Physics 133H -- Spring 1998

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• 31-Mar-1998 --- Page created
• 09-Apr-1998 --- Lab assignments and office hours added
• 15-Apr-1998 --- Rearranged and added TA office hours

Contents

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

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

   Week of:
   13 Apr: M 9:30, R 4:30
   20 Apr: T 11:30, W 1:30, R 4:30
   27 Apr: T 12:30, W 1:30, R 4:30 
    4 May: M 9:30-1:00, R 4:30 
   11 May: M 9:30, T 11:30, R 4:30 
   18 May: M 9:30, T 12:30, R 4:30 
   25 May: M 9:30, T 12:30, R 4:30 
    1 Jun: M 9:30, T 12:30, R 4:30 
    8 Jun: to be determined

Graduate Teaching Assistant:

JerLai Kuo

2124 Newman and Wolfram Laboratory

292-4215

kuojl@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu

Office hours in 2124 Newman/Wolfram : T 11:30 and R 11:30

Laboratory Instructor:

Matthew Buoni (buoni.7@osu.edu)

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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, Vols. 1 & 2 by Halliday, Resnick and Krane

Topics to be covered:

   Week of
   30 Mar:  Chs. 15 & 19 -
    6 Apr:  	Oscillations, Wave Motions
   13 Apr:  Chs. 41 - EM Waves
   20 Apr:  Ch. 21 -
   27 Apr:  	Special Relativity
    4 May:  Ch. 42 - Light
   11 May:  Chs. 43, 45, 46 -
   18 May:  	Reflection & Refraction, Interference, Diffraction
   25 May:  Chs. 49, 50, 51
    1 Jun:      Quantum Physics, Wave Nature of Matter, Hydrogen
    8 Jun:  FINALS (Tues., 11:30am for 2:30 class; Mon., 3:30pm for 3:30 class)

Meeting Schedule:

Four days (MWRF) in Smith 1009

One day (Tuesday) in Smith 2064 for Tutorials

Laboratory: Smith 2052; times available here

Grade Weighting:

Homework [1/6]

Quizzes (drop 2)[1/6]

Midterm [1/6]

Laboratory [1/6]

Final (two hours) [1/3]

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Problem Sets

• Hwk #0 --- Mark off good times for office hours
• Hwk #1 (due 8 Apr)---- 1) Damped harmonic oscillator with e^-at f(t), given in class;
  Chapter 15: Q23, P2, 4, 9, 11, 17, 34, 67 (counts 2).
• Hwk #2 (due 15 Apr)--- Ch. 19, Q7, P4, 9, 17, 18, 31, 34, 43, 49, 51 + Tutorial homework.
• Hwk #3 (due 22 Apr)--- Ch. 41, Q16, P8, 13, 15, 24 (counts 2), 26 (counts 2), 33, 49 + Tutorial homework.
• Hwk #4 (due 29 Apr)--- Ch. 21, Q3, Q12, Q15 (counts 2), P9, 11, 17, 29, 34, 36 + Tutorial homework
• Hwk #5 (due 6 May)---- Ch. 21, Q4, Q27 (counts 2), P20, 23, 44, 51, 52, 58 (2) + Tutorial homework
• Hwk #6 (due 15 May)--- Ch. 42, Q15, Q18 (counts 2), P5, 7, 11, 13, 21, 28 (2)
• Hwk #7 (due 20 May)--- Ch. 43, Q3, Q16, P8, 13, 17, 21 (2), 42, 52 (2) + Tutorial homework
• Hwk #8 (due 29 May)--- Ch. 45: P9, 10, 23, 39, 49; Ch. 49: Q30, P7, 23, 32, 49 + Tutorial homework
• Hwk #9 (due 3 Jun)---- Ch. 50: P4, 13, 23, 29, 41; Ch. 51: P6, 9, 16, 20, 26

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Examinations

• Midterm: 1 hour, Monday 4 May, in class
• Final: 2 hour, Monday, 8 June, 3.30 class @ 3:30, Tuesday, 9 June, 2:30 class @ 11:30

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