Physics
214: Modern Physics (Spring 2025)
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Lecture notes |
Solutions to homework
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Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 |
HW2 HW3 HW4 HW5 HW6 |
Course
schedule
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January 13 Galilean coordinate transformation Read: Ch37: 1 HW1: Homework on
the lecture notes |
January 15 Einstein’s principle of relativity-1 Read: Ch37: 1 No homework |
January 16 No lab |
January 17 Einstein’s principle of relativity-2 Read: Ch37: 1 No homework No homework due |
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January 20 Happy Holiday! |
January 22 Simultaneity Read: Ch37: 2 HW2: Ch37: 1 |
January 23 No lab |
January 24 Time dilation Read: Ch37: 3 HW2: Ch37: 2,3,4,5 HW1 due |
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January 27 Time dilation: Applications Read: Ch37: 3 HW3: Ch37: 6,7 |
January 29 Length contraction Read: Ch37: 4 HW3: Ch37: 9,10 |
January 30 No lab |
January 31 Length contraction: Applications Read: Ch37: 4 HW3: Ch37: 12,13 HW2 due |
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February 3 Lorentz transformation Read: Ch37: 5 HW4:
Ch37: 16 |
February 5 Lorentz transformation: Applications Read: Ch37: 5 No homework |
February 6 Lab #1 RELLAB a, b |
February 7 Lorentz velocity transformation-1 Read: Ch37: 5 No homework HW3 due |
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February 10 Lorentz velocity transformation-2 Read: Ch37: 5 HW5:
Ch37: 17,18,19,20 |
February 12 Happy Holiday! |
February 13 Lab #2 RELLAB c, d, e, f |
February 14 Relativistic Doppler effect Read: Ch37: 6 HW5:
Ch37: 22,23,24 HW4 due |
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February 17 Relativistic momentum Read: Ch37: 7 HW6:
Ch37: 27,29 |
February 19 Relativistic energy Read: Ch37: 8 HW6:
Ch37: 31,33,35,39 |
February 20 Lab #3 RELLAB g, h, i |
February 21 Photoelectric effect Read: Ch38: 1-2 No homework HW5 due |
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February 24 X-ray production Read: Ch38: 1-2 HW7:
Ch38: 1,6,7,10,12 |
February 26 Homework review No homework |
February 27 No lab |
February 28 Exam 1 No homework HW6 due |
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March 3 Compton scattering Read: Ch38: 3 HW8:
Ch38: 13,15,16,17,20 |
March 5 Exam 1 review |
March 6 Lab #4 Photoelectric Effect and Planck’s Constant |
March 7 The uncertainty principle Read: Ch38: 4 HW8:
Ch38: 21,22,23 HW7 due |
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March 17 De Broglie waves Read: Ch39: 1 HW9: Ch39:
3,6,11,14 |
March 19 The nuclear atom Read: Ch39: 2 HW9: Ch39:
17 |
March 20 Lab #5 Emission Spectrum of Hydrogen |
March 21 Bohr’s model of the atom-1 Read: Ch39: 3 HW9: Ch39:
20,21,29,30 HW8 due |
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March 24 Bohr’s model of the atom-2 Read: Ch39: 3 No homework |
March 26 Blackbody radiation-1 Read: Ch39: 5 HW10: Ch39:
38,41,42,59 |
March 27 Lab #6 Measurement of the q/m Ratio of the
Electron |
March 28 Blackbody radiation-2 Read: Ch39: 5 No homework HW9 due |
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March 31 Wave functions and Schrödinger equation-1 Read: Ch40: 1 HW11: Ch40:
4,5,6 |
April 2 Wave functions and Schrödinger equation-2 Read: Ch40: 1 No homework |
April 3 No lab |
April 4 Particle in a box Read: Ch40: 2 HW11: Ch40:
10,11,14,18,20 HW10 due |
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April 7 Particle in a well Read: Ch40: 3 HW12: Ch40:
22,23,26 |
April 9 Homework review No homework |
April 10 Lab #7 Electron Diffraction |
April 11 Exam 2 No homework HW11 due |
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April 14 Potential barriers and tunneling Read: Ch40: 4 HW13: Ch40:
29,30,31 |
April 16 Exam 2 review No homework |
April 17 Lab #8 Nuclear Counting and Statistics |
April 18 Harmonic oscillator Read: Ch40: 5 HW13: Ch40:
35,36,37 HW12 due |
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April 21 Hydrogen atom-1 Read: Ch41: 3 HW14: Ch41:
12,16,18,19 |
April 23 Hydrogen atom-2 Read: Ch41: 3 No homework |
April 24 Lab #9 Graphical Schrödinger Equation |
April 25 Zeeman effect Read: Ch41: 4 HW14: Ch41:
21,22 HW13 due |
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April 28 Electron spin Read: Ch41: 5 HW15: Ch41:
27,28 |
April 30 Exclusion principle and the periodic table Read: Ch41: 6 HW15: Ch41:
29,30 |
May 1 No Lab |
May 2 Lab visit (Currens Hall 111) No homework HW14 due |
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May 5 Final Exam, 3:00-4:50 pm |
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