PY212 Summer Term 2002 7/8-8/16

Milos Steinhart

 

Date

Lecture Topic           

Chapter

Lb/Hw(due)

July 8

I. Electrostatics: Properties of Electric Charge, Coulomb’s Law, Electric Intensity

21

 

July 9

Electric Flux, Gauss’ Law, Charge Density,

22

 

July 10

Work Done on Charge in E-Fields, Electric Potential

23

Hw#1

July 11

Electric Fields, F. Lines, Equipotential Surfaces, Motion of Charged Particles in E-Fields

21, 23

Lb#1

E-Fields

July 12

Special Electric Fields, Distribution of Charge in Conductors, Electric Dipoles

21

 

July 15

Capacitance and Capacitors,

24

Hw#2

July 16

Electric Energy Storage and Dielectrics

24

Lb#2 Ohms L

July 17

II. Electric Currents: Ohm’s Law, Resistance

25

Hw#3

July 18

Microscopic View of Electric Currents, Conductivity, Resistivity, Temperature dependence

25

 

July 19

DC Circuits I, Kirchhoff’s Rules, superposition princ.

26

 

July 22

DC Circuits II, Adv. Meth. Solving: Circuit Currents

26

Hw#4

July 23

Midterm Exam I

21-25

Lb#3 Coil

July 24

III. Magnetism: Magnetic Fields, sources of m.f.

27

Hw#5

July 25

M. Field Due to Currents, Biot-Savart & Ampère’s L.

28

Lb#4 Frds L

July 26

Magnetic Dipoles

28

 

July 29

Applications of Magnetism

27, 28

Hw#6

July 30

Magnetic Behavior of Materials

28

Lb#5 RLC

July 31

IV. Electromagnetism: Electromagnetic Induction, Faraday’s Law, Lenz’s Law

27, 29

Hw#7

Aug. 1

Inductance, Energy of the Magnetic Field

30

Lb#6 Geo O

Aug. 2

Circuits, LR, CR, LRC, Electromagnetic Oscillations

30, 31

 

Aug. 5

V. AC Circuits: Creation of AC Voltage and Current

30, 31

Hw#8

Aug. 6

Midterm Exam II

26-30

 

Aug. 7

Impedance, Resistance, Capacitance, Inductance, RLC

31

Hw#9

Aug. 8

VI. Electromagnetic Field: Electromagnetic Waves, ...

32

Lb#7 Wave O

Aug. 9

VII. Optics: Geometrical Optics, Fermat’s Principle

33-34

 

Aug. 12

Basic Optical Instruments, Human Eye, Magnifying Glass, Microscope, Telescopes

34

Hw#10

Aug. 13

Wave Optics I, Huygens’ Principle, Interference

35

 

Aug. 14

Wave Optics II, Diffraction, Bragg Equation, Polarization, View of light by Modern Physics

35

Hw#11

Aug. 15

Cumulative Review

21-35

 

Aug. 16

Final Examinations

21-35