Calendar (with topics covered, supplements, &
homework)
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| 1 | 8/28 | 8/30 harmonic oscillator | 9/1 harmonic
oscillator
hw1, hw1h |
| 2 | 9/4
LABOR DAY |
9/6 2d oscillator, uniform
circular & harmonic motion |
9/8 exponential
function,
complex numbers hw2, hw2h |
| 3 | 9/11 problem solving, complex numbers | 9/13 solving simple & damped h.o.
using complex
exponentials |
9/15 driven h.o.,
resonance hw3, hw3h H.O.Mathematica notebook |
| 4 | 9/18 problem solving, oscillators | 9/20 resonance
Resonance curves |
9/22 resonance, AC circuits hw4 |
| 5 | 9/25 problem solving, AC circuits;
example |
9/27 AC circuits | 9/29 anharmonic (nonlinear) oscillators,
coupled oscillators, transformers
hw5.ps, hw5.dvi, hw5.pdf |
| 6 | 10/2 problem solving, coupled oscillators | 10/4 nondispersive waves | 10/6 waves on a string, superposition, standing waves hw6.ps, hw6.dvi, hw6.pdf |
| 7 | 10/9 nodes demo,
free end b.c., problem solving |
10/11 reflection & superposition of
pulses,
microscopic picture of sound waves |
10/13 sound waves: velocity,
temperature dependence, amplitude, sound in solidshw7.ps, hw7.dvi, hw7.pdf hw7h.ps, hw7h.dvi, hw7h.pdf |
| 8 | 10/16 review | 10/18 EXAM
1
early warning grades |
10/20 Doppler effect, Mach cone, dispersion & phase velocity |
| 9 | 10/23 wavelengths
of sound in air, Doppler problem |
10/25demos: harmonics
of guitar string, partial reflection; spacetime diagram of Doppler eff. |
10/27 wavepackets, phase velocity, dispersion;
water waves, Schrodinger eqn.
hw8.ps, hw8.dvi, hw8.pdf |
| 10 | 10/30 group velocity; see sections 6.1,2 of Chapter 6 (pdf, or postscript) from Blandford & Thorne's book; wp Mathematica notebook, and its output in html | 11/1 surface-independence of integral form of electromagnetic field equations; need for Maxwell's displacement current | 11/3 Maxwell's equations integral and
differential form, plane wave solutions
hw9.ps, hw9.dvi, hw9.pdf |
| 11 | 11/6 properties of plane em waves,
spectrum & types of radiation, cosmol. redshift & microwave bkgnd. |
11/8 generation of em waves, dipole radiation,
polarization,
energy flux, intensity; film loops on radiation and microwave generator/antenna demo. radiating charge applet; E&M Interactive Tutorial |
11/10 wave energy & momentum, Doppler
effect,
reflection & refraction hw10.ps,hw10.dvi,hw10.pdf |
| 12 | 11/13 radiation pressure, Doppler effect (supp.), twin "paradox" (supp.) | 11/15 ray optics,
reflection, refraction, Snell's law |
11/17 Huygen's principle, Fermat's principle,
polarization, [Maxwell
equations supplement postscript, pdf] |
| 13 | 11/20 EXAM
2
(dvi,ps,pdf) |
11/22 refraction and polarization demos & discussion hw11.ps,hw11.dvi,hw11.pdf | 11/24
THANKSGIVING |
| 14 | 11/27 linear and circular polarization (supp.), demos | 11/29 interference | 12/1 single slit diffraction, double slit
intensity, gratings |
| 15 | 12/4 single slit intensity
hw12.ps,hw12.dvi,hw12.pdf |
12/6 Michelson interferometer, combined single and double slit diffraction | 12/8 gratings, Bragg scattering, electron diffraction |
| 16 | 12/11 quantum mechanics | 12/13 | 12/15 |
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12/19, Tuesday, 10:30am -12:30pm
FINAL EXAM (dvi,ps,pdf) |
