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:
Manly's past exams... because anticipation is always half the fun!
Grades not what you want ... Check out the Trouble-shooting guide
Exam 3 solutions (pdf) (MSword)
Final exam grade distribution (mean=62)
Best numerical average distribution (grade curve)
Bored? Check these out:
U Colorado modern physics site
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