PHYS 3305 (Spring 2008)
Introduction to Modern Physics
Lecture:
TTh 11:00am ---- 12:20 pm in Rm 157 Fondren Science.
Instructor:
Professor Bob Kehoe
Office hours:
Friday 12:00 noon ---- 2:00pm in Rm 113 Fondren Science.
Contact:
Call or leave a message at (214) 768-1793, or
Leave a note in the Physics Department Office or send me e-mail:
<kehoe@physics.smu.edu>
Syllabus and Homework
Assignment (PDF)
Textbook:
Harrison,
Modern Physics
, 2nd edition
Quizzes:
Given at start of selected lectures, roughly 20 minutes long,
closed book
.
Presentation Materials:
Motivation and Schedule
PDF
Giving a Technical Presentation
PDF
Example Presentation:
Why is there Mass in the Universe?
Test Dates:
Exam 1 - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008
Exam 2 - Tuesday, Mar. 18, 2008
Final Exam -
(Cumulative)
11:30am -- 2:30pm on Fri, May 9, 2008
Course Notes: (PDFs)
Introduction:
Notes
Chapter 2: Special Relativity
Notes
and HW Solns
#1
and
#2
Chapter 3: Particle Properties of EM Waves
Notes
and
HW Solns.
Chapter 4: Wave Properties of Matter Particles
p1
and
p2-19
Notes, and
HW Solns.
Chapter 5: Schrodinger Equation
Notes
and
HW Solns.
Chapter 6: Potential Barriers
Notes
and
HW Solns.
Chapter 7: Hydrogen Atom
Notes
and
HW Solns.
Chapter 8: Spin and Many Electron Atoms
Notes
and
HW Solns.
Chapter 10: Semiconductors
Notes
,
MP4
and
HW Solns.
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