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PHYSICS 2213 A-MODERN PHYSICS

 

Final Exam:

8:00 AM, Wednesday
in regular classroom (lecture room 3)
 

Final Exam Solutions

Instructor: James Gole
EMail: james.gole [at] physics.gatech.edu
Office & Office Hours: N106, MWF 12:00-1:00 pm or by appointment
Phone: (404) 894-4029
Time &Place: Lecture Room 5, T Th 9:35am-10:55am

TAs:
Chen Li, gth686r [at] mail.gatech.edu, N207
Kevin Kubista, kubista [at] gatech.edu, C206 or N207 or S06
Serdar Ozdemir, gtg262v [at] mail.gatech.edu
Stephen Hsu, gtg039i [at] mail.gatech.edu

The OMED tutoring sessions meet in room N209 of the Physics building and open their doors from 1:00 to 4:00 PM on Mondays through Thursdays. Although we primarily see students from Mechanics and EMag, we're always available to help Modern Physics students. If the students are not able to make these times, an alternative session is available in the Lloyd-Chapin building from 5:30 to 7:30 PM on Sundays through Thursdays. Students will need to use the back door via the fire escape as the front doors are locked at 5:00 PM. Contact Stephen Hsu for any questions.

Text: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Paul A. Tipler, 4th Edition. Chapter 17, Volume 1 and Volume 3, Modern Physics. Chapters 17, 36-40 will be covered.
Full Packages are available in Engineering Bookstore.
A Review of Required Math Skills: click here (updated on Jan. 23, 2006)
 
Homework: Hand graded homework assignments will be given throughout the semester.

Group I A-F; Group II G-N; Group III O-Y
Grading Policy:
 
Three Quizzes
(each scaled to 100 points maximum)		 300 points
Drop Lowest Quiz Grade -100 points
Homework 50 points
Final Exam 150 points
Total 400 points
   
Target Grade Distribution:
 
A: 85% 340-400 points
B: 75% 300-339 points
C: 65% 260-299 points
D: 50% 200-259 points
F: 0-199 points
  No Make-Up Exams, No Programmable Calculators.
   
Homework:
Chapter Problem Date
Chapter 17 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 17
(click for Solutions)		 Jan. 17
Chapter 17 19, 20, 23
(click for Solutions)		 Jan. 19
Chapter 17 26, 32, 46, 47, 48
(click for Solutions)		 Jan. 24
Chapter 17 55, 59, 63, 66, 71, 79, 82
(click for Solutions)		 Jan. 31
Chapter 36 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
(click for Solutions)		 Feb. 7
Chapter 36 16, 18, 19, 29, 31, 37, 38
(click for Solutions)		 Feb. 9
Chapter 37 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20
(click for Solutions)		 Feb. 16
Chapter 37 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 30, 32, 44, 48, 56, 58
(click for Solutions)		 Feb. 23
Chapter 38 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 21, 24
(click for Solutions)		 March 7
Chapter 38 27, 29, 31, 34, 36, 38, 40
(click for Solutions)		 March 9
Chapter 39 2, 4, 6, 7. 8, 9, 12, 18, 21, 31, 32
(click for Solutions)		 April 6
Chapter 39 34, 37, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 55
(click for Solutions)		 April 13
Additional Material:
Relativity and the Global Positioning System
Chapter 40 2, 4, 15, 16, 17
(click for Solutions)		 April 25
Chapter 40 34, 35, 36, 57
(click for Solutions)		 April 27

 
Approximate Schedule:
Date Topic Chapter, pp.
Jan. 10 Tues. Quantization Wave-Particle Duality, Photons, Photoelectric Effect, Compton Scattering 17.1-3 pp. 509-515; 21.4 pp. 646-648
Additional Material:
Thermal Properties and Processes
Jan. 12 Thurs. Electrons and Matter Waves, Wave-Particle Duality 17.4-6 pp. 516-523; 36.2 pp. 1146-1148
Jan. 17 Tues. Particle in a Box, Infinite Square Well 17.7 pp. 524-528; 36.2
Jan. 19 Thurs. Expectation Values, Energy Quantization 17.8-9 pp. 528-532
Jan. 24 Tues. The Schrodinger Equation 36.1-2 pp. 1143-1148
Jan. 26 Thurs.  The Harmonic Oscillator 36.3 pp. 1148-1150
Jan. 31 Tues. Reflection and Transmission of Electron Waves 36.4 pp. 1151-1159
Additional Material:
  1. Scattering From a Step Potential
  2. Scattering from a Square Well and Square Barrier Potential
Feb. 2 Thurs. The Schrodinger Equation in Three Dimensions 36.5 pp. 1160-1162
Feb. 7 Tues. The Schrodinger Equation for Two Identical Particles. Pauli Principle. Bosons and Fermions 36.6 pp. 1162-1164
Feb. 8 Wed. Problem Session Lecture Room 3 5:00-6:30 PM
Feb. 9 Thurs. QUIZ 1
 (click for Solutions)
Feb. 14 Tues. Nuclear Atoms. The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom 37.1-2 pp. 1169-1176
Additional Material:
  1. Handout on refinements of Bohr theory-Supplementary Material
Feb. 16 Thurs. Quantum Theory of Atoms 37.3-5 pp. 1176-1185
Feb. 21 Tues. The Periodic Table 37.6 pp. 1185-1192
Feb. 23 Thurs. Optical and X-ray Spectra 37.7 pp. 1192-1195
Feb. 28 Tues. Molecular Bonding 38.1 pp. 1203-1210
Mar. 2 Thurs. Energy Levels and Spectra of Diatomic Molecules 38.3 pp. 1212-1219
Mar. 7 Tues. The Structure of Solids 38.4 pp. 1219-1225
Mar. 9 Tues. The Structure of Solids 38.4 pp. 1219-1225
Handout: Band Theory of Solids
Mar. 14 Tues. Semiconductor Junctions and Devices 38.6 pp. 1227-1235
March 15 Wed. Problem Session Lecture Room 3 5:00-6:30 PM
Mar. 16 Thurs. QUIZ 2
 (click for Solutions)
Mar. 28 Tues. Newtonian Relativity. Einstein Postulates 39.1-2 pp. 1244-1246
Mar. 30 Thurs. The Lorentz Transformation 39.3 pp. 1246-1253
April 4 Tues. Clock Synchronization and Simultaneity 39.4 pp. 1253-1259
April 6 Thurs. The Velocity Transformation. Relativistic Momentum 39.5-6 pp. 1260-1264
April 11 Tues. Relativistic Energy 39.7 pp. 1264-1274
April 13 Thurs. Properties of Nuclei 40.1 pp. 1284-1288
April 18 Tues. Radioactivity 40.2 pp. 1288-1294
April 19 Wed. Problem Session Lecture Room 3 5:00-6:30 PM
April 20 Thurs. QUIZ 3
 (click for Solutions)
April 25 Tues. Nuclear Reactions, Fission and Fusion 40.3 pp. 1294-1296
40.4 pp. 1297-1305
April 27 Thurs Review  
   

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