Physics 342

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Fall 2013

Course Description: PHYS 342 is a three-credit course for students who are required by their academic major to take a course in Modern Physics. The course provides an introduction to the physical principles underlying topics in Modern Physics. The course is aimed at science/engineering students with a calculus background. Lecturer: R. Reifenberger; Office: PHYS 80; Office hours: Fridays 2:30-4:00 PM in PHYS 80. Please feel free to schedule an appointment if you cannot visit during the announced office hours. Course Web Page: You can find it at: http://www.physics.purdue.edu/phys342/ Course Email: I will attempt to set up a PHYS 342 course email account to expedite email correspondence. Please do not send emails to my personal email address. Be aware that its difficult to answer all the emails that you send (often, some questions dont make sense or dont have a simple answer) but well do our best. We will make every effort to post your emails and our answers to them on the class web page for the benefit of the entire class. Text: Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers by John C. Morrison (Academic Press, 2010). The publisher maintains a dedicated web page located at: http://booksite.academicpress.com/Morrison/physics/index.php Lectures: 1:30 - 2:20 p.m. every MWF in PHYS 203. Questions are encouraged before, during or after any lecture. Notecard questions are also encouraged. The purpose of the lectures is to allow a more detailed presentation of the principles and interconnections of the subject material covered in the textbook. It is strongly recommended that each student purchase a dedicated notebook to use for taking notes during the PHYS 342 lectures. Class Etiquette: Turn off all cell phones and pagers before entering the class room. Please no texting or web browsing during class. Assignments: The reading and homework schedules are enclosed. The reading schedule gives the approximate dates during which the text material will be discussed. This material should be read and studied before attending lecture. Students who have read the assigned material prior to class will find the lecture far more meaningful. Exams: Three exams will be given. Exams will be closed book. A one-page formula sheet will be provided with each exam. You must know your 10-digit PUID number for each exam. PUID cards will be checked during each exam. The exams in this course are intended to test real understanding and not fussy details, irrelevant issues, or tricks. I am attempting to quantify whether you as students really understand the core concepts. Exam I: Monday, Sept. 30, 8:00-9:30 PM; PHYS 112. Exam II: Monday, Nov. 4, 8:00-9:30 PM; PHYS 112. Exam III: The Office of Schedules and Space will determine the date and location.

Note: No make-up exams are scheduled for this course. This means if you arrive late for an exam or miss it entirely, there is no make-up exam that you can take. Homework: Typically 6-10 homework problems are assigned every other week. The official date each homework assignment is due must be printed clearly on each homework assignment along with your name. When writing up homework solutions, remember that neatness and completeness counts. To avoid confusion throughout the semester, its a good idea to set a few rules up front. Rule 1: Each homework assignment will have an official due date. The homework assignment must be turned in at the beginning of the lecture on each official due date. The logistics required to track partial homework submissions is formidable. Be advised you cannot turn in homework solutions in parts. Rule 2: Homework that is late by one class period will be graded and then credited with only 85% of the points earned. Rule 3: Homework solutions will be made available in class, during the next lecture following the official due date. Rule 4: Any late homework assignment turned in after the solutions are made available will still be graded and then credited with only 50% of the points earned. Rule 5: No late homework assignment will be accepted after five calendar days from the official due date. Rule 6: Because of grading constraints, the last date that a late homework will be accepted is 5PM Friday, Dec. 6, 2013 (the last day of the semester). No exceptions! Grades: There is one overall letter grade for the course, determined on the basis of 500 points as shown below. Three in class exams (100 points each) Homework (normalized) Five Quizzes Total

= 300 points = 150 points = 50 points -------------500 points

Grading Scheme: The grading scheme used in this course (either A, B, C, etc. or A+, A, A-, etc.) will be decided by a vote on the first day of class. Course Outcomes: The expected outcomes of this course are to develop an ability to identify, formulate and solve simple problems that require concepts from quantum physics. Specifically, a student should develop a broad appreciation of issues (both theoretical and experimental) that led to the development of the modern theory of quantum mechanics an ability to use Schroedingers equation to analyze electron energy states in one and two dimensional situations

a quantitative understanding of the allowed electron energies predicted by Schroedingers equation for the hydrogen atom an understanding of the statistical laws used in quantum mechanics and an ability to use these laws to analyze simple problems a general understanding of how the laws of quantum physics are used to obtain the energies of electrons embedded in the solid state of crystalline matter an ability to use the theory of special relativity to solve problems when the speed of an object approaches the speed of light an understanding of the implications of the theory of special relativity to solve kinematic problems

