Physics 114 - Spring 2010 - University of Rochester

General Physics II - E&M, Optics, Modern Physics

News:

We're done! Final exams are available outside B&L 203E. Have a great summer!

Ponder this:

"22,000 days. It's not a lot. It's all you got. 22,000 days." 
        - The Moody Blues , in Long Distance Voyager released in 1981

Important Links:

Information and syllabus

Manly's past exams... because anticipation is always half the fun!

Grades not what you want ... Check out the Trouble-shooting guide

Manly's exam regrade policy

Exam 1 formula sheet

Exam 1 grade distribution

Exam 1 without solutions

Exam 1 solutions

Exam 2 formula sheet

Exam 2 grade distribution

Exam 2 without solutions

Exam 2 solutions

Exam 3 formula sheet

Exam 3 grade distribution

Exam 3 without solutions

Exam 3 solutions (pdf) (MSword)

Final exam formula sheet

Final exam solutions

Final exam grade distribution (mean=62)

Best numerical average distribution (grade curve)

Bored? Check these out:

FSU magnet lab powers of ten

U Colorado modern physics site

Astronomy picture of the day

Hubble space telescope site

University of Oregon physics applet site

Physlink.com

The particle adventure

MIT TEAL E&M applets

Instructor/office hours:

Steve Manly, Department of Physics and Astronomy

reach via email: steven.manly@rochester.edu

reach via phone: 585-275-8473

reach via feet: B&L 203E

Manly's office hours: Tuesday 2-3 or by appointment

Teaching Assistant Office hours:

Fred Moolekamp: Monday, 2:30-3:30 am in B&L 373

Adam Sobolewski: Monday, 4-5 pm in the Physics and Astronomy library on B&L 3rd floor

Arnab Kar: Tuesday, 4:15-5:15 pm in B&L 304

Wei Lai: Wednesday, 1-2 pm in B&L 304

Workshop sections:

 

DAY
TIME
ROOM
TA/TI Name
TA/TI email
Mon
1300-1515 (1:00-3:00)
Hylan 203
Adam Sobolewski
Mon
1650-1930 (4:50-6:50)
Morey 524
Laura Arnold
Mon
1815-2055 (6:15-8:15)
B&L 270
Andrew Sifain
Mon
1940-2200 (7:40-9:40)
Morey 524
Corey Adams
Tue
1400-1640 (2:00-4:00)
Hutch 138
Arnab Kar
Tue
1525-1805 (3:25-5:25)
Hylan 101
Wei Lai
Tue
1650-1930 (4:50-6:50)
Wilmt 116
Adam Sobolewski
Wed
1400-1640 (2:00-4:00)
B&L 270
Adam Sobolewski
Wed
1650-1930 (4:50-6:50)
Hylan 306
Stephanie Cai
Wed
1525-1805 (3:25-5:25)
Hutch 138
Fred Moolekamp
Wed
1815-2055 (6:15-8:15)
Mel 209
Wei Lai
Thur
1525-1805 (3:25-5:25)
Hylan 206
Guang Yi Chua
Thur
1650-1930 (4:50-6:50)
B&L 269
Katie Wang
Thur
1815-2055 (6:15-8:15)
B&L 270
Stephen Keeley
Fri
1100-1300 (11:00-1:00)
B&L 270
Dan Gresh
Fri
1300-1515 (1:00-3:00)
Morey 524
Fred Moolekamp
 

Laboratory:

email physlabs@pas.rochester.edu with question/issues

 

Applets (copyright UR and Truth & Beauty software)

Coulomb
Electric field
Electric flux
Charged particle in magnetic field
Magnetic field surrounding wire(s)
Electromagnetic plane wave
Polarization in electromagnetic plane waves

Lectures:

Lect 1 - Jan. 14, 2010 - Intro to course, start of electrostatics and Coulomb's law

Lect 2 - Jan. 19, 2010 - More on Coulomb's law, start of electric field

Lect 3 - Jan. 21, 2010 - Electric field

Lect 4 - Jan. 26, 2010 - Electric flux, Gauss' law

Lect 5 - Jan. 28, 2010 - More on Gauss' law

Lect 6 - Feb. 2, 2010 - A touch of Gauss' law, electrostatic potential and energy

Lect 7 - Feb. 4, 2010 - Electric potential

Lect 8 - Feb. 9, 2010 - Potential and capacitance

Lect 9 - Feb. 16, 2010 - PDF slides: Energy in electric fields, electric fields in materials, 16 kbps mp3 audio file (7 MB), 64 kbps mp3 audio file (27 MB)

Lect 10 - Feb. 18, 2010 - Current, resistance

Lect 11 - Feb. 23, 2010 - More on current and resistance, Kirchoff's laws

Lect 12 - Feb. 25, 2010 - RC circuits, Lorentz force law

Lect 13 - March 2, 2010 - Magnetic fields, Law of Biot-Savart , Syracuse right-hand rule applets

Lect 14 - March 4, 2010 - Biot-Savart, Ampere's Law

Lect 15 - March 16, 2010 - Ampere's law, solenoids

Lect 16 - March 18, 2010 - Induction

Lect 17 - March 23, 2010 - Inductance, energy in the magnetic field, Magnetic fields in materials

Lect 18 - March 25, 2010 - Magnetic fields in materials, Maxwell's equations

Lect 19 - March 30, 2010 - Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic plane waves

Lect 20 - April 1, 2010 - polarization of EM waves, beginning of geo. optics

Lect 21 - April 6, 2010 - geometrical optics file 1 , geometrical optics file 2

Lect 22 - April 8, 2010 - Physical optics

Lect 23 - April 13, 2010 - Rise of quantum mechanics, Bohr model, infinite square well

Lect 24 - April 20, 2010 - multi-electron atoms, magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Lect 25 - April 22, 2010 - quantum weirdness, nuclear physics

Lect 26 - April 27, 2010 - nuclear physics, special theory of relativity

typical P114 student at start of class in January

same student just after P114 exam after having worked hard doing all the problem sets and coming to closure with the solutions each week

same student walking out of P114 exam having not done the problem sets religiously

Problem sets:

Problem set 1 - due at end of class on January 21
Problem set 2 - due at end of class on January 28
Problem set 3 - due at the end of class on February 4
Problem set 4 - due at the end of class on February 18
Problem set 5 - due at the end of class on February 25
Problem set 6 - due at the end of class on March 4
Problem set 7 - due at the end of class on March 18
Problem set 8 - due at the end of class on March 25
Problem set 9 - due at the end of class on April 1
Problem set 10 - due at the end of class on April 8
Problem set 11 - due at the end of class on April 22
Problem set 12 - not to be handed in ... but important for preparing for final exam

Problem set solutions:

Solutions to problem set 1
Solutions to problem set 2
Solutions to problem set 3
Solutions to problem set 4
Solutions to problem set 5
Solutions to problem set 6

Solutions to problem set 7
Solutions to problem set 8
Solutions to problem set 9
Solutions to problem set 10
Solutions to problem set 11
Solutions to problem set 12

Workshop modules:

Workshop 1 - for week beginning January 25
Workshop 2 - for week beginning February 1
Workshop 3 - for week beginning February 8
Workshop 4 - for week beginning February 15
Workshop 5 - for week beginning February 22
Workshop 6 - for week beginning March 1
Workshop 7 - for week beginning March 15
Workshop 8 - for week beginning March 22
Workshop 9 - for week beginning March 29
Workshop 10 - for week beginning April 5
Workshop 11 - for week beginning April 12
Workshop 12 - for week beginning April 19