Syllabus

Modern Physics 1

(TAMUK PHYS 3343)

FALL 2007

PHY 3343 Modern Physics I

1-2 MWF

H102

CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
3343. Modern Physics I 3(3-0)
A course in special relativity and elementary quantum mechanics. Topics include space-time, relativistic energy and momentum, the uncertainty principle, Schrödinger’s equation, observables and operators, bound states, potential barriers, and the hydrogen atom. Prerequisite: PHYS 2326/2126. Corequisite: MATH 3315 or MATH 3320.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To provide the student with an introductory knowledge of modern physics.

STUDENT LEARNER OUTCOMES:

At the successful completion of this course, the student will

(1) demonstrate a willingness to expend significant effort on the course as documented by the amount of homework turned in, and

(2) demonstrate the ability to apply a basic understanding of the concepts of modern physics to solve quantitative problems in relativity and quantum mechanics by successful completion of an assessment exam.

PROFESSOR:

Dr. Lionel D. Hewett	Office: H114	Hours: 2-5 daily
Phone: 361/593-2299	FAX: 361/593-2184	E-mail: L-Hewett@tamuk.edu

Mail: Lionel D. Hewett, MSC 175, TAMUK, Kingsville, TX 78363-8202

TEXT BOOKS:

Serway (Required)	Modern Physics, 3rd Ed.; by Serway, Moses, Moyer; Saunders College Publishing, ISBN 0-534-49339-4
Tipler(Optional)	Modern Physics, 3rd Ed.; by Tipler and Llewellyn; W.H. Freeman and Co, ISBN 1-57259-164-1

GRADING METHOD: (Subject to change as the semester progresses.)

10% - Daily Homework:

The material in this course cannot be learned in an intensive effort to cram for exams. The effort must be distributed throughout the semester with time taken to ponder the concepts and to practice working the problems. Therefore, the student is required to submit daily homework either in class or by email as required by the professor.

70% - Tests: (Lowest 1 grade will be dropped, so Test 5 is optional.)

Test 1	Sep. 19	Ch. 1	Unit 1. Relativity
Test 2	Oct. 8	Ch. 2-4	Unit 2. Particle/Wave Duality
Test 3	Oct. 26	Ch. 5-6	Unit 3. Quantum Mechanics in 1-D
Test 4	Nov. 14	Ch. 7-8	Unit 4. Quantum Mechanics in 3-D
Test 5	Dec. 5	Ch. 9	Unit 5. Statistical Quantum Mechanics

20% - Final Exam:

Final Exam

Dec. 12, 10:40 am - 1:10 pm

Ch. 1-9

All of the above

COMMON SENSE:

Students are expected to exercise common sense in this course. For those few students who are deficient in this commodity, the university requires that I include the following elements in this syllabus:

Disability Statement (See Student Handbook)

Students with disabilities, including learning disabilities, who wish to request accommodations in class should register with the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) early in the semester so that appropriate arrangements may be made. In accordance with federal laws, a student requesting special accommodations must provide documentation for disability to the SSD.

Academic Misconduct Statement (See Student Handbook)

You are expected to practice academic honesty in every aspect of this course and all other courses. Make sure you are familiar with your Student Handbook, especially the section on academic misconduct. Students who engage in academic misconduct are subject to university disciplinary procedures.

Forms of academic dishonesty:

1) Cheating: deception in which a student misrepresents that he/she has mastered information on an academic exercise that he/she has not mastered; giving or receiving aid unauthorized by the instructor on assignments or examinations.

2) Academic misconduct: tampering with grades or taking part in obtaining or distributing any part of a scheduled test.

3) Fabrication: use of invented information or falsified research.

4) Plagiarism: unacknowledged quotation and/or paraphrase of someone else’s words, ideas, or data as one’s own in work submitted for credit. Failure to identify information or essays from the Internet and submitting them as one’s own work also constitutes plagiarism.

Nonacademic Misconduct Statement (See Student Handbook)

The university respects the rights of instructors to teach and students to learn. Maintenance of these rights requires campus conditions that do not impede their exercise.

Campus behavior that interferes with either

1) The instructor’s ability to conduct the class

2) The inability of other students to profit from the instructional program, or

3) Campus behavior that interferes with the rights of others will not be tolerated.

An individual engaging in such disruptive behavior may be subject to disciplinary action. Such incidents will be adjudicated by the Dean of Students under nonacademic procedures.

Sexual Misconduct Statement (See Student Handbook)

Sexual harassment of students and employers at Texas A&M University-Kingsville is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Any member of the university community violating this policy will be subject to disciplinary action.

Safety Statement (See Chemical Hygiene Plan for A&M University)

Every student is required to review the on-line version of Chemical Hygiene Plan for A&M University and to exercise appropriate safety precautions throughout this course.

Daily Schedule:

No.	Date	Pages	Topic
1	Aug. 22
2	Aug. 24
3	Aug. 27	1-4	Introduction
4	Aug. 29	5-513	Principle of Relativity
5	Aug. 31	514-5153	Relative Space and Time
6	Sept. 5	5154-5157	Relative Velocity, Mass, Momentum, and Energy
7	Sept. 7	516	Invariant Viewpoint
8	Sept. 10	517	Summary
9	Sept. 12	518	Spacetime
10	Sept. 14	52	General Relativity
11	Sept. 17
12	Sept. 19		Test 1
13	Sept. 21	6-62	Quantization of Matter
14	Sept. 24	63-6333	Waves with Particle-like Properties
15	Sept. 26	6334-6335	Blackbody Radiation
16	Sept. 28	634-636	Scattering
17	Oct. 1	64	Atomic Models
18	Oct. 3	65-661	Particle-Wave Duality
19	Oct. 5	662-665	Uncertainty Principle
20	Oct. 8		Test 2
21	Oct. 10	7-712	Quantum Concepts
22	Oct. 12	713-715	Observables
23	Oct. 15	72-733	Fundamental Principles of Quantum Mechanics
24	Oct. 17	734-738	Schrödinger’s Equation
25	Oct. 19	74-743	Particle in a Box and Well
26	Oct. 22	744-748	Other Quantum Applications
27	Oct. 24	75	Review Problems
28	Oct. 26		Test 3
29	Oct. 29	8-82	Particle in a 3-D Box
30	Oct. 31	83-831	Central Forces
31	Nov. 2	832	Quantization of Energy
32	Nov. 5	84	Hydrogen Atom
33	Nov. 7	85-86	Angular Momentum and Spin
34	Nov. 9	87-881	Multi-Electron Atoms
35	Nov. 12	882-884	Periodic Table
36	Nov. 14		Test 4
37	Nov. 16	9-912	Classical Statistics
38	Nov. 19	913-914	Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution
39	Nov. 21	92	Quantum Statistics
40	Nov. 26	93-932	Bose-Einstein Statistics
41	Nov. 28	933-934	Bose-Einstein Condensate
42	Nov. 30	94	Fermi-Dirac Statistics
43	Dec. 3	95	Laser Manipulation of Atoms
44	Dec. 5		Test 5
	Dec. 12	10:40 am-1:10 pm	Final Exam

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