Syllabus

 

 

Physics 270                                               Spring 2005                                  Prof. H. H. Chen

 

Lectures:        Sections 0401 M 7:00 – 8:50PM, W 7:00 – 7:50PM in Physics Rm 1410.                                      Sections 0402 M 7:00 – 8:50PM, W 7:00 – 7:50PM in Physics Rm 1410.

Recitations:    Section 0401: W 8:00 - 8:50 PM, in Math B0427.

                        Section 0402: W6:00 - 6:50 PM, Room 4220 in Physics Building

                       

Office: Physics 3102

Phone: 405-6088, hsinghenchen@yahoo.com

Office Hours: To be announced

Teaching Assistants: Isaac Chappell ichappel@umd.edu

 

Prerequisites: Physics 260, 261, I also expect you to be proficient in differential and integral calculus as well as vector algebra.

Co-requisite: Physics 271

Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Volume II, Fifth Edition, by Raymond Serway and Robert Beichner.

 

Important Dates – Spring 2004

 

First day of class                                   January 26, Wednesday

Mid term #1                                          February 21, Monday

Midterm #2                                           March 28, Monday

Midterm #3                                           April 25, Monday

Last day of this class                             May 11, Wednesday

Final Exam                                            May 16, Monday, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, Phys 1410

 

Grading

Homework                                            20%

Lab (271)                                              25%

Midterms                                              10% each

Final                                                     25%

 

Reading Assignments:  You should read the text for sections listed in the schedule before coming to the lectures and recitations. Materials in the textbook not fully covered in the class should also be read. All sections listed in the schedule may appear in the exams.

 

Homework Assignments: Every Monday a set of homework will be assigned to you. They are due a week later. No credit will be given to late homework unless for a good reason. Since doing homework is the only way to truly learn physics, I strongly urge you to take them seriously. You may form groups to discuss homework problems together. But you should not copy homework from each other. If you do not do homework you will fail the class for certain. You should write neatly and have the physical reasoning of the problem clearly explained.

 

Exams: Exams are designed to test your understanding of the materials taught, discussed and assigned to you. You are supposed to memorize certain important facts, including definitions, formulas, principles, laws and theorems. The exam will be closed book. You may bring calculators but no crib sheets. No makeup exams will be given to students for any reason other then being seriously ill with a note from your physician before or immediately after the exam.

 

Laboratory

 

Physics 271(previous Physics 263A)  is the laboratory part of Physics 270, and meets in room PHYS-3220. This course carries one credit and the grade is folded in with the Physics 270 course grade. You must pass Physics 271 in order to pass the entire course. If you do not pass this part of the course you will be required to repeat the entire course. The labs meet for three hours a week. You are expected to attend each class and will be allowed to make up labs only under exceptional circumstances. For more information on the laboratory portion of this course, consult the course web page, or contact Dr. Jawahery. If you have already taken Physics 271(previous Physics 263A) and want that to count for this semester's course, please show the official grade to the instructor.

 

 

Course Schedule:

 

This course will cover Chapters 29-41 of Serway & Beichner, Volume II. The tentative schedule is the following:

 

Date                Exams            Topics                                                 Chapters from Serway

 

Wk 1

1/26                                          Magnetic Force                                                 29                    

                                                                       

Wk 2

1/31                                          Magnetic Fields

Biot Savart Law                                                29, 30

                                   

Wk 3

2/7                                            Gauss Law                                                                                                                               Ampere’s Law                                                  30

Wk 4

2/14                                          Faraday’s Law                                                  31

                                                                       

Wk 5

2/21                  Exam                Midterm 1                                                         Ch.29 - 31

2/23                                          Inductance                                                        32

                                               

Wk 6

2/28                                          Alternating Current                                            33

                                   

Wk 7

3/7                                            Electromagnetic Wave                                       34

                                   

Wk 8

3/14                                          Nature of Light                                                 35

 

Wk 9

3/21                                          Spring Break

                                                                       

Wk 10

3/28                  Exam                Midterm 2                                                         Ch 32 – 35

3/30                                          Geometric Optics                                              36

                                   

Wk 10

4/4                                            Interference                                                      37

                                   

Wk 11

4/11                                          Diffraction & Polarization                                  38

                                   

Wk 12

4/18                                          Relativity                                                          39

 

Wk 13                         

4/25                  Exam                Midterm 3                                                         Ch 36 – 39

4/27                                          Quantum Mechanics                                          40

 

Wk 14

5/2                                            Quantum Mechanics                                          41

 

Wk 15

5/9                                            Review                                                                        

                                   

 

5/16                  Exam                Final Exam                                                        All Chapters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework Assignments (Tentative)

 

Week number

Homework number

Homework Due Date

Problems

1

 

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2

1

2/7

Chap 29: 4, 12, 14, 23, 31, 39, 44; 48, 68

3

2

2/14

Chap 30: 3, 4, 16, 19, 30, 31, 34, 36, 40

4

3

2/21

 Chap 31: 2, 4, 17, 22, 26, 32, 36, 37, 44

5

4

2/28

 Chap 32: 4, 11, 14, 16, 24, 31, 36, 42, 52

6

5

3/7

Chap 33: 2, 6, 9, 16, 18, 20, 24, 30, 38

7

6

3/14

Chap 34: 3, 4, 7, 11, 13, 30, 31, 43; 58

8

7

3/21

Spring Recess

9

7

3/28

Chap 35: 2, 3, 5, 13, 16, 27, 31, 38, 39; 43

10

8

4/4

 Chap 36: 2, 12, 23, 25, 33; 41, 45

11

9

4/11

Chap 37: 1, 7, 9, 14, 17, 21, 26, 31, 44

12

10

4/18

Chap 38: 1, 8, 14, 17, 23, 31, 36, 38, 52

13

11

4/25

Chap 39: 2, 3, 6, 13, 17, 26, 31, 35, 41, 49

14

12

5/2

 Chap 40: 7, 9, 15, 18, 20, 31, 38, 42, 56

15

13

5/9

Chap 41: 3, 11, 14, 15, 17, 21, 26, 31