PY212 Summer II Term
2003 7/7-8/15
Milos Steinhart (version 7/18/03)
Date |
Lecture Topic
|
Chapter |
Lb/Hw(due) |
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July 7 |
I. Electrostatics: Properties of Electric Charge, Coulomb’s Law, Electric Intensity |
21 |
|
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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 |
|
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Aug. 15 |
Final Examinations |
21-36 |
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