Physics 335: Fall 2024

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 Week starting August 19

 

Course Initialization


Partial Derivative Worksheet

Worksheet 01: [ P ]

 

Time Dilation, Twin Paradox:

Especially Simple Special Relativity Notes [  P ]

    Frank and Mary spreadsheet

γγ Factor vs. ββ Factor Spreadsheet


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 Week starting August 26

Simulations:

Relative Motion: fixed (01) (02) and Comoving (01) (02)



Special Relativity Cheat Sheet [P]


Time dilation, Length Contraction,
Relativistic Velocity addition

Lorentz Transformations [ a : P ]




Week starting September 02

Acceleration Transformations [  P ]

 

Space Time diagrams

Space-Time diagram  Notes [  P ] : simultaneity and causality [ P ]

  Simultaneity:Space - time intervals

Interactive Space-Time Spreadsheet 06  [O][X]




 Week starting September 09
 

external: Interactive Space-time Diagram

   

Twin Paradox and Muons [  P ]

   

Relativistic Doppler Shift Notes [  P ]

   

Classical Doppler Shift Animation

   

Tabulated Results of Frank-Mary Experiment



Relativistic Momentum [  P ]

 

2-D Collision in two frames

Mary and Frank Collision
Frank's Frame [Gif : wmv ]
 Mary's Frame [Gif wmv ]

 

 

Relativistic Energy Derivations [  P ]


 

Worksheet 02 (Not Linked)



Worksheet 03 (Not Linked)


Electrostatic Field Transformations (Not Linked)
 Lab 01

The "Oh my God!" particle (backup)

Lab 01: Speed of Light Derivation [ P ] Images[ 1 : 2 ]
Speed of Light Calculator



Speed of light experiment [simulation : screen cast ]


Einstein Info [link purposely broken] [ 1 : 2 ]
September 11
Test 1
(Approximate Date)



Week starting September 16

Selected Topics from Chapter 3
e/m measurement
determination of e
Line spectra
Photoelectric effect










Week starting September 23
Modern Physics Timeline
Selected topics from Chapter 3





Millikan Oil Drop Experiment



Lab 02  JJ Thompson Nobel Prize site From AIP Charge to mass  ratio of the Electron [ pdf : odt ]
E over M simulation
Screencast
E over M Helper


Images :Electron Beam : E over M Experiment


 JJ Thompson Nobel Prize site
From AIP


Wave Particle Duality [ P ]

Blackbody radiation Java Applets
[1] [2] [3]
BlackBody Radiation Notes [P]

Electromagnetic Spectrum Chart


Mass Spectrometer [ P ]

 


Week starting September 30


Lab 03
  Photoelectric Effect Lab
PandemicSimulation
Simulation Screencast
Pandemic Helper

 Photoelectric Effect Notes [p : o] : Images [ 1 : 2 : 3 ] : lab [P] Java Simulation

   

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)




Week starting October 02

Elemental Discharge Spectra
Another link

Discharge Spectra Classification [P]

Lab 04
Spectra Spreadsheet
Visible Discharge Spectra [P]
External: Pandemic Atomic Spectra Simulation

Bohr Model Java applets: (1) (2) (3)

Bohr Model Worksheet [P] and solutions

 

 Thompson model Java Applet (1)

Rutherford Scattering : Java applets (1)


De Broglie waves


  Nobel Prize Site



Franck Hertz Simulations
a: requires shockwave
b: under java (German)
Another link
  Experiment Notes [P]
More FH links (2024)
WO graphics

With graphics



Week starting October 07





Lab 05
 Frank Hertz Spreadsheet An example of screen capture from  Franck Hertz experiment

1924
De Broglie Waves [  P ]







Elemental Discharge Spectra
Discharge Spectra Classification

Davisson & Germer's experiment background info
X-ray and Electron diffraction [P]
October 09
Test 2
  (Approximate Date)

Week starting October 14

 

Wave Motion Notes [  P ]

 

Animations

Formation of standing waves  : Encore

   

Superposition of waves (beat formation)

 

 

Co-moving Observer

   

Moving Spreading Gaussian Wave packet

   

Spreading Wavepacket with cars


 

Slinky:
Longitudinal Pulse :Collision:
 Transverse Pulse: Collision

   

Harmonic Traveling Wave on an Infinite String : 001 and Spooky

 

Java Applet (External)

Fourier Synthesis for Sound

 

 


Week starting October 21

 

Quantum Mechanics Notes 01 [ P ]

     

 

1D Quantum Square Well Wave Functions : n=1 and n=5

 

 

1D QM square well java applet

   

Mixed State 1D Quantum Square Well Wave Functions:2,3 : 2,4 : 3,5

   

Quantum Mechanics Notes 02 [ P ]

 Week starting October 28

 

QM Worksheet [P ]


The "Halloween" operator :)

Rectangular Barriers [  P ]

   

Rectangular Barriers Spreadsheet


  Quantum Wave Functions

Quantum SHO [ W :O: P ]: sloped square well

  They make really nice movies here

 

   

3D Quantum Square Well [ P ]

   

3D Square Well Spreadsheet




Week starting November 04
  Useful Page [P]

QM solution for the Hydrogen Atom [  P ]

   

Magnetic Effects [ P ]

   

Probability Distribution Functions [  P ]


 

Total Angular Momentum [  P ]

   

How to use circles to show addition of angular momentum [ W : P ]


      




Health Physics Society

 
 Week starting November 11
  IAEA

Nuclear Physics 01 [ P ]

    Atomic Weights and Isotopes

Nuclear Physics 02 [  P ]

 
  Periodic Chart


   

Decay Scheme [ P ]
 [1:xls : 2:Image]

 Lab 07
 

Stopping of radiation by physics text

November 13
Test 3
(Approximate Date)



Week starting November 18

Miscellaneous topics from Modern Physics

 


 


Information on Moe Berg [1 : 2 : 3 ]

Week starting December 02

Miscellaneous Topics / Classical Gravitation
Friday December 06
  Last day of Classes