Physics 247

 A Modern Introduction to Physics


 Professors Daniel Chung and Gary Shiu
Teaching Assistant Ryan Gavin

Office Hours:
    Daniel Chung, 5207 Chamberlin Hall, T 9-10 AM, W 10-11 AM
    Gary Shiu, 5279 Chamberlin Hall, TW 2:00-3:00 PM
   Ryan Gavin, 4257 Chamberlin, MT 4:30-5:30 PM

Lectures:
MWF 8:50-9:40 AM  
2241 Chamberlin

Discussions:
W 1:20-2:10    1412 Sterling
     Th 1:20-2:10   2116 Chamberlin
      F 1:20-2:10   2135 Chamberlin

Laboratories:
M 1:20-4:15
T 1:20-4:15
W 2:25-5:20
4136 Chamberlin

Homework Assignments

Set #

Problem Set

Solution Set

1
2 #2
3 #3 #3
4
 TL Ch. 1 - # 6, 8 (a,c,d), 26, 28, 41, 43, 46  Hint: Apply eqn 1-24 of T&L (note: we will derive this equation in class).
5
 T&L Chapter 1 #33, 35 51, 53, 55, 59
                                                                               
7) A spaceship of proper length L = 200 m travels at a speed of 0.68c past a radio station. At the instant that the tail end of the ship passes the radio station as noted by an observer in the station, a signal is sent by the station's transmitter and subsequently detected by the receiver in the nose of the spaceship. Assume that the instant the nose of the spaceship passes the radio station, the clocks aboard the ship and at the station are synchronized to t = t' = 0. a) At what time, according to the clock aboard the spaceship, is the signal sent? b) At what time, according to the clock at the radio station, is the signal received by the spaceship? c) At what time, according to the clock aboard the spaceship, is the signal received? d) Where, according to an observer at the radio station, is the nose of the spaceship when the signal is received?
6
 TM Ch 6 #33, 45, 53, 61, 71, 72, 86, 89
7
 TM Ch 7 #25, 41, 74, 85
8
 #8
9
 #9
10
 T&L Chapter 2: 7, 9, 21, 23, 39, 44, 46, 49
11
 TM Ch 12: 17, 23, 39, 52, 65

 

Exams

Exam 1 (2000)  Exam 1 (2003) Exam 1 (2005)
Exam 1 (2006)

 Exam 2 (2000) Exam 2 (2003) Exam 2 (2005)
Exam 2 (2006)

Exam 3 (2000) Exam 3 (2003) Exam 3 (2005)
Exam 3 (2006)
Discussion section practice problem for final

 

Week

Laboratories
2
 MC1(errors and motion)
3
 M4 (acceleration in free fall)
4
 M6 (uniform circ. motion)
6
 Measurement in Relativity (handout link soon to appear)
7
 Paradoxes (handout link soon to appear)
8 MC12-b
10
 MC9 (Angular acc and moments of inertia)
11
 MC11 (collisions)
12
 MC7 & MC8 (pendula)
13
 M5 Projectile Motion

FINAL EXAM
12/19/2006
5:05PM-7:05PM
RM 2241