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Overview &
Classical Review
Chapter 1		 Einstein's Postulates
Sec. 2.1 - 2		 Lorentz Transformation
Sec. 2.3 - 4
Mr Tompkins Chap 1 & 2
HW 1 due
2 1 Sep 08 3 Sep 08 5 Sep 08
Length Contraction & Time Dilation The Doppler effect &
velocity transformation
Sec. 2.5 - 6		 Momentum & Energy
Mechanical Universe
Sec. 2.7
HW 2 due
3 8 Sep 08 10 Sep 08 12 Sep 08
More Relativistic Dynamics
Mr Tompkins Chap 3 & 4		 Spacetime, GR, Lightcones
Sec. 2.8		 Relationship of Electric and Magnetic Fields through Relativity
HW 3 due
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Planck & Blackbody,
Photoelectric Effect
Sec 3.1 - 2		 Exam 1 Photoelectric Effect
5 22 Sep 08 24 Sep 08 26 Sep 08
More light as a particle (Xrays, Compton effect)
Sec. 3.3 - 4		 Pair production
Wave vs Particle
Sec. 3.5 - 6		 Matter Waves & double slit experiments
Sec. 4.1
6 29 Sep 08 1 Oct 08 3 Oct 08
Electrons as Waves
& the wave equation
Sec. 4.2 - 3		 The wave function
Sec. 4.2 - 3		 Uncertainty Principle
Observation Effects
Sec. 4.4 - 5
Mr Tompkins Chap 8 & 9
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Applications of the Uncertainty Principle & Historical atomic models The Bohr model
Sec. 4.6; Mr Tompkins Chap 11 & 11 1/2		 Standing Waves and the Schrodinger Equation
Sec. 5.1 - 2
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Fall Break Schrodinger Equation Exam 2
9 20 Oct 08 22 Oct 08 24 Oct 08
Bound states & the infinite square well
Sec. 5.3 - 5		 More infinite square well
Sec. 5.5		 Finite Square Well
Sec. 5.6
10 27 Oct 08 29 Oct 08 31 Oct 08
Simple Harmonic Oscillator
Sec. 5.7		 Working with Probability Density
Expectation Values
Sec. 5.8		 Operator Notation
Free particles
Ch. 6
11 3 Nov 08 5 Nov 08 7 Nov 08
Schrodinger in 3D
Sec. 7.1 - 3		 A central force
H atom
Sec. 7.4 - 6		 The hydrogen wavefunctions
Sec. 7.6 - 9
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Hydrogen atom Exam 3 Class canceled
13 17 Nov 08 19 Nov 08 21 Nov 08
Angular Momentum and the Magnetic Moment
Sec. 8.1		 The Stern-Gerlach experiment & spin
Sec. 8.1		 Pauli Exclusion & Building the periodic table
Sec. 8.2 - 5
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Nuclear Physics
Sec. 11.1 - 3		 Thanks- giving
15 1 Dec 08 3 Dec 08 5 Dec 08
NMR, MRI & Nuclear Reactions
Sec. 11.4 - 7		 Bands and Conduction
Sec. 10.5 - 6		 Superconductivity & fullerenes
Sec. 10.9 - 10
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