PHYSICS 9B, FALL 2012

 

Tuesday/Thursday: 10:30-11:50AM, 12:10-1:30PM, RESSLR 66

 

Instructor:

Sergey Savrasov

Room 417 Phys/Geo

Tel: (530) 752 7345

e-mail: savrasov@physics.ucdavis.edu,

 

Office hours:

Tuesdays and Thursdays: 2-3:00pm, Room 417 Phys/Geo

 

Physics Club Tutoring:

 

See Physics Club Announcements page http://maxwell.ucdavis.edu/~phyclub/announcements.html

 

Readers/Graders:

 

TBA

 

Discussion Leader

 

Yiming Yang, ymyang@ucdavis.edu, office hours: every Wednesday 3-4pm in PHY 225

Valentina Prilepina, vprilepina@ucdavis.edu, office hours: TBA

 

Course:

Lectures are  10:30-11:50AM, 12:10-1:30PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays in 66 RESSLR. It is strongly advised that you attend lectures. All announcements will be available here at course webpage at http://www.physics.ucdavis.edu/~savrasov/Projects/index_teaching.htm

 

Labs:

The 9B lab manual is here ( http://www.physics.ucdavis.edu/Classes/Physics9Lab/Phy9BLab/), from which students can download and print it. (Another option is purchasing at Davis Copy Shop - formerly Navin's.)

 

Lab TAs:

 

Fall 2012 9B TA Lab Assignments

 

A01 M 8:00 -10:20 Roessler 162 Francisco Ponce  ponce@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

A02 M 10:30 -12:50 Roessler 162 Francisco Ponce ponce@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

A03 T 8:00 -10:20 Roessler 162 Rui Xiao         xiao@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

A04 T 3:40 - 6:00 Roessler 162 Francisco Ponce  ponce@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

A05 W 10:30 -12:50 Roessler 162 Louis Steele    steele@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

A06 W 6:10 – 8:30 Roessler 162 Miles Frampton   frampton@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

A07 R 1:10 - 3:30 Roessler 162 Rui Xiao         xiao@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

B01 M 1:10 - 3:30 Roessler 162 Miles Frampton   frampton@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

B02 M 6:10 – 8:30 Roessler 162 Miles Frampton   frampton@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

B03 T 6:10 – 8:30 Roessler 162 Francisco Ponce  ponce@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

B04 R 3:40 - 6:00 Roessler 162 James Morad      morad@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

B05 W 1:10 - 3:30 Roessler 162 Miles Frampton  frampton@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

B06 F 8:00 -10:20 Roessler 162 Jennifer West   jennifer@physics.ucdavis.edu

B07 F 10:30 -12:50 Roessler 162 Jennifer West  jennifer@physics.ucdavis.edu

C01 T 10:30 -12:50 Roessler 162 Rui Xiao       xiao@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

C02 T 1:10 - 3:30 Roessler 162 Rui Xiao        xiao@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

C03 M 3:40 - 6:00 Roessler 162 Bret Stenger    stenger@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

C04 W 3:40 - 6:00 Roessler 162 Louis Steele    steele@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

C05 R 8:00 -10:20 Roessler 162 Bret Stenger    stenger@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

C06 R 10:30 -12:50 Roessler 162 Bret Stenger   stenger@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

C07 R 6:10 – 8:30 Roessler 162 James Morad     morad@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

D01 M 8:00 -10:20 Roessler 164 Louis Steele    steele@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

D02 M 10:30 -12:50 Roessler 164 Louis Steele   steele@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

D03 M 3:40 - 6:00 Roessler 164 James Morad     morad@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

D04 M 6:10 – 8:30 Roessler 164 James Morad     morad@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

D05 T 8:00 -10:20 Roessler 164 Bret Stenger    stenger@ms.physics.ucdavis.edu

D06 T 10:30 -12:50 Roessler 164 Jennifer West  jennifer@physics.ucdavis.edu

D07 T 1:10 - 3:30 Roessler 164 Jennifer West   jennifer@physics.ucdavis.edu

 

 

 

Textbook:

 

University Physics , ed. by Young & Freedman, (13th edition).

[Its also OK to use earlier editions of this book. Pay attention that the exercise problems are slightly different for various editions.]

 

This text and your lecture notes are the primary sources for the course.

