PHYS 1301 (Spring 2006)
Physics of the Dark

Course Information

• Lecture: MWF 1:00am ---- 1:50 pm in Rm 124 Fondren Science.
• Instructor: Professor Bob Kehoe
• Office hours: Tuesday 11:00am ---- 1:00pm in Rm 103b Fondren Science.
• Contact:
  • Call or leave a message at (214) 768-1793, or
  • Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 106 Fondren Science, or
  • send me e-mail: <kehoe@physics.smu.edu>

• Syllabus and Homework Assignment: (PDF format)
• Regrade Policy
• Help Session: Thursday 6pm -- 8pm, Room 25 of Fondren Science
• Book Report Guidelines

• Lab Write-ups: Please print out a copy before each lab.
  • Measurement and Error (pdf file)
  • Speed of Light (pdf file)
  • Special Relativity 1 (pdf file)
  • Special Relativity 2 (pdf file)
  • Probability (pdf file)
  • Diffraction (pdf file)
  • Bohr Model 1 (pdf file)
  • Bohr Model 2 (pdf file)
  • Radioactivity (pdf file)
  • Cosmic Rays (pdf file)

• Lecture Notes
  • Chapter 1: Physics Basics (PDF file)
  • Chapter 2: Quantum Mechanics (PDF file)
  • Chapter 3: The Atom (PDF file)
  • Chapter 4: Particle Physics (PDF file)
  • Chapter 5: Relativity (PDF file)
  • Chapter 6: Gravitational Physics (PDF file)
  • Chapter 7: The Dark (PDF file)

• Very useful web sites for introductory-physics students:
  • Study Tips for introductory-physics students

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