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click here Prof. Croft's personal web page.
General Physics 204 Fall 2015 www.physics.rutgers.edu/~croft
Instructor:Prof. Mark Croft/Serin113/848-445-8746/croft AT physics.rutgers.edu/MW 6:55-7:50 PM
Text: Physics Vol 2. by J. Walker (4th Edition) Pearson Prentice Hall [ISBN: 978-0-321-61112-3 check]
Recitations:
Leonardo Santana (Course Admn.) PIC [santana AT physics.rutgers.edu, ARC239] Office Hr.= Fri. 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Vaibhav Dwivedi PIC [dwivedi AT physics.rutgers.edu, ARC228] Office Hr.= Tues. 9:30-11:30 am
Deepti Jain PIC [jain AT physics.rutgers.edu, ARC222] Office Hr.= Wed 10:00am-noon
SEC INDEX RECIT INSTR SEC INDEX RECIT INSTR
01 03256 M 10:35-11:30AM SEC-220 Dwivedi 06 02593 M 5:15-6:10PM SEC-217 Dwivedi
02 03124 M 12:15-1:10PM ARC-206 Santana 07 02364 M 8:25-9:20PM SEC-212 Santana
03 03625 M 1:55-2:50PM ARC-206 Dwivedi 08 02688 M 8:25-9:20PM SEC-217 Dwivedi
04 03222 M 3:35-4:30PM SEC-212 Jain 09 12923 M 5:15-6:10PM ARC-110 Jain
05 00383 M 5:15-6:10PM SEC-212 Santana 10 12924 T 3:35-4:30PM ARC-108 Jain
11 12925 T 6:55-7:50PM SEC-220 Jain
VIEW YOUR GRADES
Note:Involves entering net-ID and Rutgers CAS password.
Click here for homework problem/solution directory [get password info in lecture]. Note: click on file to view.
Click here for lecture note directory.
Note: lec-01-204.pdf means pdf-file of lectures of week and just click on file to view.
selected formulas for all tests
!!Announcements:
Exam 1 scale.
Exam 2 scale.
Final Exam scale.
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0000] EXAMS
formulas for Final
CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM Wed. Dec. 16, 4-7 PM
Location=ARC 103 Location=Physics LH
Sec Instructor Sec Instructor
01 Dwivedi 02 Santana
03 Dwivedi 05 Santana
06 Dwivedi 07 Santana
08 Dwivedi 11 Jain
04 Jain
09 Jain
10 Jain
Note: Final Makeup EXAM on Thurs Dec. 17 10:00 AM meet at Prof. Croft's office Serin 113
Note: No graphing calculators or formuls storage calculators allowed at any exam.
Note: All questions about exams should be asked in lecture.
BRING TRANSPARENT PLASTIC RULER-STRAIT EDGE TO FINAL!!!
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0] Physics Tutors Fall 2015
1] Recitation Quizzes are a major part of the grade! Do not miss them !!
2] Lecture Notes in the lecture note directory linked above.
3] Students may go to any office hr. in the course. The instructor's pictures are accessible by clicking on their names.
4] For a note on the "shoot-the-monkey" demo, accelerating reference frames
and Einstein's General Theory of Relativity from last semester click here>
5] Additional Material On Bohr, U and Th> On the WWII Pu-implosion bomb>
Lecture Schedule
Wk/Lect. Day-Date Topic Reading:Chapter
1/1 W Sept. 2, Intro. Electric Charge, Force, Field 19
2/2 Tues Sept. 8, Electric Field ; Gausses Law (GL) 19 electrice polarizability- baloons
[Tues=Mon Classes]
2/3 W Sept. 9, GL cont./ Electric Potential & Energy 19/20
Note Chapter 19 Problems covered in lecture in first 3 lectures
3/4 M Sept. 14, Electric Potential (EP) &; Energy 20
3/5 W Sept. 16, EP cont./ Electric Currents & DC Circuits 20/21 DC Circuit Construction Kit
4/6 M Sept. 21, Electric Currents & DC Circuits 21 DC & AC Circuit Construction Kit
capacitor discharge>
4/7 W Sept. 23, Magnetic forces & Magnetic Fields 21/22 Faraday Motor schematic
Video (.rm) of elec. beam perp. to magnetic field.
