Physics 142 - Fall 2008 - University of Rochester
Electricity and Magnetism
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"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
- Thomas Alva Edison, Life (1932)
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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: Wednesday 10:30-11:30 pm and Thursday 1:00-3:00 or by appointment (send email and we'll find a time that works)
Workshop leaders:
Mark Pecaut
mpecaut@pas.rochester.edu
Mark's office hour: Wednesday 1-2 pm in the PAS library
Jordan Webster
jwebste2@mail.rochester.edu
Jordan's office hour: Monday 3-4 pm in the PAS library
Workshop section times:
Monday 2-4 pm, MEL 218
Tuesday 5-7 pm, CSB 209
Tuesday 6:30-8:30 pm, Hutch 138
Wednesday 5-7 pm, B&L 270
Thursday 6:30-8:30 pm, B&L 108
Laboratory:
email physlabs@pas.rochester.edu with question/issues
Presentation project information
Applets (copyright UR and Truth & Beauty software)
Coulomb
Electric field
Electric flux
Magnetic field and charged particle
Magnetostatics about current-carrying wire
Induction
Electromagnetic waves
Polarization of electromagnetic waves
Lectures:
Lect 1 - Sept. 2, 2008 - Intro to course, Coulomb's law
Lect 2 - Sept. 4, 2008 - Electric force calculations, electric field
Lect 3 - Sept. 9, 2008 - Electric field
Lect 4 - Sept. 11, 2008 - Electric flux, Gauss' law
Lect 5 - Sept. 16, 2008 - Gauss' law, curvilinear coordinates
Lect 6 - Sept 18, 2008 - Gauss' law, electric potential (slides / audio 16kbps mp3 smaller file for download / audio 64kbps mp3 higher quality for streaming)
Lect 7 - Sept. 23, 2008 - electric potential
Lect 8 - Sept. 25, 2008 - electric potential, capacitance
Lect 9 - Sept. 30, 2008 - capacitance, energy in the electric field
Lect 10 - Oct. 2, 2008 - dielectrics, resistance
Lect 11 - Oct. 7, 2008 - resistance, start of Kirchoff's laws
Lect 12 - Oct. 9, 2008 - Kirchoff's laws, RC circuits
Lect 13 - Oct. 14, 2008 - Special theory of relativity
Lect 14 - Oct. 16, 2008 - Special theory of relativity, start of magnetism
Lect 15 - Oct. 21, 2008 - Lorentz force law, law of Biot-Savart
Lect 16 - Oct. 23, 2008 - Biot-Savart, Ampere's Law
Lect 17 - Oct. 28, 2008 - Ampere's Law, Start of induction
Lect 18 - Oct. 30, 2008 - Inductance, energy in magnetic field
Lect 19 - Nov. 4, 2008 - LR and LC circuits
Lect 20 - Nov. 6, 2008 - AC circuits, start of magnetism in materials (audio - 16 kbs mp3 - better for downloading, audio - 64 kbs mp3 - better for streaming)
Lect 21 - Nov. 11, 2008 - Magnetism in materials, Maxwell's equations
Lect 22 - Nov. 18, 2008 - Maxwell's equations
Lect 23 - Nov. 20, 2008 - Electromagnetic waves
Lect 24 - Nov. 25, 2008 - Electromagnetic waves, polarization
Lect 25 - Dec. 4, 2008 - Geometric Optics: 2 files + 2 audio files - file 1 pdf, file 1 audio (16 kb/s mp3, 64 kb/s mp3), file 2 pdf, file 2 audio (16 kb/s mp3, 64 kb/s mp3)
Presentation review sheets:
Dec. 2 - E&M in chemistry and medicine (spectroscopy), Superconductivity
Dec. 4 - Lightsaber, Particle accelerators and detectors
Dec. 9 - Wireless communication, Relativity and E&M
Dec. 11 - Animals and E&M, Electrical musical instruments
Problem sets:
Problem set 1, due Sept. 11, 2008
Problem set solutions:
Solutions to problem set 1
Workshop modules:
Workshop 1, for week of Sept. 8, 2008
Workshop 2, for week of Sept. 15, 2008
Workshop 3, for week of Sept. 22, 2008
Workshop 4, for week of Sept. 29, 2008
Workshop 5, for week of Oct. 6, 2008
Workshop 6, for week of Oct. 13, 2008
Workshop 7, for week of Oct. 20, 2008
Workshop 8, for week of Oct. 27, 2008
Workshop 9, for week of Nov. 3, 2008
Workshop 10, for week of Nov. 10, 2008
Workshop 11, for week of Nov. 17, 2008
Workshop 12, for week of Dec. 1, 2008
Workshop 13, for week of Dec. 8, 2008