 

Other texts you may find useful are available in the Physical Sciences Library:

 

R.P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1 & 2,

P. Tipler, Physics

R. Serway, Physics For Scientists & Engineers

D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics

A. Hudson and R. Nelson, University Physics

 

Tentative Syllabus (approximately one chapter per week)

 

Week 0. Fluid Mechanics (Chapter 14)

Lecture 0.1  Homework 1 (test HW) (due October 7, 11pm PDT)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_mechanics
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mechanical-Engineering/2-25Fall-2005/CourseHome/

 

Week 1. Mechanical Waves (Chapter 15)

Lecture 1.1

Lecture 1.2 Homework 2(due October 14, 11pm PDT) Quiz 1 Solution

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_wave

http://dev.physicslab.org/Document.aspx?doctype=3&filename=WavesSound_IntroductionWaves.xml

http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html

http://www.mcasco.com/p1mw.html

 

Week 2. Sound and Hearing (Chapter 16)

Lecture 2.1

Lecture 2.2

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/GBSSCI/PHYS/CLASS/sound/soundtoc.html

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=37 – great applet!

 

 

Week 3. The Nature and Propagation of Light (Chapter 33)

Lecture 3.1

Lecture 3.2

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/articles/ekspong/

http://dev.physicslab.org/Document.aspx?doctype=3&filename=AtomicNuclear_DualNature.xml

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJVvtOy-ukE   RAINBOWS

 

Week 4. Geometric Optics and Optical Instruments (Chapter 34)

Lecture 4.1

Lecture 4.2

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optics

http://www.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/phys151/lectures/lecture_apr_14_2003.shtml


Week 5. Interference (Chapter 35)

Lecture 5.1

Lecture 5.2

 

http://www.mwit.ac.th/~ampornke/Content_University/Light%20Interference.htm

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/articles/ekspong/

 

 

Week 6. Diffraction (Chapter 36)

Lecture 6.1

Lecture 6.2

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction

http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/Diffraction.htm (nice applet!)

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/applets/Intro_physics/kisalev/java/slitdiffr/index.html

http://www.lks.physik.uni-erlangen.de/diffraction/

 

 

Week 7. Temperature and Heat (Chapter 17)

Lecture 7.1

Lecture 7.2

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat

http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/pre/enheat.html

http://eo.ucar.edu/skymath/tmp2.html

 

Week 8. Thermal Properties of Matter (Chapter 18)

Lecture 8.1

Lecture 8.2

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_gas

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Kinetic/idegas.html

http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/pvt/pvt.htm

http://www.shef.ac.uk/physics/people/rjones/PDFs/PHY101/PHY101_RALJ_Lect4.pdf

http://cnx.org/content/m12450/latest/

 

Week 9. The First Law of Thermodynamics (Chapter 19)

Lecture 9.1

Lecture 9.2

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_law_of_thermodynamics

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/firlaw.html

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/py105/Firstlaw.html

 

Week 10. The Second Law of Thermodynamics (Chapter 20)

Lecture 10.1

Lecture 10.2

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_of_thermodynamics

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/seclaw.html

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-nature-breaks-the-second-law

 

Grades:

 

Your final grade in this course will be composed of the following items:

 

1) Midterm exams: Two midterm exams will be given during the quarter.

 

2) Quizzes. A short 15 min. quiz will be given at the end of each week.

 

3) Homeworks: Online homework assignments are available at www.WebAssign.net or www.MasteringPhysics.com. Detailed instructions how to register will be announced.

 

4) Final Exam: A comprehensive examination of the entire quarter's work will be given

during Finals week at the end of the quarter.

 

Here are the approximate weights to be used for calculating the final grade:

 

40% for the two midterm exams ( 20% each).

40% for the final exam.

10 % for the total homework grade.

10% for the total lecture quiz grade.

 

Exams:

On midterm and final exams (excluding weekly quizzes) you will be allowed one page of notes and a calculator. If you cannot attend the midterm exam due to sickness, obtain a WRITTEN EXCUSE FROM THE HEALTH SERVICE. Only in this case you will be given the opportunity to make it up. The final exam will only be given on the day scheduled.

 

Homework & Quizzes: Homeworks must be completed by the due dates. These are a very important part of the course and those assigned are considered the BARE MINIMUM necessary to understand the course material. Ten-minute, closed book and notes quizzes will be given at the end of each week. Because we are interested in how you obtained a particular answer rather than what that answer is, NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN FOR ANSWERING QUIZZES WITHOUT WORK.

 

Clickers: We will be using clickers occasionally during lectures.  You will be accumulating extra credit points for properly answered questions during those clicker sessions.

 

Labs: You MUST be enrolled simultaneously in a lab section. Failure to take and pass the lab results in an automatic grade of "F" for the entire course. Any exception (e.g., use of a prior lab grade) requires Physics Department approval prior to the end of the first week of classes. Laboratory will be included by either raising your course grade by one step for a HIGH-PASS, keeping your course grade for a PASS or lowering your course graded for a LOW-PASS.