Faraday Motor video>
Video (.rm) of elect. beam parallel to magnetic field.
5/8 M Sept. 28, Magnetic forces & Magnetic Fields 22
5/9 W Sept. 30, Electromagnetic Induction & Faraday's Law 22/23 eddy current schematic>
solid disk in magnet video
6/10 M Oct. 5, Electromagnetic Induction & Faraday's Law 23 Faraday's Lab Falling Magnet Animation
slotted disk in magnet video> zig-zag cut disk in magnet video Ring Flinger> Can Crusher>
6/11 W Oct. 7, Alternating currents 24 Note: "PHASOR" CONCEPT NOT USED IN THIS COURSE
7/ Sun. Oct 11, EXAM#1: 8:10-9:40 PM on chapters 19, 20, 21, 22 (selected -discuss in lecture)
7/12 M Oct. 12, Make Up Exam in LH (No Lecture but Recitation meets!)
Faraday's Law
7/13 W Oct. 14, Alt. currents: Electromagnetic Waves 25 Radio Wave Simulation
7/14 M Oct. 19, Electro. Waves/ Geometric Opt 26 Geometrical Optics
8/15 W Oct. 21, Geometric Optics & Optical Inst. 27 one lens/mirror ray tracing site
2 lens ray tracing site
9/16 M Oct. 26, Geometric Optics/Wave Nature of Light 28 interference in soap film>
surface shock waves in nature
9/17 W Oct. 28, Wave Nature of Light-Phys. Optics 28 Wave reflection animation.
Double Slit Diffraction.
Single Slit Diffraction.
10/18 M Nov. 2, Wave Nature of Light/Relativity 29"acc. Reference frame discussion
10/19 W Nov. 4, Relativity/ Quantum Physics 30 Circular orbit of e in B field
11/20 W Nov. 9, Relativity/ Quantum Physics 30white and atomic spectra>
11/21 M Nov. 11, Quantum Physics 30 Photoelectric Effect
12/ Sun. Nov. 15, EXAM#2 8:10-9:40 PM on chapters 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 (part discussed in lecture)
12/22 M Nov. 16, No Lecture but Recitation meets! (Make Up Exam in LH)
12/23 W Nov. 18, Quantum/Atomic Physics 31Blackbody_Spectrum
13/24 M Nov. 23, Quantum/Atomic Physics 31 Rutherford Scattering
32 Hydrogen Atom Models 13/25 W Nov. 26, NO CLASS THANKSGIVING BREAK
13/ W Nov. 25, NO CLASS (Wed. =Fri classes THANKSGIVING BREAK)
14/25 M Nov. 30, Quantum/Atomic Physics/Nuclear Phys. & Rad. standing wave simulation
32 Quantum Square well- other potentials
14/26 W Dec. 2, Nuclear Physics & Radioactivity 32 Atomic wave functions.
15/27 M Dec. 7, Nuclear Energy & Particle Physics 32 Alpha Decay
Beta Decay
Nuclear Fission
15/28 W Dec. 9, Nuclear Energy & Particle Physics 32 Nuclear decay
Big Bang and History of the Universe
Problems in Lect 32 :CQ: ; P: 16,17,18,20,31,35,48,53,56,73,75,80
CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM Wed. Dec. 16, 4-7 PM
Make-up Final Thurs. 17 Dec. 10 am meet at Prof. Croft's office (Serin 113)
RECITATION/HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS (Walker, 4th Edition. Vol 2.)
