Apr. 3, 2006

Physics 261, General Physics III

Instructor: A. Dinsmore

Lectures and Reading assignments

Class No.	Date		Topic	Reading (Serw/Jewett.)
	M-F	Mar 20-24	Spring Recess; no classes
21	M	27	Relativistic momentum	39.7
22	W	29	Rel. energy, mass-energy equivalence	39.8-9
23	F	31	Mass-energy equivalence; General relativity	39.8-9-10
24	M	April 3	Blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect (and Compton scattering)	40.1-3 (esp. 40.2)
25	W	5	Waves and particles, de Broglie wavelength	40.4-5
26	F	7	Heisenberg uncertainty principle	40.7-8
27	M	10	The wave function, probability density, y. Superposition.	41.1, 40.6
28	W	12	Particle in a box	41.2-3
29	F	14	The Schrodinger equation, particle in a well	41.4-5
	M	17	Holiday – Patriots’ Day
30	W	19	No lecture
31	F	21	The Schrodinger equation, cont’d.
32	M	24	Tunneling, the STM	41.6-7
33	W	26	The simple harmonic oscillator	41.8
	W	Apr. 26	Midterm #2, 7-9 pm (location Has124)
34	F	28	Atomic spectra and the Bohr atom	42.1-3
35	M	May 1	H atom and its wave functions.	42.4-5
36	W	3	Spin, angular momentum	42.6
37	F	5	Pauli exclusion principle, atomic spectra	42.7
38	M	8	Atomic transitions, luminescence, lasers	42.8-10
39	W	10	Energy and Spectra of Molecules, NMR	43.2, 44.8
40	F	12	Band theory, electrical conduction	43.5,6
41	M	15	Properties of nuclei, radiation	44.1-3
42	W	17	Last Day of Class; review
	Tu	23	Final Exam, 8:00 am, MOR30203