system of
charged particles; potential of a charged isolated conductor.
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CAPACITANCE (§25.1-25.5)
Capacitance; calculating the capacitance; capacitors in parallel and in series; energy stored
in an electric field; capacitors with a dielectric; dielectrics and Gauss’ law.
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MAGNETIC FIELDS (§28.1-28.7, 32.1, 32.4)
Magnetic fields and the definition of B; crossed fields: discovery of the electron; crossed
fields: the Hall effect; a circulating charged particle; cyclotrons and synchrotrons; magnetic
force on a current-carrying wire; torque on a current loop; the magnetic dipole moment;
Gauss’s law in magnetism; magnets/
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MAGNETIC FIELDS DUE TO CURRENTS (§29.1-29.5)
Magnetic field due to a current; force between two parallel currents; Ampere’s law;
solenoids and toroids; a current-carrying coil as a magnetic dipole.
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INDUCTION AND INDUCTANCE (§30.1-30.5)
Faraday's law and Lenz’s law; Induction and energy transfers; induced electric fields;
inductors and inductance; self-induction.
Physics 1B/Higher Physics 1B – Syllabus
First Year Teaching Unit, School of Physics
TOPIC 2: Physical Optics
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ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES (§33.1-33.7)
Electromagnetic waves; energy transport and the poynting vector; radiation pressure;
polarization; reflection and refraction; total internal reflection; polarization by reflection.
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INTERFERENCE (§35.1-35.5)
Light as a wave; Young’s interference experiment; interference and double slit intensity;
interference from this films; Michelson’s interferometer.
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DIFFRACTION (§36.1-36.7)
Single-slit diffraction; intensity in single-slit diffraction; diffraction by a circular aperture;
diffraction by a double slit; diffraction gratings; gratings: dispersion and resolving power;
x-ray diffraction.
TOPIC 3: Introductory Quantum Physics and Solid State Physics
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PHOTONS AND MATTER WAVES (§38.1-38.9, 39.1)
The photon, the quantum of light; the photoelectric effect; photons, momentum,
Compton scattering, light, interference; the birth of quantum physics; electrons and
matter waves; Schrödinger’s equation; Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle; reflection from
a potential step; tunnelling through a potential barrier; energies of a trapped electron.
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CONDUCTION AND ELECTRICITY IN SOLIDS (§41.1-41.3)
The electrical properties of metals; semiconductors and doping; the p-n junction and the
transistor.
Weeks 1-6: Electricity and Magnetism
Weeks 7-12: Physical optics; Introductory Quantum Physics & Solid State Physics.
Physics 1B/Higher Physics 1B – Syllabus
First Year Teaching Unit, School of Physics