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General Physics 204 Fall 2008 www.physics.rutgers.edu/~croft
Instructor:Prof. Mark Croft/Serin113/445-2524/croft AT physics.rutgers.edu/MW 6:55-7:50 PM
Text: Physics Vol 2. by J. Walker (3nd Edition) PearsonPrentice Hall
Recitations:
Guang Pan (Course Admn.)PIC [guangpan AT physics.rutgers.edu,ARC ,X5-] Office Hr.=Fri. 1:30-2:30pm ARC 219
Weihua ZhengPIC [weihua AT physics.rutgers.edu,Serin ,X5-] Office Hr.=Wed. 3:20-4:20pm. ARC 108
Sanjay AroraPIC [srarora AT physics.rutgers.edu,,X5-] Office Hr.=Mon. 4:00-5:00 PM in ARC 236
Aleksej Mialitsin PIC [amialits AT physics.rutgers.edu,ARC228,X5-] Office Hr.=Th. 12:30-1:30pm in ARC 332
SEC INDEX RECIT INSTR SEC INDEX RECIT INSTR
01 04661 M 10:35-11:30AM SEC-220 Zheng 06 03684 M 5:15-6:10PM SEC-217 Zheng
02 04476 M 12:15-1:10PM ARC-206 Zheng 07 03339 M 8:25-9:20PM SEC-205 Pan
03 05232 M 1:55-2:50PM ARC-206 Pan 08 03834 M 8:25-9:20PM SEC-212 Mialitsin
04 04602 M 3:35-4:30PM SEC-212 Zheng
05 00458 M 5:15-6:10PM ARC-204 Arora
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Note:Involves entering last-name first-name and last-6-digits-of-student-number.
For free tutoring, see tutoring (scroll down to "Science". It is possible that the page has not been updated.)
Regarding Physics Dept. Tutors email kalelkar-AT-physics.rutgers.edu
Click here for homework directory. 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 Grading Scale
Exam 2 Grading Scale
Final exam average and grading scale same as Exam 1 (above).
Grade Book Projected grades will be = to Final Grade (will be posted ~4:00 12/19/08.)
000] cumulative FINAL EXAM Dec.16, Tuesday at 4:00 to 7:00 pm
ARC103=exam location PLH=exam location
Sec [recit time-place] Instructor Sec [recit time-place] Instructor
01 M 10:35-11:30AM SEC-220 Zheng 03 M 1:55-2:50PM ARC-206 Pan
02 M 12:15-1:10PM ARC-206 Zheng 07 M 8:25-9:20PM SEC-205 Pan
04 M 3:35-4:30PM SEC-212 Zheng 05 M 5:15-6:10PM ARC-204 Arora
06 M 5:15-6:10PM SEC-217 Zheng
08 M 8:25-9:20PM SEC-212 Mialitsin
Make-up EXAM procedure: talk to Prof. Croft in lecture.
0] ??Math & Science Learning Center Physics Help-Tutoring ARC 332: Tues. 10-11AM; Thurs. 11AM-1PM; Fri. 10Am-Noon.
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>
Lectures Schedule
Wk/Lect. Day-Date Topic Reading:Chapter
1/1 W Sept. 3, Intro. Electric Charge, Force, Field 19
2/2 M Sept. 8, Electric Field ; Gausses Law (GL) 19 electrice polarizability- baloons
2/3 W Sept. 10, GL cont./ Electric Potential & Energy 19/20
3/4 M Sept. 15, Electric Potential (EP) &; Energy 20
3/5 W Sept. 17, EP cont./ Electric Currents & DC Circuits 20/21 DC Circuit Construction Kit
4/6 M Sept. 22, Electric Currents & DC Circuits 21 capacitor discharge>
4/7 W Sept. 24, 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 Oct. 29, Magnetic forces & Magnetic Fields 22
5/9 W Oct. 1, Electromagnetic Induction & Faraday's Law 22/23 eddy current schematic>
solid disk in magnet video slotted disk in magnet video> zig-zag cut disk in magnet video Ring Flinger> Can Crusher>
6/10 M Oct. 6, Electromagnetic Induction & Faraday's Law 23 Faraday's Lab Falling Magnet Animation
6/11 W Oct. 8, Alternating currents 24 Faraday's Law
7/ Sun. Oct 12, EXAM#1: 3:00 – 4:20 PM (ARC-103, SEC-111) on chapters 19, 20, 21, 22
7/12 M Oct. 13, No Class
7/13 W Oct. 15, Alt. currents: Electromagnetic Waves 25
8/14 M Oct. 20, Electro. Waves/ Geometric Opt 26 Geometrical Optics
8/15 W Oct. 22, Geometric Optics & Optical Inst. 27 ray tracing site
9/16 M Oct. 27, Geometric Optics/Wave Nature of Light 28 interference in soap film>
misc. surface shock waves in nature
9/17 W Oct. 29, Wave Nature of Light-Phys. Optics 28 Wave reflection animation.
