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Modern Physics |
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Modern Physics |
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Reading and other assignments from the main text:
Modern Physics, 2nd ed., by Kenneth Krane
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2 |
The Special Theory of Relativity | 1,4,5,6,7,8,13,14,15,16 | (a): 2,4,10,16,18 | F 1/27 |
| (b): 21,27,32,34,38 | W 2/8 | |||
| Ch. 2 - Take-home Exam A due F 2/17 | ||||
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12 |
Nuclear Structure and Radioactivity | 3,5,6,7,8,9,12,14,16,20 | 4,8,14,26,36,38 | F 2/24 |
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13 |
Nuclear Reactions and Applications | 1,2,8,9,12,15,20,21,22 | 4,16,22,28 | W 3/14 |
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14 |
Elementary Particles | 1,2,4,5,8,9,10,11,15,16,17,18,21 | 2,6,10,12,20,22(bonus) | W 3/28 |
| Ch. 12, 13 & 14 - Take-home Exam B due M 4/9 | ||||
| 15 | Astrophysics and General Relativity | 1,2,3,4,10,11 | 4,8,18,24,25; 6(bonus) | M 4/16 |
| 16 | Cosmology: The Origin and Fate of the Universe | 2,3,6,9 | 2,8,10,18,20; 14(bonus) | R 4/26 |
| Ch. 2, 12-16 - Comprehensive Final Exam: Sa 5/5, 9am-noon | ||||
Reading/Essay assignments from the secondary texts:
| due | topic |
chapters |
| W 1/18 | Relativity | Hawking 1 A Brief History of Relativity |
| W 2/1 | Relativity & Quantum | Hawking 2 The Shape of Time |
| W 2/15 | Future Evolution | Hawking 6 Our Future? Star Trek or Not? |
| M 3/12 | Nuclear Physics |
Gamow
12 Inside the Nucleus |
| W 3/21 | Particle Physics | Gamow
15 Visiting the 'Atom Smasher'
16 The Professor's Last Lecture |
| W 4/4 | Cosmology | Hawking 3 The Universe in a Nutshell |
| M 4/23 | Black Holes &
Quantum and/or Time Travel |
Hawking
4 Predicting the Future and/or Hawking 5 Protecting the Past |
In the News
Ad astra! To the stars!
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/48180
Neutron stars shattered by perfect pitch Seeing the quantum in quantum zero-point fluctuations
http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.011102
String-theory calculations describe 'birth of the universe' Coherent Schroedinger's cat still confounds
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/48045
