Physics 420: Principles of Modern Physics (Spring 2006)

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KEY ANNOUNCEMENT

SECOND TAKE HOME TEST GIVEN OUT ON THURSDAY APRIL 20. DUE ON THURSDAY APRIL 27 AT 3.30 PM. IN CLASS EXAM ON THURSDAY APRIL 27, 3.30-5.00 PM. EACH COUNTS 50%.

FIRST TEST WILL BE A COMBINATION OF TAKE-HOME AND CLASS EXAM. THE TAKE-HOME PORTION WILL BE GIVEN ON THURSDAY MARCH 9 AND WILL BE AT CLASS TIME (BEFORE CLASS BEGINS) ON TUESDAY MARCH 14. THE IN CLASS PART WILL BE TUESDAY MARCH 14, 3.30-5.00. THE EXAM WILL COVER CHAPTERS 1,2,3.

CHECK LECTURE NOTES, HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS AND SUPPLEMENT

SOLUTIONS TO SET 1 HAVE BEEN POSTED

THERE WILL BE A PROBLEM SOLVING SESSION ON THURSDAY FEB. 16, 5-6 PM

FOR THURSDAY FEB. 16 PREPARE BY READING B. GREEN'S ARTICLE IN SUPPLEMENTS

SIMULATION SITES FOR SPACETIME DIAGRAMS ARE IN RESOURCES

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Instructor

 

Professor Dennis Papadopoulos

Phone:301-405-1526

Office: CSS 2309

Email:kp@astro.umd.edu

 

Teaching Assistant 

Lijun Zhu

Office: PHYS4223

Office hours:Monday 100-3.00 pm

Email: ljzhu@umd.edu