|
Class & |
Topic |
Reading |
Comments & Links |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | Class 1, September 7 | Introduction and Review | Chapters 1 and 2 | skim reading as necessary |
| Quantization of Radiation | ||||
| Th | Class 2, September 9 | Charge
and mass of electron, Blackbody Radiation |
3:1-2 | |
| T | Class 3, September 14 | Photoelectric
effect, Compton Scattering |
3:3-4 + More | |
|
Particle Nature of Matter |
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| Th | Class 4, September 16 | Early Atomic Theory,
Rutherford Experiment, Bohr atom |
4:1-6 | HW set #1 due |
|
Matter Waves |
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| T | Class 5, September 21 | De
Broglie’s Hypothesis, Wave groups, dispersion |
5:1-4 | |
| Th | Class 6, September 23 | Uncertainty
Principle, Applications of Uncertainty Principle |
5:5-7 + More | |
|
1-dim Schroedinger Eq. |
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| T | Class 7, September 28 | Quantum wave equation | 6:1 | HW set #2 due |
| Th | Class 8, September 30 | Infinite square well, Finite square well |
6:2-4 + More | |
| T | Class 9, October 5 | Quantum harmonic Oscillator | 6:5 + More | |
| Th | Class 10, October 7 | Barrier reflection and tunneling | 6:6 + More | |
| Atomic Physics | ||||
| T | Class 11, October 12 | 3-dim
square well, degeneracy, Hydrogen Atom |
7:1-3 | |
| Th | Class 12, October 14 |
Electron Spin, Zeeman effect |
7:4-5 + More | HW set #3 due |
| October 18-19 | Fall Study Break |
Exam 1 practice questions & Solutions |
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| Th |  Exam
1: October
21 |
on quantum mechanics | Exam 1 Solutions | |
| T | Class 13, October 26 |
Pauli Principle,
Complex Atoms |
7:6-7 9:4 + More |
|
| Th | Class 14, October 28 | Lasers | 9:5-6 | |
| Solid State Physics | ||||
| T | Class 15, November 2 | Statistical Physics | 8:1-5 + More |
HW set #4
due Lecture Notes |
| Th | Class 16, November 4 | Electrons in metals | 10:2-4 | |
| T | Class 17, November 9 | Band
theory of solids, Semiconductors |
10:5-8 | |
| Nuclear Physics | ||||
| Th | Class 18, November 11 |
Atomic Nucleus, Radioactive decay |
11:1-4 + More |
|
| T | Class 19, November 16 | Nuclear force, reactions and applications | 11:5-6 12:1-3 |
HW set #5 due |
| Th | Exam
2: November
18 |
on Atomic and Solid State Physics | ||
| Particle Physics | ||||
| T | Class 20, November 23 | Elementary Particles and their Interactions | 13:1-2 | |
| November 25-26 | Thanksgiving Break | |||
| T | Class 21, November 30 | Symmetries, Conservation Laws, and the Quark Model | 13:3-4 + More | |
| Th | Class 22, December 2 | The Standard Model and Beyond | 13:4-5 | HW set #6 due |
| Cosmology | ||||
| T | Class 23, December 7 | White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars,
and Black Holes, and The Origin and Fate of the Universe |
14:3-5 |
|
| Th | Class 24, December 9 | White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars,
and Black Holes, and The Origin and Fate of the Universe |
14:6-8 |
HW set #7 due |
| T | Final
Exam: December 14 |
during regular class hour |