Dates when topics are
covered in class AND test and homework assignment due dates are SUBJECT TO CHANGE. I will update this regularly, adding HW and reading assignments several lectures ahead of time.
The homeworks are either from Mastering Physics
(MP) or written (WH) and are to be handed in during class. All HWs count towards
your grade unless explicitly noted. In
Mastering Physics, always answer numerical questions with 3 significant figures
unless the problem specifically requests that you do otherwise. CAUTION: Do not wait until the last
minute to work and submit your Mastering Physics homework. It is a computer-based system. Things go wrong
with computers. I will not accept "computer problems" as an
excuse for not being able to submit Mastering Physics homework on time.
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Homework Assignment Due Dates MP = Mastering Physics |
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Intro to course. Review Maxwell’s Eqns. Reading: Chap 32.1-32.2 |
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EM Wave Equation Derivation. Reading: read Chap 32.1-32.3 |
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EM Wave Equation continued; Energy and Momentum in EM Waves Reading: Chap 32.4-32.5 |
MP: hw #1 |
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Standing Waves, Rays and Wavefronts; Reflection and Refraction; Reading: Chap 32.5, 33.1-33.2 |
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Total internal reflection, polarization, Huygen's Principle; Reading: Chap 33.3-33.5 |
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Chap 32.5-end |
MP: hw#2 |
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Refraction and Reflection Reading: Chap 33 |
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Start Huygens Principle; Ch. 34 Reading: Chap 34 |
MP: hw#3 |
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EM waves at spherical surfaces, Thin lenses; Lensmakers Equation; Reading: Chap 34.2-4 |
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Thin lenses; Lensmakers Equation; Reading: Chap 34.2-4 |
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Cameras/Human Eye/Microscopes and Telescopes; Chap 34.8 |
WH: hw#5 -- see UNM Learn site; practice problems will be posted on MP |
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Review for Test 1. Reading Chap 32-34 |
MP: hw#6 - due on Tuesday |
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TEST 1: All Topics before approximately Ch. 35 |
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#14 |
Interference, two-source interference, intensity; Reading: Chap 35.1 - 35.3 |
MP: hw#7 |
#15 |
Interference, two-source interference, intensity; Reading: Chap 35.1 - 35.3 |
MP: hw#8 |
#16 |
Interference in thin films; Michelson interferometer; Reading Ch. 34.4-35.5 |
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#17 |
Single slit diffraction; Reading: Chap 36.1-36.3 |
WH: hw#9 |
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Multiple Slits and Diffraction Gratings; Reading: Chap 36.4-36.5 |
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Multiple Slits and Diffraction Gratings; Reading: Chap 36.4-36.5 |
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X-ray Diffraction; circular aperture diffraction; Reading Chap 36.6-36.7 |
MP: hw#10 |
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Start Special Relativity, Reading 37.1-2 |
MP: hw#11 |
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Special Relativity, Reading:37.3-4 |
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#22 |
Special Relativity, Reading: 37.5 |
WH: hw#12 |
SPRING Break |
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Special Relativity, Reading: 37.5 |
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SR, Lorentz Trans; Ch 37.5 |
WH: HW#13 |
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TEST 2 - All Topics since Test 1, including special relativity |
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Special Relativity, Lorentz Velocity Transformation in SR, Reading: 37.5 |
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Special Relativity, Doppler effect, Momentum in SR, Exam 2 Redo due; Reading: 37.6-7 |
Exam 2 Redo - due today! |
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Special Relativity, Energy and Momentum in SR - 4 vectors Reading:37.8 |
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#29 |
Light as particles, photoelectric effect, Reading: Ch 38:1-2 |
MP: HW #14 - due 4/4 |
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Compton Scattering, Reading:38.3 |
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Probability and uncertainty, Reading:38.4 |
MP: HW #15 |
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Particles as waves, Reading: 39.1-2 |
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Atomic Spectra, Energy Levels Reading:39.2-3 |
MP: HW #16 |
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Bohr Model of Hydrogen Atom, Lasers, Reading: 39.3-4 |
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Blackbody Radiation, Electron Interference Reading: 39.5-6 |
MP: HW #17 |
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#38 |
Reading: Chap 40 |
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#39 |
Reading: Ch 40 |
MP: hw#19 |
#40 |
Reading:Chapter 40 |
MP: hw#20 |
#41 |
Reading: Chap 41 |
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#42 |
Reading: Chap 41 |
MP: hw#21 |
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EXAM REVIEW |
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F, 12 MAY |
FINAL EXAM AND EXAM 4 10AM-12PM |
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