Physics 244, Spring 2000
Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers (3 hours)

Lecturer:
John F. Marko , Department of Physics
2374 SES,  jmarko@uic.edu
Office hours: Th 200-250 or by appointment

Lecture/Discussion 81029:
WF 1100-1150, LC E1
Th  1100-1150,  2284 SEL

Lab 81012:
Th  900-1050,  2283 SEL
TA: Angela Brandon, abrand1@uic.edu OR phys4u2@aol.com
Office: 2362 SES,  6-3419
Office Hours: T 900-950, W 200-250

Lab 81030:
Th 1200-0150, 2283 SEL
TA: Tatiana Krivosheva, tak@mozart.phy.uic.edu
Office: 2152 SES, 6-3407
Office Hours: Th 200-350

Lab 81048:
Th 1200-0150, 2293 SEL
TA: Jerry Gladky, yglad@uic.edu
Office: 2152 SES, 6-3407
Office Hours: T 1200-150

Homework Grader:
Angela Brandon, abrand1@uic.edu OR phys4u2@aol.com
Office: 2362 SES,  6-3419
Office Hours: T 900-950, W 200-250

Tutoring:
Tatiana Krivosheva, tak@mozart.phy.uic.edu
2099 SEL, W 1200-1250:

Textbook:

1. `Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers' , by John R. Taylor and Chris D. Zafiratos (Prentice-Hall 1991); this may be purchased at the bookstore.  It is also available from Barnes and Noble online for $89.75 and from Amazon.com for $85.33  (availability and prices as of 1/10/00).

2. `Physics 244 Laboratory Instruction Booklet', available at the bookstore.

Course Outline:

When
Lectures
Textbook Reading
 Homework
Lab Activity
Week 1:  Jan 10-15
Relativity
Michelson-Morley Expt; 
Postulates of Relativity; 
Time Dilation; 
Particle Lifetimes
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 
1.5 
2.1 
2.2, 2.3, 2.4 
(13.3 optional)
1.14, 1.16, 
2.3, 2.4, 2.8
No Lab
Week 2:  Jan 17-21
Length Contraction; 
Lorentz Tranformation; 
Velocity Addition
2.5 
2.6,2.7 
2.8
 2.12, 2.15, 
2.18, 2.26
No Lab 
Time dilation movie 
during discussion
Week 3:  Jan 24-28
Doppler Effect; Relativistic Mass; 
Relativistic Momentum; 
Relativistic Energy; 
Massless Particles
2.9 
3.2 
3.3 
3.4, 3,5, 3,6 
3.8
2.30, 3.4, 3.8 
3.16, 3.20, 3.34
 No Lab 
Lecture and ps help 
during discussion
Week 4:  Jan 31-Feb 4
Basic Atomic Physics
Electron; 
Quantization of Light; 
Black Body Radiation; 
Photoelectric Effect; 
X-rays, Bragg Diffraction; 
Compton Effect
4.1,4.2,4.3 
4.7 
5.1 
5.2 
5.3 
5.4 
5.6, 5.7
 3.36, 4.19, 5.3 
5.4, 5.8, 5.10, 5.18
Bragg Diffraction
Week 5:  Feb 7-Feb 11
Atomic Spectra; 
Balmer/Rydberg Formulae; 
Bohr Model of Atom; 
X-ray Spectra; 
de Broglie Waves
6.1, 6.2 
6.3 
6.5, 6.6, 6.7 
6.9 
7.2
 6.2, 6.5, 6.8, 
6.10, 6.13, 6.17 
(my apologies for 
the late posting - let's make it due FRIDAY 
IN CLASS)
Photoelectric Effect
Week 6:  Feb 14-Feb 18
Quantum Mechanics Particle/Wave Duality; 
Wave Function; 
Two-Slit Experiment; 
Waves; 
Uncertainty Principle;
7.3 
7.4 
7.5 
7.6, 7.7 
7.8, 7.9
 7.6, 7.10, 7.20, 
7.24, 7.28, 7.40, 7.43
Atomic Spectra
Week 7:  Feb 21-Feb 25
Standing Waves; 
Particle in a Box; 
Schrodinger Equation 
and its Solutions
8.2, 8.3 
8.4 
8.5 
8.6, 8.7
 These problems are due during Week 9, along with the next set, to give you more time for exam review: 
8.9, 8.12, 8.14 
8.18, 8.26, 8.28
Review for Midterm 
during lab period, 
in 2283 SEL, 
930-11 and 12-130 
Makeup of Missed Labs 
(arrange w/ Bob Potter in SEL) 
Radiation Safety Lecture during Discussion 
in 2284 SEL
Week 8
Midterm Exam
Thursday
March 2		 Midterm Exam
Thursday
March 2
Exam will be given in two groups:

10 AM-12 PM for early lab section
people, 
in 2283 SEL

11AM-1PM for later lab people,
in 2284 SEL

Please let me know IN ADVANCE if there you cannot attend the exam at these times!

