Outline for Spring 2001

TENTATIVE OUTLINE FOR SPRING 2001:

${\cal H}$ = look it up in the HyperTextBook: http://musr.physics.ubc.ca/htb/

Week Date Reading TOPIC(s)

1. 2 Jan. Ch. 19 Thermodynamics - Domingo's Introduction (in tutorial)

2. 8 Jan. ${\cal H}$ ``Count the ways'' - defining ENTROPY in Stat. Mech.

${\cal H}$ ``What's hot?'' - defining TEMPERATURE in Stat. Mech.

${\cal H}$ Boltzmann - occupation probabilities

3. 15 Jan. ${\cal H}$ , Ch. 18 Pressure & Ideal Gases

Ch. 20,21 Engines & Refrigerators - practical Thermodynamics

4. 22 Jan. ${\cal H}$ , Ch. 22 Action at a Distance - why invent a ``field''?

${\cal H}$ , Ch. 11,23 Symmetric Conservation - Gauss' law for $\vec{g}$ & $\vec{E}$

5. 29 Jan. Ch. 24 Potential vs. Capacity

Ch. 25 ``C & thee'' - capacitance explored

6. 5 Feb. Ch. 26 ``R & I'' - resistance vs. current; Kirchhoff's rules

``RC'' - time constant in DC circuits

Ch. 27 Transport Theory

7. 12 Feb. Ch. 28 ``I cross B'' - the Lorentz force and why we invent $\vec{B}$

Ch. 29 ``Do $\vec{B}$ , do $\vec{B}$ , do!'' - moving charges make $\vec{B}$ (Biot & Savart)

``Link the loop with symmetry'' - using Ampère's law

19 Feb. Spring Reading Break

8. 26 Feb. TRIUMF tour

$\fbox{ \sl Physics Midterm Examination }$

9. 5 Mar Ch. 30 ``Don't change that flux!'' - inductance, Faraday & Lenz

``Inductive logic'' - defining, calculating and using L

10. 12 Mar Ch. 31 LCR circuits & Alternating Current

Ch. 32 Maxwell's ``Displacement Current''

11. 19 Mar Ch. 32 Maxwell's equations

``Problems with Maxwell'' - setting the stage for Einstein

${\cal H}$ , Ch. 39 ``Handwaving'' ${\cal{STR}}$ -- time dilation & Lorentz contraction

12. 26 Mar ${\cal H}$ ``Doing ${\cal{STR}}$ right'' - the Lorentz transformations

${\cal H}$ ``E=mc² and all that'' - relativistic kinematics

13. 2 Apr ${\cal H}$ ``Small stuff'' - introduction to elementary particles

$\textstyle \parbox{0.5in}{\raggedright Apr 12, 17, 20 or 24}$ $\fbox{ \sl Physics Final Examination }$

Week	Date	Reading	TOPIC(s)

1.	2 Jan.	Ch. 19	Thermodynamics - Domingo's Introduction (in tutorial)
2.	8 Jan.	${\cal H}$	``Count the ways'' - defining ENTROPY in Stat. Mech.
		${\cal H}$	``What's hot?'' - defining TEMPERATURE in Stat. Mech.
		${\cal H}$	Boltzmann - occupation probabilities
3.	15 Jan.	${\cal H}$ , Ch. 18	Pressure & Ideal Gases
		Ch. 20,21	Engines & Refrigerators - practical Thermodynamics
4.	22 Jan.	${\cal H}$ , Ch. 22	Action at a Distance - why invent a ``field''?
		${\cal H}$ , Ch. 11,23	Symmetric Conservation - Gauss' law for $\vec{g}$ & $\vec{E}$
5.	29 Jan.	Ch. 24	Potential vs. Capacity
		Ch. 25	``C & thee'' - capacitance explored
6.	5 Feb.	Ch. 26	``R & I'' - resistance vs. current; Kirchhoff's rules
			``RC'' - time constant in DC circuits
		Ch. 27	Transport Theory
7.	12 Feb.	Ch. 28	``I cross B'' - the Lorentz force and why we invent $\vec{B}$
		Ch. 29	``Do $\vec{B}$ , do $\vec{B}$ , do!'' - moving charges make $\vec{B}$ (Biot & Savart)
			``Link the loop with symmetry'' - using Ampère's law

	19 Feb.	Spring Reading Break

8.	26 Feb.		TRIUMF tour

		$\fbox{ \sl Physics Midterm Examination }$

9.	5 Mar	Ch. 30	``Don't change that flux!'' - inductance, Faraday & Lenz
			``Inductive logic'' - defining, calculating and using L
10.	12 Mar	Ch. 31	LCR circuits & Alternating Current
		Ch. 32	Maxwell's ``Displacement Current''
11.	19 Mar	Ch. 32	Maxwell's equations
			``Problems with Maxwell'' - setting the stage for Einstein
		${\cal H}$ , Ch. 39	``Handwaving'' ${\cal{STR}}$ -- time dilation & Lorentz contraction
12.	26 Mar	${\cal H}$	``Doing ${\cal{STR}}$ right'' - the Lorentz transformations
		${\cal H}$	``E=mc² and all that'' - relativistic kinematics
13.	2 Apr	${\cal H}$	``Small stuff'' - introduction to elementary particles

	$\textstyle \parbox{0.5in}{\raggedright Apr 12, 17, 20 or 24}$	$\fbox{ \sl Physics Final Examination }$