PHY293
Oscillations and Waves
Instructor:
Professor William Trischuk
(rm 814, tel (416) 978-8095, william@physics.utoronto.ca)
Office Hours: Friday, Dec 15 11am to 1pm
Monday Dec 18, 11am to 1pm
Secretary:
Crystal Liao (rm 804, tel (416) 978-1543)
Topics |
Textbook |
Lecture Notes
In this part of the course we will study modern physics. In
particular two paradigm shifting theories: Special Relativity and
Quantum Mechanics revolutionised the way we think about the world
in the early 1900s and have led to breakthroughs in many other areas
of science since they've become understood. Both of these areas of
physics are far away from our everyday interactions with the world
but are necessary to explain many of the most fundamental aspects
of the Universe. By the time we finish this part of the course I
hope you have some appreciation of their consequences and are
beginning to gain some familiarity with how these theories go about
predicting the physical phenomena of the very fast (things travelling
near the speed of light) and the very small (individual particles the
size of single protons or electrons).
The required textbook for the oscillations part of the course is Modern Physics
(Second Edition) by Randy Harris. Copies will be available in the bookstore. I will expect you to be familiar
with the sections of the text indicated in the table below before coming to class and will aim
to make the lecture material complementary to what is in the textbook, not just describing what is there.
The first tutorials for PHY293/Modern Physics part
will be held in the week of October 23rd (after we've had a few lectures
in this section fo the course) and will continue to the end of term.
What follows is the outline for this part of the course.
I will post some notes after each lecture. This is the first
time (in 15 years...) that I am giving this course so they
will not be finalised until after the lectures are given. Until they
are posted you will just get broken links.
Similarly suggeseted problem sets will be posted on the day they are going
out, before the lectures, not earlier.
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Lecture Date |
Topic |
Textbook Reference |
Problem Sets |
Quizzes/Tests |
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| October 24 |
Intro/Intro to Modern Physics |
Chapter 1 |
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| October 27 |
Intro to Special Relativity |
Sections 2.1, 2.2 |
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| October 30 |
Lorentz Transformations |
Sections 2.3, 2.6 |
Problem Set #4 |
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| October 31 |
Paradoxes in Relativity, Doppler Shift |
Sections 2.4, 2.5 |
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| November 3 |
The Twin Paradox |
Sections 2.4, 2.5 |
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| November 6 |
Lorentz Invariants, Light Cones |
Sections 2.9, 2.10 |
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| November 7 |
Relativistic Energy/Momentum, Relativistic Kinematics |
Sections 2.7 |
Solutions #4 |
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| November 10 |
Intro to Quantum Mechanics |
Section 3.1 |
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All versions of Quiz 3 |
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| November 13 |
Black Body radiation, Photoelectric Effect |
Section 3.1, 3.2 |
Problem Set #5 |
Quiz 3 (Solutions) |
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| November 14 |
X-ray production, Compton Scattering |
Section 3.3, 3.4 |
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| November 17 |
Inelastic Processes |
Sections 3.4, 3.5 |
Solutions #5 |
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| November 20 |
Wave-Particle Duality of Light |
Sections 3.6, 4.1 |
Problem Set #6 |
Term Test #2 |
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| November 21 |
More on Wave Particle Duality |
Sections 4.1, 4.2 |
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Solutions to Term Test #2 |
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| November 24 |
Matter Waves, Uncertainty Principle |
Sections 4.4, 4.5, 4.7 |
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| November 27 |
Atomic Models |
Section 4.6 |
Solutions #6 |
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| November 28 |
Schrodinger Equation |
Sections 4.3, 5.1, 5.2 |
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| December 4 |
Wave Functions, Infinite Square Well |
Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 |
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Quiz 4 solutions |
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| December 5 |
Wave Functions and Probability: (Non)Stationary States |
Sections 5.8, 5.9 |
Exam Front Page + Equations |
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| Extra |
Interpretations of QM |
Solutions to MP part of final exam |
Suggested Problems 7 |
Solutions # 7 |
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