Recitation Schedule
Wk/Rec. Day Date Class Assignment (CQ=Conceptual Questions & P=Problems)
1/1 T Sept. 1 Tues, Recit. Meet. Introduction: Roster check: Discuss office hrs. (No quiz)
2/1 T Sept. 8 Mon. Classes Meet on Tues.
Introduction: Roster check: Discuss office hrs. (No quiz)
selected problems 19 :CQ: ; P:18,23,27,28,38,43,51,53,65,67,70,101
Chapter 19 Problems covered in lecture also
3/2 M/T Sept. 14/15. continue chapt 19 problems (No quiz)
begin 20 :CQ: 4; P:2,7,13,19,22,
review point charge potential 28,39
4/3 M/T Sept. 21/22. 20 P:50,52,55,83,86,97,105
other chapter 19 and 20 problems
5/4 M/T Sept. 28/29. 21 :CQ: ; P:2,17,19,31,61,62,83 Additional 21 : P 14,29,38,39
6/5 M/T Oct. 5/6. 22 :CQ: ; P: 8,19,21,30,59,88
Note !! Sun. Oct 11, EXAM#1: 8:10-9:40 PM on ch21, 22 (selected -discuss in lecture)
7/6 M/T Oct. 12/13. 23 :CQ: ; P: 3,5,7,11,16,34,57,59,81
(No quiz)
8/7 M/T Oct. 19/20. 24 :CQ: 7,10: P: 5,8,19,28,68
9/8 M/T Oct. 26/27 25 :CQ:1; P: 3,21,25,27,34
10/9 M/T Nov. 2/3 : 26 CQ ; P: 36,51,53,70,72,73,74
11/10 M/T Nov 9/10. 28 :CQ:; P: 18,21,30,31,40,51,63
Note !! Sun. Nov. 15, 8:10-9:40 PM--EXAM#2 on chapters 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 (part discussed in lectue)
12/11 M/T Nov. 16/17. 29 :CQ: ; P: 12,27,48,55,60
(No quiz)
13/ M/T Nov. 23/24. No Recitations
14/12 M/T Nov. 30/Dec. 1. 30 :CQ: ; P: 2,4,10,16,20,65
15/13 M/T Dec. 7/8. 31 :CQ: ;P: 3,4,15,16,36,37,61,86
Covered in Lecure 32 :CQ: ; P: 16,17,18,20,31,35,48,53,56,73,75,80
CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM Wed. Dec. 16, 4-7 PM
Readings: The weekly reading assignments are listed on the syllabus and should be
completed before the corresponding lectures.
Homework: Only after organizing in your mind what the chapter is about (the
Summary at the end of the Chapter should be useful), should you work on the
homework problems. You will best learn the material by first doing the homework
on your own. It is also useful to study with other students in the course
(not only can you get ideas for those things you didn't understand but
explaining the material is perhaps the very best way to truly learn it yourself).
Finally selected problems will be discussed in recitation.
Solutions to homeworks will be posted on the web.
Examinations: Two 90 min. hour exams (HE); and a final (FIN)180 min. exam. The exams
are closed book, a single sheet with formulae will be provided to you (bring no notes with you).
A simple calculator (without extensive formula storage capabilities) and a no. 2 pencil are needed for the exams.
The exams are multiple choice. The exam dates are noted on the syllabus.
Recitation Quizzes: A short quiz, based on recent previous material will be given in
recitation (no quiz first week or on weeks of hour exams).
A calculator is required. There will be no make-up for quizzes.
Grades: The course grade will be determined by your scores on:
HE 1 (20%); HE 2 (20%); FIN (40%); recitation quizzes (20%).
In determining your quiz recitation grade the two lowest scores will be neglected. Also the recitation quiz contribution to the final grade will be appropriately weighted to compensate
for systematic differences in instructors.
Math\Science Learning Center (Allison Rd Classroom Bld./Busch Campus/445-3123/3898
This Learning Center typically provides some support services for this course. Help with the technical parts
of the homeworks may also be possible. Please contact the center for more information.
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