Double Slit Diffraction.
Single Slit Diffraction.
10/18 M Nov. 3, Wave Nature of Light/Relativity 29"acc. Reference frame discussion
10/19 W Nov. 5, Relativity/ Quantum Physics 30 Circular orbit of e in B field
11/ Sun. Nov. 9, EXAM#2 3:00 – 4:20 PM (ARC-103, SEC-111) on chapters 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
11/20 M Nov. 10, No Class
11/21 W Nov. 12, Relativity/ Quantum Physics 30white and atomic spectra>
12/22 M Nov. 17, Quantum Physics 30 Photoelectric Effect
12/23 W Nov. 19, Quantum/Atomic Physics 31Blackbody_Spectrum
13/24 M Nov. 24, Quantum/Atomic Physics 31 Rutherford Scattering 13/ W Nov. 26, NO CLASS THANKSGIVING BREAK Nov. 26-28 standing wave simulation
32 Quantum Square well
14/25 M Dec. 1, Quantum/Atomic Physics/Nuclear Phys. & Rad. 32 Hydrogen Atom Models
14/26 W Dec. 3, Nuclear Physics & Radioactivity 32
15/27 M Dec. 8, Nuclear Energy & Particle Physics 32 Nuclear Physics
15/28 W Dec. 10, Nuclear Energy & Particle Physics 32 Nuclear decay
Big Bang and Hitory of the Universe
FINAL EXAM Dec.16, Tuesday at 4:00 to 7:00 pm ()
RECITATION/HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS (Walker, 3nd Edition. Vol 2.)
Recitation Schedule
Wk/Rec. Day Date Class Assignment (CQ=Conceptual Questions & P=Problems)
1 no recitations 1st week
2 1 M Sept. 8. 19 :CQ: ; P:9,14,16,17,27,32,39,41,50,52,55,78
3/2 M Sept. 15. 20 :CQ: 4; P:1,6,12,17,20,
review point charge potential 23,33,
cover in next recit. 40,42,45,65,68,79,87
4/3 M Sept. 22. 21 :CQ: ; P:2,12,14,23,50,65 Additional 21 : P 10,21,26,27,49
5/4 M Sept. 29. 22 :CQ: ; P: 2,12,14,23,50,67
6/5 M Oct. 6. 23 :CQ: ; P: 3,5,7,11,14,27,48,49,65
Note !! Sun. Oct 12, EXAM#1: 3:00 – 4:20 PM (ARC-103, SEC-111) chapters 19, 20, 21, 22
7/6 M Oct. 13. 24 :CQ: 7,10: P: 5,8,19,28,57 (No quiz)
8/7 M Oct. 20. 25 :CQ:1; P: 2,19,23,25,32
9/8 M Oct. 27. 26 : CQ ; P: 29,38,40,57,59,60
27 :CQ: ; P: 13
10/9 M Nov. 3. 28 :CQ:; P: 14,17,24,34,54,71
Note !! Sun. Nov. 9, EXAM#2 3:00 – 4:20 PM (ARC-103, SEC-111) on chapters 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
11/10 M Nov. 10. 29 :CQ: ; P: 8,22,43,49,54 (No quiz)
12/11 M Nov. 17. Recitation meets. Past problems covered. (there should be a quiz - correction of error)
13/12 M Nov. 24. 30 :CQ: ; P: 1,3,9,10,14,82,55
14/13 M Dec. 1. 31 :CQ: ;P: 3,4,11,12,30,50,71
15/13 M Dec. 8. 32 :CQ: ; P: 13,14,15,16,17,24,29,42,47,50,62,64,69
FINAL EXAM Tues. Dec.16, 4:00 to 7:00 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.
LRC Tutoring for Physics 204
Tutoring for Physics 204 has typically been available through the in the Learning Resource Centers (LRCs).
The web site for the LRCs is
http://lrc.rutgers.edu/
Each week's tutoring schedule has (in the past) typically been posted on this web site on Friday afternoons.
Questions regarding this resource should be directed to
Joy Moskovitz, Coordinator of Tutorial Services
Rutgers Univ., Kreeger Learning Resource Center
151 College Ave, New Brunswick NJ 08901
732-932-1443, E-mail: jmoskovi@rci.rutgers.edu
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