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Physics 227 - Analytical Physics IIA

Electricity and Magnetism
 Fall, 2007


Note: Expect small changes throughout the semester.

Syllabus

September
October
November
December

Textbook
The assigned reading is from our textbook:
Young and Freedman: University Physics, Volume 2, 12th Edition, Pearson/Addison Wesley, San Francisco, 2007

(If you are continuing onto Physics 228, then you may consider buying the combination of Volume 2 and Volume 3 together.  Although bulkier, it will be cheaper).

Please complete the assigned reading before each lecture, and be sure to bring your iclicker  transmitter with you to lecture. You will be quizzed on the reading at the beginning of each lecture, and you will be asked to participate interactively throughout the lecture with the iclicker. Please register your iclicker using the link above.

There are WWW-based homework assignments throughout the semester using Mastering Physics.  The Mastering Physics course ID for Fall 2007 is RABEFALL07. 

  • For the first week and a half of classes, Sept. 6-13th only, there will be two assignments.  The first is to familiarize you with Mastering Physics, and we encourage you to do this well in advance of the deadline, so that you are sure you are familiar with the procedure for entering formulae. Both are due at 10 PM on Mon, Sept. 17th.
  • After that, there will be just one set of problems each week, due at 10 PM on Monday, though we encourage you to do them before the weekend.
The problems will be graded by Mastering Physics, which rigidly enforces the deadlines for completion.

Schedule

  • Tuesday recitation sections start on Sept. 11th.
  • Wednesday recitation sections start on Sept. 12th.

In the first column "L" = Lecture, "R" = Recitation, "E" = Exam, "N" = No class, "V" = Review, and  "TBA" = "To Be Announced."

Type Date Assignment
L 1 Thurs 9/6 Read Ch. 21: 1-3. Coulomb's Law                                                   Top
 
L 2 Mon 9/10 Read Ch. 21: 4-6. Electric Fields
Note: Section 21:7 will be covered in lecture 5.
R Tues 9/11
Wed 9/12 		Recitation Meetings: YF 21.1-3
MasteringPhysics H1:
first and second part: deadline 10 PM Monday, Sept 17.
L 3 Thurs 9/13 Read Ch. 22: 1-3. Electric Flux, Gauss' Law
 
L 4 Mon 9/17 Read Ch. 22: 4-5. Applying Gauss's Law; Conductors in Electrostatics
R Tues 9/18
Wed 9/19 		Recitation Meetings: YF 21:4-6, 22:1-5
MasteringPhysics H2 deadline 10 PM Monday, Sept. 24
L 5 Thurs 9/20 Read Ch. 23: 1, 2, 5, Ch 21:7. Electric Potential
 
L 6 Mon 9/24 Read Ch. 23:3-4 Calculating Potentials
R Tues 9/25
Wed 9/26 		Recitation Meetings: YF 21.7 - 23:1-5
MasteringPhysics H3 deadline 10 PM Monday, Oct. 1
L 7 Thurs 9/27 Read Ch. 24:1-3. Capacitors and stored energy
 
L 8
 Mon 10/1
 Read Ch. 24:4-5. Dielectrics [we will skip 24:6] . Review for Exam
R Tues  10/2
Wed 10/3
 Recitation Meetings, YF Ch 24.1-5
MasteringPhysics H4 deadline 10 PM Monday, Oct. 8
L 9 Thurs 10/4
 Read Ch. 25:1-3. Current, resistance, Ohm's law
 
L 10 Mon 10/8 Read Ch. 25:4-6. Circuits, EMF, Power, model of resistivity     Top
R Tues 10/9
Wed 10/10 		Recitation Meetings: YF Chap. 25.1-6
MasteringPhysics H5 deadline 10 PM Monday, Oct. 15
L 11 Thurs 10/11 Read Ch. 26:1-2. Combinations of resistors, Kirchhoff's rules
 
V Mon 10/15 Review for Exam
R Tues 10/16
Wed 10/17 		Recitation Meetings: YF Chap. 26.1-2. Review for  Exam
MasteringPhysics H6 deadline 10 PM Monday, Oct.  22
E Weds 10/17 1st Midterm Exam (CH1) 9:40pm - 11:00pm  Chapters 21-25
L 12 Thurs 10/18 Read Ch. 26: 3-5. RC circuits, electrical instruments
 
