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Physics 335-0 Syllabus
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David Taylor
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491-2053
almost anytime, by appointment
Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 3rd Edition, Thornton and Rex
http://courses.physics.northwestern.edu/Phyx335 (case sensitive!)
15% laboratories, 10% homeworks/quizzes, 35% midterm, 40% final
Day / Date
Wed 9/21
Fri
9/23
Chapters
1.1 – 1.6
3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5
Lecture Topic
Review Of Physics Circa 1895
The Electron, Blackbody Radiation
Lab
Mon 9/26
Wed 9/28
Fri
9/30
3.3, 3.6, 3.7
4.1 – 4.5
4.6 – 5.3
Review of Spectra, Photoelectric Effect
Early Atomic Models
X-Rays, Electron Scattering
Lab 1 – Electron Diffraction
Mon 10/3
Wed 10/5
Fri
10/7
5.4 – 5.7
6.1 – 6.4
6.5 – 6.7
Probability Waves
The Schrodinger Equation
Quantum Tunneling
Lab 2 – Planck’s Constant
Mon 10/10
Wed 10/12
Fri
10/14
7.1, 7.3
7.4 – 7.6
2.1 – 2.5
The Hydrogen Atom
Spin, Magnetism In Atoms
The Ether, Space & Time Contraction
Lab 3 – Pulsed NMR
Mon 10/17
Wed 10/19
Fri
10/21
2.6 – 2.10
2.11 – 2.14, 3.9
Relativistic Speed, Doppler Shift
Relativistic Dynamics
Midterm Exam
Mon 10/24
Wed 10/26
Fri
10/28
12.1 – 12.4
12.6 – 12.8
8.1, 10.2, 11.3
Basic Nuclear Physics
Radioactivity
Periodic Table, Lasers, LEDs
Lab 4 – α, β, and γ Radiation
Mon 10/31
Wed 11/2
Fri
11/4
9.1 – 9.4
9.6 – 9.7
13.1 – 13.4
Classical Statistical Physics (Ideal Gas)
Fermi-Dirac & Bose-Einstein Statistics
Nuclear Fission
Lab 5 – Spectrum of β Source
Mon 11/7
Wed 11/9
Fri
11/11
13.5
13.6 – 13.7
16.3
Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear Fusion, Nuclear Applications
Stellar Evolution
Lab 6 – Scintillation Detector
Mon 11/14
Wed 11/16
Fri
11/18
14.1 – 14.3
14.4 – 14.7
15.1 – 15.3
Elementary Particle Physics
Quarks, Neutrinos
General Relativity
Lab 7 – Half-life of Radon
Mon 11/21
Wed 11/23
Fri
11/25
15.3 – 15.5
16.1, 2, 5, 6
Gravitational Waves, Warped Space
The Big Bang
Thanksgiving Vacation
Mon 11/28
Wed 11/30
16.4, 16.7
none
Amazing Stuff In The Universe
Planets, Life?
Fri
12/9
Final Exam, 3–5 PM