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Syllabus
Modern Physics 1
(TAMUK PHYS 3343) |
1-2 MWF H102
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
3343.
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 OFFICE HOURS PHONE FAX E-MAIL
Dr. Lionel D. Hewett H114 2-5
daily 361/593-2299 361/593-2184 L-Hewett@tamuk.edu
Mail: Lionel D. Hewett, MSC 175, TAMUK,
TEXT BOOK:
Modern Physics,
3rd Ed.; by Serway, Moses, Moyer;
GRADING
METHOD:
(Subject to change as 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% Major
Quizzes (Lowest
1 grade will be dropped, so Test 5 is optional.)
Date Chapters Major Theme
Test 1 Sep.
16 1-2 Relativity
Test 2 Oct.
7 3-5 Particle/Wave Duality
Test 3 Oct.
26 6-7 Quantum Mechanics in
1-D
Test 4 Nov.
16 8-9 Quantum Mechanics in
3-D
Test 5 Dec.
9 10 Statistical Quantum
Mechanics
20% Final
Exam Thurs, Dec 17, 10:40 am-1:10
pm Ch. 1-9
COMMON SENSE:
Students are
expected to exercise common sense in this course. For those few students who
are deficient in this commodity, the following information may help you avoid
some unnecessary hardships:
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 coordinator. No accommodations may be made without
clearance through SSD: Room 125,
Academic Misconduct Statement (See CODE OF CONDUCT in
the 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
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.
Six-Drop Policy (After Fall 2007)
If you enroll in college for the first
time beginning Fall 2007, state law limits the number
of courses that you may drop during your undergraduate career. You may
only drop only six classes with a grade that will not affect your grade point
average (GPA). You will receive a grade of “F” for any drops beyond the
six drops that you are allowed.
Daily Schedule:
Fall 2009
No. Date Pages Topic
1 Aug. 21
2 Aug. 24 1-4 Introduction
3 Aug. 26 5-513 Principle
of Relativity
4 Aug. 28 514-5153 Relative Space and Time
5 Aug. 31 5154-5157 Relative Velocity, Mass, Momentum, and Energy
6 Sept. 2 516 Invariant
Viewpoint
7 Sept. 4 517 Summary
8 Sept. 9 518 Spacetime
9 Sept. 11 52 General
Relativity
10 Sept. 14 Review
11 Sept. 16 Test
1
12 Sept. 18 6-62 Quantization
of Matter
13 Sept. 21 63-6333 Waves
with Particle-like Properties
14 Sept. 23 6334-6335 Blackbody Radiation
15 Sept. 25 634-636 Scattering
16 Sept. 28 64 Atomic
Models
17 Sept. 30 65-661 Particle-Wave
Duality
18 Oct. 2 662-665 Uncertainty Principle
19 Oct. 5
20 Oct. 7 Test
2
21 Oct. 9 7-712 Quantum Concepts
22
23 Oct. 14 72-733 Fundamental
Principles of Quantum Mechanics
24 Oct. 16 734-738 Schrödinger’s Equation
25
26 Oct. 21 744-748 Other Quantum Applications
27 Oct. 23 75 Review
Problems
28 Oct. 26 Test
3
29 Oct. 28 8-82 Particle
in a 3-D Box
30 Oct. 30 83-831 Central
Forces
31
32 Nov. 4 84 Hydrogen
Atom
33 Nov. 6 85-86 Angular
Momentum and Spin
34
35 Nov. 11 882-884 Periodic
Table
36 Nov. 13 Review
37 Nov. 16 Test
4
38 Nov. 18 9-912 Classical
Statistics
39 Nov. 20 913-914 Maxwell-Boltzmann
Distribution
40 Nov. 23 92 Quantum
Statistics
41 Nov. 25 93-932 Bose-Einstein
Statistics
42 Nov. 30 933-934 Bose-Einstein
Condensate
43 Dec. 2 94 Fermi-Dirac
Statistics
44 Dec. 4 95 Laser
Manipulation of Atoms
45 Dec. 7 Review
46 Dec. 9 Test
5
Th, Dec. 17, 10:40 am-1:10 pm Final Exam
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