Physics 123 - Spring 2013 - University of Rochester
General Physics III - Waves and modern physics
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Welcome to Physics 123. This is where you will find problem set assignments, solutions, etc.
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
Our Hero!!
Erwin Schrodinger
Exam grades not as good as you would like? Try the Troubleshooting guide.
Manly's regrade and exam question policy
Best numerical average distribution (used for letter grade determination. Ranges shown below.)
A 84 A- 82 to 83 B+ 79 to 81 B 71 to 78 B- 65 to 70 C+ 57 to 64 C 50 to 56
A few potentially useful links:
Bored? Check these out (trust me ... these are cool even if you aren't into physics):
FSU magnet lab powers of ten ... perspectives on size scales.
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: Monday 2:05-3:30 or by appointment ... feel free to drop by without an appt. with the understanding that I might in the middle of something else and need to set up a better time to meet.
Workshop leaders:
Joe Murphree
murphree@pas.rochester.edu
Office hour: Thursdays 8:15-9:15 pm, B&L 228 (just off of B&L 208)
Ryan Vogt
rvogt2@u.rochester.edu
Office hour: 5 pm Thursday in the Physics and Astronomy library
Workshop sections
M 1525-1725, Hylan 202, JM
T 1525-1725, Hylan 206, JM
T 1650-1850, B&L 270, RV
T 1815-2015, B&L 269, JM
W 1815-2015, B&L 315, JM
Laboratory:
email physlabs@pas.rochester.edu with question/issues
Also, you can find relevant information on the laboratory website.
Lect. 1 - January 16, 2013 - intro to course, Conceptual intro to relativity, audio
Lect. 2 - January 23, 2013 - special relativity , audio
Lect. 3 - January 28, 2013 - more relativity, audio
Lect. 4 - January 31, 2013 - relativity, audio
Lect. 5 - February 4, 2013 - relativty, simple harmonic motion, audio
Lect. 6 - February 6, 2013 - SHM, start of waves, audio
Lect. 7 - February 11, 2013 - waves, audio
Lect. 8 - February 13, 2013 - waves, audio
Lect. 9 - February 18, 2013 - waves, Fourier analysis, audio
Lect. 10 - February 20, 2013 - Waves, Fourier analysis, audio
Lect. 11 - February 25, 2013 - Electromagnetic waves, audio
electromagnetic plane wave applet
Lect. 12 - February 27, 2013 - Electromagnetic waves, audio
polarization of electromagnetic waves applet
Lect. 13 - March 4, 2013 - Polarization, start of geometric optics, audio
Lect. 14 - March 6, 2013 - geometric optics, audio
Lect. 15 - March 18, 2013 - geometric optics, complex rep. of waves, audio
Lect. 16 - March 20, 2013 - physical optics, audio
Lect. 17 - March 25, 2013 - physical optics (diffraction), audio
Lect. 18 - March 27, 2013 - origin of quantum mechanics, audio
Lect. 19 - April 1, 2013 - Bohr model of the atom, audio
Lect. 20 - April 3, 2013 - Quantum mechanics, audio
Lect. 21 - April 8, 2013 - Quantum mechanics, audio
Lect. 22 - April 15, 2013 - Quantum mechanics, no audio - technical difficulty, sorry about that
Lect. 23 - April 17, 2013 - Quantum mechanics weirdness, audio
Lect. 24 - April 22, 2013 - H atom, multi-electron atoms, audio
Lect. 25 - April 24, 2013 - magnetic spectroscopy, start of nuclear physics, audio
Lect. 26 - April 29, 2013 - nuclear physics, audio
Lect 27 - May 1, 2013 - nuclear physics, particle physics and cosmology intro, audio
Problem set 1, due on January 24, 2013
Problem set 2 , due on January 31, 2013
Problem set 3, due on February 7, 2013
Problem set 4, due on February 14, 2013
Problem set 5, due on February 21, 2013
Problem set 6, due on March 7, 2013
Problem set 7, due on March 21, 2013
Problem set 8, due on March 28, 2013
Problem set 9, due on April 4, 2013
Problem set 10, due on April 18, 2013
Problem set 11, due on April 25, 2013
Problem set 12, not to be handed in, material will be reviewed on the final exam :-)
Workshop 1, for workshops starting January 28, 2013
Workshop 2, for workshops starting February 4, 2013
Workshop 3, for workshops starting February 11, 2013
Workshop 4, for workshops starting February 18, 2013
Workshop 5, for workshops starting February 25, 2
Workshop 6, for workshops starting March 4, 2013
Workshop 7, for workshops starting March 18, 2013
Workshop 8, for workshops starting March 25, 2013
Workshop 9, for workshops starting April 1, 2013
Workshop 10, for workshops starting April 8, 2013
Workshop 11, for workshops starting April 15, 2013
Workshop 12, for workshops starting April 22, 2013
Workshop 13, for workshops starting April 29, 2013