Syllabus : Schedule : Full Syllabus
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Course Introduction | ||
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Week starting August 19 |
Partial Derivative Worksheet | ||
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Time Dilation, Twin Paradox: | ||
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Week starting August 25 |
Simulations: | ||
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Time
dilation, Length Contraction, Relativistic Velocity addition |
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| Week starting September 01 | Acceleration
Transformations
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Space Time
diagrams |
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| Simultaneity:Space - time intervals |
Interactive Space-Time Spreadsheet
06 [O] | ||
| Week starting September 08 |
external: Interactive Space-time Diagram | ||
| Week starting September 15 |
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2-D Collision in two frames |
Mary and Frank Collision | |
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Worksheet 02 (Not Linked) | |||
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Lab 01: Speed of Light Derivation
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| Week starting September 22 |
Selected Topics from Chapter 3 e/m measurement determination of e Line spectra Photoelectric effect
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| Monday September 22 |
Test 1 |
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| Week starting September 29 |
Selected topics from Chapter 3 | ||
| Week of October 08 |
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| JJ
Thompson Nobel Prize site From AIP | |||
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Images :Electron Beam : E over M Experiment | ||
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| Blackbody
radiation
Java Applets [1] [2] [3] |
BlackBody
Radiation
Notes [W:P] Image from RPI | ||
| October 09 - October 12 |
Fall Break | ||
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of October 13 |
Electromagnetic
Spectrum Chart |
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| Photoelectric
Effect Spreadsheet |
Photoelectric
Effect Notes [W:O:P] lab [W:O:P] Java Simulation | ||
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James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) Robert Bunsen (1811-1899): JJ Balmer (1825-1898) JJ Thompson (1856-1940): Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) Niels Bohr (1885-1962): Prince Louis-Victor de Broglie (1892-1987) Albert Einstein (1879(Ulm)-1955) : Leucippus of Miletus (480BC-420BC) | |||
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Thompson model Java Applet (1) |
Rutherford Scattering : Java
applets (1)
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| Week beginning October 20 |
Nobel Prize Site |
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| Franck Hertz
Simulations a: requires shockwave b: under java (German) Another link Experiment Notes [P] | |||
| LAB: Frank Hertz Spreadsheet | An example of screen capture from Franck Hertz experiment | ||
| 1924 |
De Broglie Waves [ P ] | ||
| Davvison
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Germer's experiment background info X-ray and Electron diffraction [W:O:P] | |||
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Week of October 27 |
Lab: Spectra
Spreadsheet |
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Visible Discharge Spectra [ W : P ] | ||
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| Monday October 27 |
Test 2 |
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Week of November 03 |
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Animations |
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Slinky:
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Harmonic Traveling Wave on an Infinite String : 001 and Spooky | |||
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Java Applet (External) |
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| Week starting November 10 |
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Mixed State 1D Quantum Square Well Wave Functions:2,3 : 2,4 : 3,5 | |||
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The "Haloween" operator :) |
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| Week starting November 17 |
Quantum Wave Functions |
Quantum SHO [ W :O: P ]: sloped square well | |
| They make really nice movies here | |||
| Useful Page [W:O:P] |
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How to use circles to show addition of angular momentum [ W : P ] | |||
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| Week starting November 24 |
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| IAEA | |||
| Periodic Chart | |||
| November 26 - November 30 |
Thanksgiving break | ||
| Monday December 01 |
Test 3 |
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