Can be found here.
UPDATE:
A couple of small typos I found so far in the solutions are now corrected.
I've nearly finished grading the first four problems (well, almost no one did #1), and so far it looks very good. They will be graded and handed back this coming Tuesday. Tomorrow in recitation I will go over the solutions in detail.
FYI: I am counting off very little for obvious algebra/math mistakes if I can trace back where you went wrong.
Well, Fall registration begins soon. Need another science class? PH102 hasn't been so bad?
This is what we have for the fall:
Physics course descriptions, and Astronomy course descriptions.
Physics-wise, "Modern Physics" PH253 is something you can take right after 102 (if you have Calculus II), and has a very high "cool" factor. It will cover some similar topics as the last portion of PH102, so if you like the remaining portion of PH102, or liked "QED", you will probably like PH253. Our current description:
"Modern Physics" refers to the developments in physics beginning with the revolutionary work of Einstein, Planck, Bohr, and others. The basic principles of special relativity and quantum mechanics will be taught with illustrations drawn from reaction kinematics in high energy collisions, particle accelerators and medical imaging devices, atomic and molecular properties, and the electrical and thermal characteristics of liquids and solids. The course will conclude with a survey of what is currently known about nuclei and elementary particles and their role in cosmology and stellar evolution.
History of astronomy, the solar system, stars, galaxies, and the universe; recent discoveries about pulsars, black holes, and quasars will be discussed.
Heinrich Paes, one of our Physics professors, is giving a public talk next Tuesday tonight, which will lead into the telescope observing session run by Phil Hardee (another Physics professor).
Public talks are just what they sound like - cool cutting-edge physics presented at a very general lay-person level, no real physics background required. Public nights involve anyone who shows up getting to observe through our monstrous telescope on the roof of Gallalee. Weather permitting on the latter.
Here are the specifics:
Tuesday, 27 March
"Traveling Back in Time with Neutrinos in Extra Dimensions"
--- Heinrich Paes
--- 7:30pm in 227 Gallalee
Observing session - the Moon, Saturn
--- Phil Hardee
--- 8:00pm - Gallalee roof
Even more details here and here, with listings for future events.
The telescope we have is very impressive, and Prof. Paes is our newest faculty members doing very cool theoretical high energy and astroparticle physics. Supersymmetry, extra dimensions, time travel, cosmology, the fate of the universe ... really fundamental stuff, with profound philosophical implications.
So the whole thing has a very high "neat" factor, you should go.
In today's class (20 Mar 2007) I will be using numerous images in our discussion of mirrors.
I suggest following along in class with the images on your own screens, rather than printing these out. Nearly all of them are in your text, so printing them will not gain you much. Following along on-screen might be useful if you have trouble seeing the projection screens in class, however.
In any case, you can find them here.
UPDATE: The section numbers below REFER TO THOSE IN THE TEXT, not the ones in my notes. The section numbers on my notes are somewhat different.
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Exam II will be held this Thursday (22 Mar 2007) during the normal class time. It will cover chapters 19-22 in the text, specifically these sections:
Ch. 19, Sect. 1-9
Ch. 20, Sect. 1-4, 6, 7
Ch. 21, Sect. 1-3, 7-12
Ch. 22, Sect. 1-5, 7
The exam will be entirely problem-based (no multiple choice!), with generous partial credit given. You will be given a list of 12 problems, and you can choose any 8 of them to solve. Chapter 19 will have the most questions, chapters 20 and 22 about the same, and chapter 21 the least.
There will be one bonus question, worth about half of one normal question.
Study example problems, your homework problems, and the quizzes to date (all solutions are now online).
You should bring a calculator, and a formula sheet to the exam. The formula sheet can consists of two sides of an 8.5x11" sheet of paper - either two single sides, or one page front and back. It may contain any information on it you like, written in whatever manner you like.
Course notes are at this point fairly complete, excepting Sections 1-3 of Ch. 21. Consult the text for those missing sections.
Chapter 20 notes are now online here. They may be updated a bit tomorrow and Tuesday, but the proper topics are all there.
The portion of chapter 21 notes on ac circuits should follow tomorrow, as will a description of Thursday's exam. Until then, refer to sections 1-3 in Chapter 21 of the text to supplement the notes.
I have not set Exam II in stone yet, but you will have to solve something like 10 problems out of a pool of 20 - you pick which problems to attempt. No multiple choice, but heavy partial credit. It will cover Chapters 19-22, with perhaps one question on chapter 23 (which we are covering this coming Tuesday).
Chapter 22 notes are as up to date as you need for the exam. As usual, all notes are hosted here.
