PHYS 214 Fall 2012
PHYS 214 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Syllabus
(Answers to Chapters 35 and 36 were omitted in your textbook. They may be downloaded here.)
| Week | Date | Prelecture | Lecture | Ask the Prof | Lab | Discussion | Homework | Exam |
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| 1 |
Monday
8/27/2012 |
Lecture 1: Waves and Wave Equations pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | Homework 1 | ||||
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Tuesday
8/28/2012 |
Discussion 1 | |||||||
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Wednesday
8/29/2012 |
Prelecture 1 |
Lecture 2: Interference Text : 35.1-3 pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | |||||
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Thursday
8/30/2012 |
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Friday
8/31/2012 |
Prelecture 2 |
Lecture 3: Review & Examples pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | |||||
| 2 |
Monday
9/3/2012 |
Labor Day Holiday | ||||||
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Tuesday
9/4/2012 |
Prelab 1 Lab 1: Interference and Diffraction |
Discussion 2 Quiz 1 |
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Wednesday
9/5/2012 |
Lecture 4: Diffraction & Spectroscopy Text: 36.1-6 pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | ||||||
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Thursday
9/6/2012 |
Homework 2 | |||||||
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Friday
9/7/2012 |
Prelecture 3 | Ask the Prof | ||||||
| 3 |
Monday
9/10/2012 |
Lecture 7: Intro to Quantum Physics: Light as Particles Text: 38.1-2, 9 pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | |||||
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Tuesday
9/11/2012 |
Prelab 2 Lab 2: Photons |
Discussion 3 Quiz 2 |
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Wednesday
9/12/2012 |
Prelecture 4 |
Lecture 8: Matter Waves & Uncertainty Principle Text: 39.1-5 pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | Homework 3 | ||||
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Thursday
9/13/2012 |
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Friday
9/14/2012 |
Lecture 9: Review & Examples pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | ||||||
| 4 |
Monday
9/17/2012 |
Prelecture 5 |
Lecture 10: The Schrödinger Equation & Particle in a Box Text: 40.1 pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | ||||
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Tuesday
9/18/2012 |
Discussion 4 Quiz 3 |
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Wednesday
9/19/2012 |
Lecture 11: Particles in Finite Potential Wells Text: 40.2, 4 pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | Homework 4 | |||||
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Thursday
9/20/2012 |
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Friday
9/21/2012 |
Lecture 12: Review & Examples pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | ||||||
| 5 |
Monday
9/24/2012 |
Prelecture 6 |
Lecture 13: Barrier Penetration and Tunneling pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | Midterm Exam (7 PM) | |||
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Tuesday
9/25/2012 |
Prelab 3 Lab 3: Wave Functions Computer Exercise Lab 3 is held in room 257 |
Discussion 5 Quiz 4 |
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Wednesday
9/26/2012 |
Lecture 14: Time-Dependent Quantum States pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | ||||||
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Thursday
9/27/2012 |
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Friday
9/28/2012 |
Prelecture 7 |
Lecture 15: Review & Examples pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | Homework 5 | ||||
| 6 |
Monday
10/1/2012 |
Lecture 16: 3D Potentials and the Hydrogen Atom Text: 38.3-5; 40.5, 41.1 pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | |||||
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Tuesday
10/2/2012 |
Discussion 6 Quiz 5 |
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Wednesday
10/3/2012 |
Prelecture 8 |
Lecture 17: Angular Momentum, Spin and Atoms Text: 41.1-3 pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | Homework 6 | ||||
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Thursday
10/4/2012 |
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Friday
10/5/2012 |
Prelecture 9 |
Lecture 18: Review & Examples pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | |||||
| 7 |
Monday
10/8/2012 |
Prelecture 10 |
Lecture 19: Building Atoms, Molecules and Solids Text: 41.4; 42.1 pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | ||||
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Tuesday
10/9/2012 |
Prelab 4 Lab 4: Atomic Spectra |
Discussion 7 Quiz 6 |
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Wednesday
10/10/2012 |
Lecture 20: Consequences of Quantum Mechanics Text: 38.6,42.4, 6, 8 pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | ||||||
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Thursday
10/11/2012 |
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Friday
10/12/2012 |
Lecture 21: Review & Examples pdf ppt |
Ask the Prof | ||||||
| 8 |
Monday
10/15/2012 |
Final Exam (7 PM) | ||||||