Physics H133 -- Spring, 2000

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Contents

• Teaching Staff
• Office Hours
• Send feedback to the instructor -- anonymous or not
• General info
• Problem Sets
• Exams -- schedule

Teaching Staff for 133H

Instructor:

Prof. Robert Perry
office: 4030 Smith Lab email: perry@mps.ohio-state.edu
phone: 292-6506 (office)

Prof. Perry's Office Hours

Wednesday, 4:30-5:30

Thursday, 12:30-2:30

Monday, in student lounge 1:30-2:30

Graduate Teaching Assistant:

Qiang Chang

office: 4073 Smith Lab

email: changq@campbell.mps.ohio-state.edu

Office hours TR 1:30

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Send Comments or Questions about Physics 133H

Ordinary (not anonymous) Email

Send email to Prof. Perry at perry@mps.ohio-state.edu

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General Information about Physics 133H

Course title:

Introductory Physics 133H: Modern Physics

Texts:

Physics, ext. 4th Edition, Vol. 1 by Halliday, Resnick and Krane; and Six Ideas that Shaped Physics, Particles Behave Like Waves by Thomas A. Moore

Topics to be covered:

   Week of
   27 Mar:  Chs. 22-27
    3 Apr:  	Thermodynamics &
   10 Apr:          Statistical Mechanics
   17 Apr:  Ch. 21 -
   24 Apr:  	Special Relativity
    1 May:  Particles Behave Like Waves by Thomas Moore
    8 May:      Waves
   15 May:      Photons & Wave Nature of Matter
   22 May:      Wave Functions, Bound States, & Spectra
   29 May:      Atomic & Nuclear Physics
    5 Jun:  FINALS (Tues., 11:30am for 2:30 class; Mon., 3:30pm for 3:30 class)

Meeting Schedule:

Four days (MTRF) in Smith 1009

One day (Wednesday) in Smith 2064 for Tutorials

Grade Weighting:

Homework [1/4]

Quizzes (drop 2)[1/6]

Midterm [1/4]

Final (two hours) [1/3]

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Problem Sets

• Hwk #0 --- Mark off good times for office hours
• Hwk #1 (due 4 Apr)---- Ch. 22: Q10, Q12, P6, 9, 13, 22, 47; Ch. 23: Q11, Q16, P8, 14, 27, 33, 47
• Hwk #2 (due 11 Apr)--- Ch. 24: Q5, Q22, P5, 10, 20, 27, 28; Ch. 25: Q7, Q13, P8, 12, 18, 28, 44, 55
• Hwk #3 (due 18 Apr)--- Ch. 26: Q4, Q18, Q30, P3, 4, 9, 15, 24, 30, 37, 43
• Hwk #4 (due 23 Apr)--- Ch. 21: Q3, Q13, P2, 5, 8, 9, 13, 17 +Tutorial #3 corrected
• Hwk #5 (due 3 May)---- Ch. 21: Q17, Q27, P19, 23, 29, 36, 50, 52
• Hwk #6 (due 9 May)---- Q1: T.3, T.4, T.5, T.7, T.11, B.1, B.6, B.7, S.6, R.1
• Hwk #7 (due 16 May)--- Q2: T.7, B.5, S.1, S.4, R.1; Q3: T.3, T.9, B.7, S.1, S.7, S.10
• Hwk #8 (due 23 May)--- Q4: S.6, S.8, R.1; Q5: S.5, S.6, S.11, R.2; Q6: T1, S.2, S.3
• Hwk #9 (due 30 May)--- Q7: S.3, S.7, R.1; Q8: S.1, S.3, S.6, R.1, A.1

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Examinations

• Midterm: Thur., May 4 in the evening. Room will be announced. Come in for two hours between 6:30pm and 10:30pm. Contact Prof. Perry if you have a conflict.
• Final: Thur., June 1 in the evening. Smith 1009. Come in for two hours between 6:30pm and 10:30pm. Contact Prof. Perry if you have a conflict.

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