Physics 224 Fall 2008

Tentative Schedule


Back to course home page
Week of 
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Laboratory
August 25


Course Introduction Spreadsheet Project
No Lab
September 1
Special Relativity

Special Relativity
Special Relativity
HW Due

Error Analysis
September 8
Special Relativity

Special Relativity Spreadsheet Project Due
Special Relativity
HW Due
Michelson Interferometer
September 15
Special Relativity
FRWA Symposium

Special Relativity HW Due
Intro to LabVIEW
September 22
Blackbody Radiation
Photoelectric Effect

Compton Effect
Photoelectric Effect
September 29

Bragg Diffraction HW Due
Exam I

Cross Sections
Exam I Take-Home Problem Due
Compton Effect in
Gamma Ray Detector
October 6
Rutherford Scattering
Atoms/Rutherford

Bohr Model
HW Due
Rydberg Constant
October 13
Bohr/Moseley
Matter Waves

Matter Waves
HW Due

Characteristic X-Rays Moseley's Law
October 20
Midsemester Break
MatterWaves

Quantum Mechanics
HW Due

No Lab
October 27
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Mechanics
HW Due
Bound States in Quantum Mechanics
November 3
Quantum Mechanics
HW Due
Exam II

Hydrogen Atom
Exam II Take-Home Problem Due
Compton-Gamma Reports Due
November 10

Hydrogen Atom
Electron Spin

L-S Coupling Zeeman Effect HW Due
Franck-Hertz Experiment
November 17
Complex Atoms
Complex Atoms

Complex Atoms
HW Due
2-Electron Atoms
November 24
Transitions and Radiation
Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving Break
No Lab
December 1

Transitions and Radiation
Molecules

Molecules
HW Due
IR Spectrum of Gaseous Hydrochloric Acid
December 8
Molecules
Molecules
Review
HW Due
IR Spectrum of Gaseous Hydrochloric Acid
December 15


Exam III
8:30-10:30 am
Tuesday, December 16 Beethoven's Birthday


Back to course home page