The table below shows the sections from the textbook Modern Physics by Harris that pertain to the corresponding lecture.
| LECTURE | DATE | TOPIC | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9/2 | Overview of Physics | 1.1, 1.2 |
| 2 | 9/4 | Spacetime | 2.1 |
| 3 | 9/9 | Proper Time | 2.2 |
| 4 | 9/11 | 4-Vectors | 2.3 |
| 5 | 9/16 | Momentum and Energy | 2.6, 2.7 |
| 6 | 9/18 | Introduction to Quantum Mechanics | 3.1, 3.2, 3.6 |
| 9/23 | NO LECTURE | ||
| 7 | 9/25 | Blackbody Radiation, Specific Heat of Gases | 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 |
| 8 | 9/30 | Particle - Wave Duality | 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 |
| 9 | 10/2 | State Vectors | |
| 10 | 10/7 | Wavefunctions | |
| 11 | 10/9 | Schrodinger Equation | 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 |
| 12 | TBD | Particle in a Box 3D | 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.11 |
| 13 | 10/14 | Schrodinger Equation | |
| 14 | 10/16 | Particle in Potential Well | |
| 10/21 | MID TERM EXAM | ||
| 15 | 10/23 | Central Force | 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 |
| 16 | 10/28 | Angular Momentum | 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 |
| 17 | 10/30 | The Hydrogen Atom | 7.7, 7.8 |
| 18 | 11/4 | Spin | 8.1, 8.2 |
| 19 | 11/6 | Exclusion Principle | 8.3, 8.4 |
| 20 | 11/11 | Spin-Orbit Coupling | 8.5, 8.6 |
| 21 | 11/13 | Statistical Distributions | 9.1, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 |
| 22 | 11/18 | Fermion and Boson Gases | 9.6, 9.7, 9.8 |
| 23 | 11/20 | Energy Bands | 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 |
| 24 | 11/25 | Semiconductors | 10.7, 10.8, 10.9 |
| 25 | 12/2 | Particle Physics | 12.1, 12.2 |
| 26 | 12/4 | The Standard Model | 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6 |
| 27 | 12/9 | Cosmology | 2.8, 12.7 |
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