| PDF version: | Download syllabus and course schedule here. |
| Instructor: | Jones |
| Email: | mjones@physics.purdue.edu |
| Title: | Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics II |
| Offering: | Spring, 3 credit hours. |
| Room : | Phys 112 |
| Time : | M,W,F 3:30-4:20 pm |
| Prerequisites: |
Phys 272H,
Phys 241 |
| Text: | A. P. French, Vibrations and Waves, M.I.T. Introductory Physics Series |
| | Eugene Hecht, Optics - 4th Edition, Addison Wesley (recommended) |
| Grading: | 30% assignments, 30% midterm, 40% final
|
| | Lowest assignment grade discarded. |
| Description: |
The physics of waves and oscillations including sound, elastic, and electromagnetic waves.
Topics range from the theory of simple harmonic oscillators, transverse modes of a continuous
string, and physical optics including interference, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction,
and resolution, diffraction of X-rays and electrons by crystals. |
| Schedule: |
| Week of Jan 13 | Introduction to free vibrations |
| Jan 20 | Linear approximations (No class Monday - MLK jr. Day) |
| Jan 27 | Damped oscillations |
| Feb 3 | Forced oscillations and resonance |
| Feb 10 | Coupled oscillating systems |
| Feb 17 | Coupled systems of many oscillators |
| Feb 24 | Waves in continuous media |
| Mar 3 | Waves in 3 dimensions |
| Mar 10 | Impedance and reflections |
| Mar 13 | (Thursday) Midterm exam - 8-10 pm, room 112... solutions... Distribution of grades. |
| Mar 14 | (Friday) No class. |
| Mar 17 | No classes - spring break |
| Mar 24 | Maxwell's equations |
| Mar 31 | Reflection of polarized light |
| Apr 7 | Geometric optics |
| Apr 14 | Interference phenomena |
| Apr 21 | Diffraction phenomena |
| Apr 28 | Review |
| May 8 | Final exam (Thursday) 3:30-5:30 pm, Phys 112... Distribution of grades |
| You can bring two pages of formuals/notes to the exam. |
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| Assignments: |
Assignment 1 - Now due January 27th...
Solutions. |
| | Assignment 2 - Due February 10th...
Solutions. |
| | Assignment 3 - Due February 28th... Here are some suggestions. Please skip question 2(e).
Solutions. |
| | Assignment 4 - Due March 10th...
Solutions. |
| | Assignment 5 - Due April 4th...
Solutions. |
| | Assignment 6 - Due April 16th...
Solutions. |
| | Assignment 7 - Now due Wednesday, April 30th...
Solutions. |
| Lecture notes: | Will be found here... |