 Week 1 through Week 7 No Discussion 
or Lab
Week 8:  Feb 28-Mar 3
Quantum Mechanical Description of Atoms 
3-d Schrodinger Eq.; 
Central Force Problem; 
Quantized Ang. Mom.
9.2 
9.5 
9.6
These problems are due 
during Week 9, along 
with those listed in Week 7: 
9.2, 9.18
Midterm Exam 
(see above!)
Week 9:  Mar 6-10
Hydrogenic Energy Levels 
and Wave Functions; 
Shells and Ions;
9.7 
9.8 
9.9 
9.10
 These problems are due during Week 10, after break: 
9.20, 9.22, 9.26, 9.28
Counting Statistics
Spring Break
Mar 13-17
Week 10:  Mar 20-24
Spin of Electrons 
Independent Electrons; 
Pauli Exclusion; 
Low-Z Elements; 
Periodic Table
10.2 
11.2, 11.3 
11.4 
11.5 
11.6, 11.7
 9.29, 9.31 (see Ex. 9.4), 
9.34, 9.42, 9.44, 
9.46, 10.4
Interaction of Electrons 
With Matter
Week 11:  Mar 27-31
Excited States of Atoms; 
Stationary States; 
Absorption/Emission; 
Lifetimes/Selection Rules; 
Lasers
11.8 
15.3 
15.4, 15.5 
15.6 
15.7
 10.6, 
11.5, 11.8, 11.14, 
11.16, 11.34, 
15.2
Interaction of Gamma 
Rays with Matter
Week 12:  Apr 3-7
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Force; 
Binding Energy Formula; 
Radioactive Decays
12.2 
12,3 
12.6, 12.7 
13.2, 13.3, 13.4
 15.5, 15.12, 
15.19, 15.20, 
12.10, 12.19, 12.30
Lifetimes of Nuclei
Week 13:  Apr 10-14
Nuclear Reactions; 
Molecules and Solids
Chemical Bonds; 
Solid Matter;
13.6, 13.7, 13.8 
16.2 
16.3, 16.4, 16.5 
17.1, 17.2
 12.32  12.37  12.38  12.44  13.4  13.11  13.15
Beta Decay
Week 14:  Apr 17-21
Crystals and Noncrystals; 
Electron Energy Levels 
in Solids; 
Conductors and Insulators
17.3 
17.4 
17.5
 13.19  13.20
13.36  13.42
13.47  13.55
Make Up 
for Missed Labs
(there IS a discussion)
Week 15:  Apr 24-28
Semiconductors; 
Superconductors; 
Electron Microscopy; 
Scanning Microscopy
17.6 
17.8
  
Review for Final Exam
Exam Week
May 1-5		 Final Exam
Thursday 
May 4
1030-1230 AM
E1 LC		 Week 8 through Week 15


Problem Set Solutions and Other Downloadable Course Documents:

Some of the problem set solutions will be created with a program called tth. To view this file, you need Netscape 4.x; on PCs and Macs there should be no problem if your software is up to date.

On unix machines you must add a line to the file .Xdefaults in your home directory (or if the file is absent, just make one with one line):

Netscape*documentFonts.charset*adobe-fontspecific: iso-8859-1

Click here for a graph of gamma vs. beta

Click here for solutions to Problem Set 1 (html)

Click here for solutions to Problem Set 1 (pdf)

Click here for Quiz 1 & solution (html)

Click here for solutions to Problem Set 2 (html)

Click here for solutions to Problem Set 2 (pdf)

Click here for Quiz 2 & solution (html)

Click here for solutions to Problem Set 3 (html)

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Click here for Quiz 3 & solution (html)

Click here for Quiz 4 & solution (html)

Click  here for solutions to Problem Set 4 (html)

