| DATE |
LECTURE TOPICS |
READING |
| Sept. 4 |
Introduction -- Electrons -- Millikan's Experiment |
3.1, 3.1 More |
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Sept. 6
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Kinetic Theory -- Pressure of a Gas -- Equipartition Theorem
|
8.1 More
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|
Sept. 9
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Probability and Statistics -- Distribution Functions |
Appendix B2 |
|
Sept. 11
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Boltzmann's Formula
|
8.1, B3
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| Sept. 13 |
The Maxwell Distribution |
8.1 |
|
Sept. 16
|
Transport |
notes |
|
Sept. 18
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Light -- Blackbody Radiation --Planck's Constant
|
3.2
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| Sept. 20 |
Photoelectric Effect -- X-Rays -- Compton Scattering -- Photons |
3.3, 3.4 |
| Sept. 23 |
Energy Quantization -- Specific Heats |
8.4 |
| Sept. 25 |
Atoms -- Rutherford Scattering -- Bohr's Model |
4.1, 4.2, 4.3 |
| Sept. 27 |
de Broglie Waves |
5.1, 5.2 |
| Sept. 30 |
Wave Packets -- Phase and Group Velocity |
5.3 |
| Oct. 2 |
Probability Distributions -- Uncertainty Principle |
5.4, 5.5 |
| Oct. 4 |
**** EXAM 1 **** |
|
| Oct. 7 |
Wave Mechanics -- Schrodinger's Equation |
6.1 |
| Oct. 9 |
Square Well Potentials |
6.2, 6.3 |
| Oct. 11 |
Operators -- Expectation Values |
6.4 |
| Oct. 14 |
The Harmonic Oscillator |
6.5 |
| Oct. 16 |
Reflection and Transmission of Waves |
6.6 |
| Oct. 18 |
Tunneling |
6.6 More |
| Oct. 21 |
Three Dimensional Problems -- Atoms |
7.1 |
| Oct. 23 |
Angular Momentum |
7.2 |
| Oct. 25 |
Hydrogen Atom Wave Functions |
7.3 |
| Oct. 28 |
Electron Spin and Magnetic Moment |
7.4 |
| Oct. 30 |
Fine Structure in Hydrogen -- Zeeman Effect |
7.5, 7.7 More |
| Nov. 1 |
**** EXAM 2 **** |
|
| Nov. 4 |
Multi-Electron Systems -- Pauli Principle |
7.6, 6.7 |
| Nov. 6 |
Periodic Table |
7.6 |
| Nov. 8 |
Quantum Statistics |
8.2 |
| Nov. 11 |
Diatomic Molecules |
9.2, 9.4 |
| Nov. 13 |
Electromagnetic Radiation -- Selection Rules |
6.4 More |
| Nov. 15 |
Absorption and Stimulated Emission |
9.5 |
| Nov. 18 |
Lasers |
9.6 |
| Nov. 20 |
Solids -- Crystal Structure |
10.1 |
| Nov. 22 |
Electrical Conduction |
10.2 |
| Nov. 25 |
**** EXAM 3 **** |
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| Nov. 27 |
Free Electron Gas -- Fermi Energy |
10.3 |
| Nov. 29 |
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
|
| Dec. 2 |
Energy Bands I |
10.5 |
| Dec. 4 |
Energy Bands II |
10.5 More |
| Dec. 6 |
Impurities |
10.6 |
| Dec. 9 |
Junctions |
10.7 |
| Dec. 11 |
Superconductivity |
10.8 |
| Dec. 13 |
Open |
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| Dec. 19 |
**** FINAL EXAM **** |
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