PY212 Summer II Term 2003 7/7-8/15

Milos Steinhart (version 7/18/03)

 

Date

Lecture Topic           

Chapter

Lb/Hw(due)

July 7

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

21

 

July 8

Electric Flux, Gauss’ Law, Charge Density,

22

 

July 9

Work Done on Charge in E-Fields, Electric Potential

23

Hw#1

July 10

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

21, 23

Lb#1

E-Fields

July 11

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

21

 

July 14

Capacitance and Capacitors,

24

Hw#2

July 15

Electric Energy Storage and Dielectrics

24

Lb#2 Ohms L

July 16

II. Electric Currents: Ohm’s Law, Resistance

25

Hw#3

July 17

DC Circuits I, Kirchhoff’s Rules, superposition princ

26

Lb#3 RLC

July 18

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

26

 

July 21

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

25

Hw#4

July 22

Midterm Exam I

21-26

 

July 23

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

27

Hw#5

July 24

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

28

Lb#4 sCharge

July 25

Magnetic Dipoles

28

 

July 28

Applications of Magnetism

27, 28

Hw#6

July 29

Magnetic Behavior of Materials

28

Lb#5 Faraday

July 30

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

27, 29

Hw#7

July 31

Inductance, Energy of the Magnetic Field

30

Lb#6 Geo Op

Aug. 1

Circuits, LR, CR, LRC, Electromagnetic Oscillations

30, 31

 

Aug. 4

V. AC Circuits: Creation of AC Voltage and Current

30, 31

Hw#8

Aug. 5

Midterm Exam II

26-30

 

Aug. 6

Impedance, Resistance, Capacitance, Inductance, RLC

31

Hw#9

Aug. 7

VI. Electromagnetic Field: Maxwell’s Equations

32

Lb#7 Wave O

Aug. 8

Electromagnetic Waves

32

 

Aug. 11

VII. Optics: Geometrical Optics, Fermat’s Principle

33-34

Hw#10

Aug. 12

Basic Optical Elements and Instruments, Thin Lens, Human Eye, Magnifying Glass, Microscope, Telescopes

33-34

 

Aug. 13

Wave Optics I, Huygens’ Principle, Interference Diffraction, Bragg Equation, Polarization, View of light by Modern Physics

35-36

Hw#11

Aug. 14

Cumulative Review

21-36

 

Aug. 15

Final Examinations

21-36