L 13 Mon 10/22 Read Ch. 27: 1-5. Magnetic fields and forces
R Tues 10/23
Wed 10/24 		Recitation Meetings: YF Chap 26.3-5, 27.1-5
MasteringPhysics H7 deadline 10 PM Monday, Oct. 29
L 14 Thurs 10/25 Read Ch. 27: 6-9. Hall Effect; Forces on Currents
 
L 15 Mon 10/29 Read Ch. 28: 1-5. Biot-Savart Law, magnetic force (Field of a Current)
R Tues 10/30
Wed 10/31 		Recitation Meetings: YF Chap 27.6-9, 28.1-5
MasteringPhysics H8 deadline 10 PM Monday,  Nov. 5 Top
L 16
 Thurs 11/1
 Read Ch. 28:6-7. Ampere's Law, Gauss' Law     
 
L 17 Mon 11/5
 Read Ch. 29.7, 28.8. Displacement current, magnetism                 
R Tues 11/6
Wed 11/7 		Recitation Meetings: YF 28.6-8, 29.7
MasteringPhysics H9 deadline midnight Thursday, Nov. 15.
L 18
 Thurs 11/8
 Read Ch. 29:1-4. Induction: Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law
 
V
 Mon 11/12
 Review for Midterm Exam 2.
R
 Tues 11/13
Wed 11/14		 Recitation Meetings: YF Chap 29.1-4, Review for Exam
MasteringPhysics H10 deadline 10 PM Monday, Nov. 19
E
 Wed 11/14
 2nd Midterm Exam.  (CH2)  9:40pm - 11:00 pm. Chapters 26- 28, and displacement curent, Ch. 29.7
L 19 Thurs 11/15 Read Ch. 29:5-8. Induced EMF, Maxwell's Equations
 
L 20
 Mon 11/19 Read Ch. 30: 2-4. Inductance, RL circuits
L 21
 Tues 11/20
NOTE: Thursday
Classes.
 Read Ch. 30: 1, 5-6. Mutual Inductance, circuits with L and C (LC and RLC)
N Wed 11/21
Thurs 11/22
Fri 11/23		 Thanksgiving vacation.
Enjoy your turkey!
 
L 22 Mon 11/26 Read Ch. 31: 1-2. AC circuits 
R Tues 11/27
Wed 11/28		 Recitation Meetings: YF Chapter 29.5,6,8,  Chapter 30.1-6
MasteringPhysics H11 deadline 10 PM Thursday , Dec 5
L 23 Thurs 11/29   Read Ch. 31: 3-6. AC RLC circuits  
 
L 24 Mon 12/3
 Read Ch. 32: 1-4. Electromagnetic waves, Energy and Momentum                                                            Top
R Tues 12/4
Wed 12/5 		Recitation Meetings: YF Chap 31:1-6
MasteringPhysics H12 deadline 10 PM Thursday, Dec. 13
L 25 Thurs 12/6
 Read Ch. 32: 5-6. Standing waves, antennas, spectrum
V
 Thurs 12/6
 Review session. (Provisional)
8.05pm -10.00pm, location to be announced
 
L 26 Mon 12/10 The Mathematics of Electricity and Magnetism
V
 Mon
12/10
 Review session. (Provisional)
8.05pm -10.00pm, location to be announced.
R Tues 12/11
Wed 12/12 		Recitation Meetings: YF 32.1-5
Review.
N Thurs 12/13
- on 		Study!
V
 Fri
12/14
 Help Desk.  MSLC, 3rd Floor ARC
10am-3pm
 
V
 Mon
12/17
 Help Desk.  MSLC, 3rd Floor ARC
10am-12noon, 1pm-3pm
E Monday 12/17
 MAKE UP EXAM, 8:00-11:00 AM
Permission required; please see or email Prof.  Karin Rabe.
E Provisional
Tues 12/18 		FINAL EXAM, 4:00 - 7:00 PM, Chapters 21-32          Top

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Piers Coleman (coleman@physics.rutgers.edu)
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