Welcome to Physics 4E, Quantum Physics, Spring 2015

Announcements

You can pick up your final and quiz 5 at instructor's office Friday 6/12 11am-noon.
Quiz 5 and final grades are posted
Final solutions are posted
Quiz 5 solutions are posted
Final exam is Monday June 8th, 8am, York 3000A.
Instructor office hours Friday June 5th will be 2-3pm rather than 11am.
Fifth quiz is Friday June 5th, 10am
Homework for week 10 is posted.
Quiz 4 grades are posted
Homework for week 9 is posted.
Quiz 4 solutions are posted
Supplementary readings: Magnetic moment, Zeeman effect.
Quiz 3 redo grades are posted. Only the higher of the Quiz3, Quiz3 redo grades will count for each student.
Fifth quiz will be Friday June 5th, 10am, York 3000A, rather than Monday June 1st as originally planned.
Homework for week 8 is posted.
Fourth quiz is Friday May 22, 10am, York 3000A, rather than Monday May 18 as originally planned.
Quiz 3 redo solutions are posted
Quiz 3 redo is due Mon May 11 at the beginning of the lecture.
Homework for week 7 is posted.
Quiz 3 grades are posted
Quiz 3 solutions are posted
Third quiz is Monday May 4th, 10am, York 3000A. You can bring a sheet with formulas for the quiz (no words, just formulas).
Homework for week 6 is posted.
Supplementary reading for week 5: (1) finite square well, (2) transitions, (3) (optional) harmonic oscillator solution.
Quiz 2 grades are posted
Homework for week 5 is posted.
Quiz 2 solutions are posted
Second quiz is Monday April 20, 10am, York 3000A. You can bring a sheet with formulas for the quiz (no words, just formulas).
Topics discussed in this week's discussion section.
Supplementary reading for week 3: Rutherford scattering
Homework for week 3 is posted.
Quiz 1 redo: Use same bluebook you used for the quiz. Due Monday 4/13 at the lecture.
Quiz 1 grades are posted (see link "Quiz and final grades" below).
Supplementary reading for week 2: mass spectrometer, derivation of Compton's equation.
Quiz 1 solutions are posted (see link "Quiz and final solutions" below).
Homework for week 2 is posted.
First quiz is Monday April 6, 10am, York 3000A.
Topics discussed in first discussion section.
First lecture is Monday March 30, 10am, York 3000A.
First quiz is Monday April 6, 10am, York 3000A.
Topics for week 1: Tipler Chpt. 8-1, Classical statistics, up to (not including) Heat capacities... and Tipler Chpt. 3-2, blackbody radiation
Supplementary reading for week 1: distributions, kinetic theory, Boltzmann, equipartition, modes of oscillation
Homework for week 1 is posted, see link "Homework assignments and solutions" below

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Course Materials:

Course Schedule
Books on reserve at the library
Homework assignments and solutions
Quiz and final solutions
Quiz and final grades
Web links

Course Information:

Lectures: MWF, 10-10:50am, York 3000A ; Th, 5:00-5:50pm, CSB 004
Quizzes: some Mondays (see Course Schedule), 10:00-10:50am, York 3000A. Attendance required.
Discussion: W 4-4:50pm, York 3000A
Problems: Th 7-8-50 pm, HSS 2321
Final exam: tba
Course Text: Tipler and Llewellyn, Modern Physics, 6th Edition
Text website: http://bcs.whfreeman.com/tiplermodernphysics6e/
Course Description: See General Catalog

Instructor and TA Information -

Instructor: Jorge Hirsch, 5310 Mayer Hall, Ext. 4-3931, e-mail: [email protected]
Office Hour: Fr 11-12, MH 5310

Teaching Assistant: Daniel Ben-Zion, [email protected]
Office Hour: M 4-5, 5202 Mayer Hall

Course Format

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: Problems from the book will be assigned every week, solutions will be posted on the web page . To fully understand the material, you should work most of the problems on your own without help of the solution key. Homeworks will not be graded.
QUIZZES: Quizzes will be given on alternate Mondays, the first one on April 6th (five quizzes). There will be lectures on the other Mondays. There will be no make-up quizzes.
COURSE GRADE: The best four quizzes or the five quizzes will count for 40% or 50% of the course grade. The final exam will count for the rest of the grade.

General Information

For extra help, try the Physics Department Evening Tutorial Center
Students with Disabilities
UCSD Physics Courses Homepage
Physics Department Web page
TritonLink - UCSD student website.