PHYS 1301 SYLLABUS	Dr. S. Dalley
	IR = Ins. Rel., QU = Qua. Uni.
DATE	TOPIC	READING
16-Jan	The Scientific Enterprise: Posing Models	IR 1.1-1.4
18-Jan	LAB-Math pre-requisites workshop
21-Jan	No class - MLK holiday
22-Jan	The Scientific Enterprise: Posing Models	IR 1.5-1.8
23-Jan	Classical Background I	IR 2.1-2.3
25-Jan	LAB-Measurement and Error	manual
28-Jan	Classical Background II	IR 2.4-2.6
30-Jan	Classical Background III	IR 2.7
1-Feb	LAB-Probability	manual
4-Feb	The Special Theory of Relativity	IR 3.1-3.6
6-Feb	The Special Theory of Relativity	IR 3.7-3.10
8-Feb	LAB-Speed of Light	manual
11-Feb	Consequences of Special Relativity	IR 4.1-4.5
13-Feb	Consequences of Special Relativity	IR 4.6-4.8
15-Feb	LAB-Introduction to Special Relativity	manual
18-Feb	The General Theory of Relativity	IR 5.1-5.5
20-Feb	The General Theory of Relativity	IR 5.6-5.8
22-Feb	LAB-More with Special Relativity	manual
25-Feb	Cosmology of General Relativity	IR 6.1-6.2
27-Feb	Cosmology of General Relativity	IR 6.3-6.6
29-Feb	Mid-term Exam (in your lab session)
3-Mar	Waves Versus Particles	QU 1: Science & Experiment, Quantum Mechanics
5-Mar	Waves Versus Particles	QU 1: The Double Slit Experiment
7-Mar	LAB-Diffraction	manual
17-Mar	Matter Waves and Uncertainty	QU 2 Watching Electrons, Uncertainty Principle, Photography
19-Mar	Matter Waves and Uncertainty	QU 3: Matter Waves, Schrodinger's Equation, Optics
21-Mar	No lab - Good Friday Holiday
24-Mar	Atoms and Nuclei	QU 4: Rutherford's Nuclear Atom
26-Mar	Atoms and Nuclei	QU 4: Quantized Energy Levels, The Hydrogen Atom
28-Mar	LAB-The Hydrogen Spectrum	manual
31-Mar	Quantum Co-operation	QU 7: Laser Light
2-Apr	Superfluids	QU 7: Bose Condensation, Cold Atoms, Superconductivity
4-Apr *	LAB-The Bohr Model	manual
7-Apr	Quantum Tunneling	QU 5: Barrier Penetration, Wave Tunnelling, Applications
9-Apr	Quantum Tunneling	QU 5: Alpha Decay, Mass-Energy, Radioactivity & the Bomb
11-Apr	LAB-Radioactivity
14-Apr	Quantum Jumps	QU 8: Max Born, Schrodinger's Cat, Many Worlds, Decoherence
16-Apr	Feynman Rules	QU 11: Dirac & Anti-particles, Virtual Particles
18-Apr	LAB-Particle Identification I (Tutorial)
21-Apr	Weak Photons & Strong Glue	QU 12: Double-Slit Revisited, Birth of Particle Physics
23-Apr #	Weak Photons & Strong Glue	QU 12: Weak Photons & Higgs Vacuum, Quarks & Gluons
25-Apr	LAB-Particle Identification II
28-Apr	Research Frontiers	QU 12: Beyond the Standard Model
30-Apr	LAB-make-up lab and Final help session	manuals
5-May	Final Exam (3-6pm)
	* Drop Date
	# Essay Due