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Date |
Information |
Event Information |
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Week starting August 20 |
Course Initialization |
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Partial Derivative Worksheet |
Worksheet 01: [ P ] |
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Time Dilation, Twin Paradox: |
Especially Simple Special Relativity Notes [ P ] |
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Week starting August 27 |
Simulations: | |
| Special Relativity
Cheat Sheet [P] |
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Time
dilation, Length Contraction, Relativistic Velocity addition |
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| Week starting September 03 | Acceleration
Transformations
[ P
] |
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Space Time
diagrams |
Space-Time diagram Notes
[ P
] : simultaneity and causality [ P
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| Simultaneity:Space - time intervals | ||
| Week starting September 10 |
external: Interactive Space-time Diagram |
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Twin Paradox and Muons [ P ] |
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Relativistic Doppler Shift Notes [ P ] |
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| Week starting September 17 |
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Relativistic Momentum [ P ] |
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2-D Collision in two frames |
Mary and Frank Collision |
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Relativistic Energy Derivations [ P ] |
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Worksheet 02 (Not Linked) |
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| Worksheet 03 (Not Linked) | ||
| Electrostatic Field
Transformations (Not Linked) |
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Lab 01: Speed of Light Derivation
[ P
] Images[ 1 : 2 ] |
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| September 18 |
Test 1 |
(Approximate Date) |
| Week starting
September 24 |
Selected Topics from
Chapter 3 e/m measurement determination of e Line spectra Photoelectric effect
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| Modern
Physics Timeline |
Selected topics from
Chapter 3 |
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| Week starting October 01 | E over M calculator | Charge to Mass Ratio of the Electron Lab |
| Images :Electron Beam : E over M Experiment | ||
| JJ
Thompson Nobel Prize site From AIP |
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| Mass Spectrometer [ P ] | ||
| Wave Particle Duality
[
P ] |
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| Week starting October 08 | Electromagnetic Spectrum Chart | BlackBody Radiation
Notes [P] Image from RPI |
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Blackbody radiation Java Applets [1] [2] [3] |
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| JJ
Thompson Nobel Prize site From AIP |
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| Photoelectric Effect Spreadsheet |
Photoelectric Effect Notes [P] : Images [ 1 : 2 : 3 ] : lab [P] Java Simulation |
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| October
15-16 |
Fall Break |
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James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) Robert Bunsen (1811-1899): JJ Balmer (1825-1898) JJ Thompson (1856-1940): Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) Niels Bohr (1885-1962): Prince Louis-Victor de Broglie (1892-1987) Albert Einstein (1879(Ulm)-1955) : Leucippus of Miletus (480BC-420BC) |
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| Week of October 15 |
Discharge Spectra Classification [P] |
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| Lab: Spectra Spreadsheet | Visible Discharge Spectra [ P ] | |
| Week of October 22 | ||
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Bohr Model Worksheet [P] and solutions |
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Thompson model Java Applet (1) |
Rutherford Scattering : Java
applets (1)
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| De
Broglie waves |
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| Week of October 29 |
Nobel Prize Site |
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| Franck Hertz
Simulations a: requires shockwave b: under java (German) Another link Experiment Notes [P] |
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| LAB: Frank Hertz Spreadsheet | An example of screen capture from Franck Hertz experiment | |
| 1924 |
De Broglie Waves [ P ] | |
| Week of November 05 | Davisson
&
Germer's experiment background info X-ray and Electron diffraction [P] |
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| November 06 |
Test 2 |
(Approximate Date) |
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Wave Motion Notes [ P ] |
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Animations |
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Slinky:
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Harmonic Traveling Wave on an Infinite String : 001 and Spooky |
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Java Applet (External) |
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Week of November 12 |
Quantum Mechanics Notes 01 [ P ] |
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Mixed State 1D Quantum Square Well Wave Functions:2,3 : 2,4 : 3,5 |
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Quantum Mechanics Notes 02 [ P ] |
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Week of November 19 |
QM Worksheet [P ] |
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The "Halloween" operator :) |
Rectangular Barriers [ P ] |
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| Quantum Wave
Functions |
Quantum SHO [ W :O: P ]: sloped square
well |
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| They make really nice movies here | ||
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3D Quantum Square Well [ P ] |
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| November 21-25 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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| Week of November 26 |
Useful Page [P] |
QM solution for the Hydrogen Atom [ P ] |
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Magnetic Effects [ P ] |
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Probability Distribution Functions [ P ] |
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Total Angular Momentum [ P ] |
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How to use circles to show addition of angular momentum [ W : P ] |
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| IAEA |
Nuclear Physics 01 [ P ] |
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Nuclear Physics 02 [ P ] |
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Periodic Chart | |
| November 27 |
Test 3 |
(Approximate Date) |
| December 03 |
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