Course Office: The place to go for organizational information on the course is the Physics Undergraduate office, PHYS 144 (telephone: 49-42970). Help: The office hours of the teaching assistant(s) assigned to this course will be announced later. Cheating and Dishonest Behavior: Dishonesty will not be tolerated during this course. Such actions are detrimental to your own development and unfair to all other students in the university. Cheating on exams and quizzes, no matter how minor, will lead to an immediate F in the course and possible dismissal from Purdue.

Physics 342

Lecture Schedule
Syllabus updated on August 4, 2013

Fall 2013

The reading assignments are to be completed before the lecture for which the date is given. The lecture on a given day may be a little behind or ahead of the schedule given below.

Lecture
L01 L02 L03 L03 (cont.) L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 L13 (cont) L14

Date
Aug. 19 Aug. 21 Aug. 23 Aug. 26 Aug. 28 Aug. 30 Sept. 2 Sept. 4 Sept. 6 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Sept. 27 Sept. 30 Sept. 30

Topic
Course Overview Particles and Waves Roots of Quantum Physics Roots of Quantum Physics Wave-Particle Duality Schrodinger Equation LABOR DAY Infinite square well Finite square well Simple harmonic oscillator Expectation Values and Operators Barrier Reflection and Tunneling Fourier Transforms Wavepackets Schrodinger Equation in 2D Schrodinger Equation in 2D Schrodinger Equation in 3D Schrodinger Equation in 3D No official lecture: Review EXAM I: 8 PM PHYS 112 The Hydrogen Atom Eigenfunctions and Eigenvalues Angular Momentum and Magnetic Moments OCTOBER BREAK H-atom: Examples Radiative Transitions Electron Spin Pauli Exclusion Principle Statistical Laws Kinetic Theory of Gases; M-B speed distribution Boltzmann Factor Partition Function Partition Function Quantum Statistics Crystalline Solids

Chapter
Introduction 1.1 1.2 1.2 2.1 - 2.3 2.4 - 2.5 2.4 - 2.5 2.4 - 2.5 2.4 - 2.5 3.1 3.3

Homework

HMWK 1 due

HMWK 2 due

4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1

HMWK 3 due

L15 L16 L17 L18 L19 L20 L21 L22 L24 L25 L25 (cont.) L26 L27

Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 16 Oct. 18 Oct. 21 Oct. 23 Oct. 25 Oct. 28 Oct. 30 Nov. 1

4.1 4.3

4.2-4.3 4.2-4.3 5.1 7.1 Review; 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.5 8.1 8.2

HMWK 4 due

HMWK 5 due

Lecture
L28 L29 L30 L30 L31 L31 L32 L33 L34 L35

Date
Nov. 4 Nov. 4 Nov. 6 Nov. 8 Nov. 11 Nov. 13 Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov. 20 Nov. 22 Nov. 25 Nov. 27 Nov. 29 Dec. 2 Dec. 4 Dec. 6

Topic
The Reciprocal Lattice EXAM II: 8 PM PHYS 112 The Free Electron Model Free Electron Density of States Nearly free electron model NFE (continued)/ Introduction to relativity Introduction to relativity Lorentz Transformation Time Dilation Experimental Verification Relativistic velocity addition THANKSGIVING BREAK THANKSGIVING BREAK Relativistic kinematics Nuclear Structure Nuclear Stability and Radioactivity

Chapter
8.4 8.4-8.5 7.7 7.7 7.7; 11.1 11.2 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 12.1

Homework

HMWK 6 due

L36 L37 L39

12.2 14.1, 14.2 14.2, 14.3 HMWK 7 due

Dec. 9-14

EXAM III

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