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Click here for Quiz 5 & solution (html)

Click  here for solutions to Problem Set 5 (html)

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Click  here for solutions to Problem Set 6 (html)

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Click here for the formula sheet you will get with the midterm (pdf)

Click here for the full midterm + solutions (html)

Click here for histogram of midterm grades (html)

Click here for Quiz 6 & solution (html)

Click here for Quiz 7 & solution (html)

Click here for solutions to Problem Set 7 (html)

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Click here for solutions to Problem Set 8 (html)

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Click here for solutions to Problem Set 9 (html)

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Click here for Quiz 8 & solution (html)

Click here for solutions to Problem Set 10 (html)

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Click here for Quiz 9 & solution (html)

Click here for solutions to Problem Set 11 (html)

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Click here for Quiz 10 & solution (html)

Click here for solutions to Problem Set 12 (html)

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Click here for solutions to Problem Set 13 (html)

Click here for solutions to Problem Set 13 (pdf)

Click here for the final examination and solutions (html)

Click here for the final exam grade distribution, your final exam grade, and your course letter grade

Additional Reading and Physics 244 In The News

Time Magazine, Dec 31, 1999, p 66: Excellent article on relativity by Stephen Hawking

Science News, Jan 8, 2000, p 26: Excellent article about gravity wave detection using a two-arm interferometer similar to that used in the Michelson-Morley experiment

If you are interested in more information about relativity than the text provides, a good place to start is `Space-Time Physics' by Taylor and Wheeler.  This is an advanced introductory text which completely explains special relativity, including its interesting mathematical features.

Grading:

35% Final                 Material from last 8 weeks
25% Midterm           Material from first 7 weeks
20% Laboratory      Completion of all experiments is required to receive a passing grade
15% Quizzes            Each week, first 10 minutes of Th 1100-1150, 2284 SEL 
5% Homework         Problems from the textbook

Homework will be assigned each week, and collected in the discussion section on Thursdays.   You can also hand in homework as late as 4:30 pm Thursdays in the Physics office (2236 SES); clearly mark it with your name, the class (Phys 244),  my name (Marko) and the name of the grader (Brandon).  Homework will be taken by the department receptionist in 2236 SES.  Late homework will be returned ungraded.

For exams you may bring ONE 8-1/2 x 11 inch page of notes, and you can put what you like on BOTH sides. No other materials can be used.   Calculators may be used for calculation but not for storage or retrieval of formulae or text.

Letter grades will be assigned strictly on the basis of numerical final grades calculated with the weighting shown above.

All laboratory experiments are required.  Any missed experiments must be made up before the end of term or an E grade will be given.

Data for experiments must be notarized by your TA; write-ups are due the following week in your lab session.

Incompletes will be assigned only for students with documented medical problems that make finishing the course impossible.

Partial completion of the experiments will not be considered as grounds for an incomplete.

Exams missed without previous notice or without documentation of a medical problem will be given a zero grade.

Students must be properly registered in order to earn academic credit in this course.

Enrollment in this course will be closed out after the first week of classes.

Students may drop this course without penalty until Friday of Week 2 using UIC Express.  Between Week 3 and Friday of Week 9, LAS undergraduates are permitted two optional late drops for the duration of their college enrollment.  In order to effect such an optional drop students must either make an appointment with an LAS advisor (312-996-3366) or see an LAS advisor (UH 3rd floor) on walk-in days (8:30 am - 3:30 pm Tuesdays and Fridays of Week 9).   Students in other colleges should consult their own college advisors concerning dropping the course.

Any instance of academic dishonesty will result in a grade of E in this course, and in a recommendation to your college for dismissal from the University.  Copying of other students' work during exams and quizzes, handing in lab reports without participation in experiments,  use of other students' materials from previously taught Phys 244 courses, and other acts of misrepresentation and plagarism of written work may all be considered to be acts of academic dishonesty.

Any instance of abusive conduct, including but not limited to those related to race or gender discrimination, may be considered grounds for a grade of E and possibly dismissal from the University.

Non-class-related discussion, use of cellular phones and other similar communication devices, and other disruptive conduct is prohibited during lectures and experiments.  Each violation of this rule will result in a 1% reduction of your final grade.
John Marko, jmarko@uic.edu Department of Physics, MC 273, The University of Illinois at Chicago 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7059 office (312)996-6064, fax (312)996-9016