1:00
- 2:50 PM TR
232 Culler Hall
Final Exam -- Thurs. May 1
2:45 PM
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Lasers & Applications Info
Bose Condensates Info
Instructor: Dr. Jan Yarrison-Rice
Phone: 9-1862
Office: Room 15 Culler
Email: yarrisjm@muohio.edu
Website: www.cas.muohio.edu/~yarrisjm/
Office Hours: 11:00 - Noon AM TWR, and by appointment
Text: Principles of Physics by Serway and Jewett
Goals of Physics 182.F:
This course will be a challenging, yet rewarding class. Its goals include 1) Introducing the basic concepts and theories relating to statistical physics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, and relativity. 2) Teaching you how to approach and solve problems where these concepts and theories are applicable. 3) Learning whether results make sense (are they consistent with our assumptions?, did the acceleration of gravity turn out to be 100 times greater than it should be?, did we ask the right question in the first place?) 4) Asking questions, setting up mini-experiments to answer them, and analyzing the outcomes. and 5) Exploring how these topics related to our everyday lives. AND 6) Communicating our results to others in a clear and concise fashion.
This is Physics! We want to describe the physical world in the simplest, most concise manner possible. We experiment with equipment or equations and investigate certain phenomenon and then we describe it both verbally and mathematically.
Miami
Plan Course: This is a Miami Plan course and as such fulfills
the University requirements as seen by the above statement of goals.
Class Organization
We are in a room that is set up for group activities. The course will consist of lectures, hands-on demonstrations, and group activities. Attendance is essential to success in this course.
Daily Goals: The specific goals of the day will be provided at the start of each class.
Science-in-the-News: After each main topic, class and homework time will be dedicated to the presentation and discussion of science news articles (appearing in magazines, newspapers, and other sources) that we as part of society find interesting and important to understand.
Small Group Activities: The class will break up into groups of 4 students and will be asked to do one of the following -- Group problem solving, Mini-experiments, or Group discussion worksheets. These will be worked on by the group, results will be written on a single sheet of paper with all the participants signatures on it, and then used for class participation in problem solving and discussion of issues. All members of the group are expected to participate in these activities. Dissenting opinions or answers are allowed. A minority solution to the problem may be turned in with the group's solution with a description of the rationale behind the individual solution and a signature of the person submitting it.
Student Presentations: Results of group activities will occasionally be presented to the class by the group members or representatives.
Minimized Lecture Format: Around half of the class time will be spent listening to and participating in lectures, the rest of the class will be utilized for demonstrations, films, student presentations, and in-class experiments.
Grading
Grades will be determined totaling the points you receive for the following activities:
Exams
60% (15% each)
In Class Work 15%
Quizzes 10%
Homework 15%
The grading
scale is:
A 90-100 %
B 80-89 %
C 70-79 %
D 60-69 %
F less than 60 %
Exams: Exams will be held in class on TUES. Jan. 28, Tues. Feb. 25, and Tues. Apr. 1. Final exam is on Thurs. May 1 at 2:45 PM. You may use a 3 x 5 card with information on one side only for all quizzes and tests. Exams will have a mixture of short answer questions, multiple choice questions, and problems to solve. You will be given some time off from class to make up for exam times.
Missed Exams: No make-up examinations are given. If you must miss an exam, contact the instructor BEFORE the exam starts. If a legitimate reason for missing the exam is given, she will assign you an estimated score as follows: Your average on the other 2 exams divided by the class average on those exams x the class average on the missed exam. If you miss a 2nd exam, you will receive an INCOMPLETE for the course.
Homework: Homework will be assigned from the text or via handouts throughout the course. Homework is due BEFORE class starts each day. Homework will be handed in by your groups with each person in the group writing out part of the assignment.
LATE HOMEWORK loses 1 letter grade per day (weekends count 1 day).
Also, it must be readable to be graded. Any solutions or written assignments that are unreadable will be returned with 0 for the grade. IF you have any concerns about the legibility of your work, see me.
Quizzes: You will be given a quizzes occasionally. They will be announced in advance. You may use your 3 x 5 card for them. NO MAKEUP QUIZZES.
Didactic
Essays: There will be 3-4 times in the semester in which you
will be writing essays on science news articles relevant to the topics
we are studying. These will be graded as part of your exams.
Tentative Outline of Topics
Statistical
Physics: Temperature and Specific Heat
Kinetic Theory and the Ideal Gas Law
Boltzmann Distribution
First Law of Thermodynamics
Entropy and the Second Law
Quantum Statistical Mechanics
Week
1: Intro. In class Group Work
Ch. 16 Temperature
Coins - statistical mechanics
Week 2: Kinetic Theory
Ch. 17 Boltzman Dist
Specific Heats
Week 3: First Law
Equiparition
Quantum Statistical Mechanics
Interlude Greenhouse Effect
Week 4: Ch. 18 Micro/Macro
Maxwell's Demon
Second Law
Interlude Bose Condensates
Week 5: FIRST EXAM
Electricity
& Magnetism: Electric
Charge and Coulomb's Law
Electric Fields and Potentials
Gauss's Law
Capacitors, Current, Magnetic Fields
Lorentz Force, Biot-Savart Law, Ampere's Law
Induction, Induced EMF's and Faraday's Law
Electromagnetic Waves and Optics
LASERS
Week 5: Ch. 19 E&M Inventory
Week 6: Charges and Electric Field
Gauss's Law
Week 7 & 8: Gauss's Law
Ch. 20 Electrical Potential
SECOND EXAM
Week
9: Ch. 21 Capacitors, Current, Circuits
Interlude Superconductivity
SPRING BREAK
Week 10: Ch. 22 Lorentz Force, Biot-Savart Law, Ampere's Law
Week 11:
Week 12: Ch. 23 Induction, Induced EMF's and Faraday's Law
Interlude: Recording on Magnetic Media
Week 13: THIRD EXAM
Ch.
24 What is Light?
E& M Waves
Week 14: Interlude: Lasers & Optical Communications
Relativity:
Special vs. General
Lorentz Contractions
Relativistic Energy and Collisions
Week 15& 16: Ch. 9 Relativity
Interlude: Space ?