Physics 15400 Section: 0 - Modern Physics
Instructor: Cheng Chin
Email: cchin@uchicago.edu
Lectures: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11:30am ~ 12:20pm
Location: KPTC 120
Discussion session: Tuesday 4:30 ~ 5:30pm, KPTC 120
(Week 4: Mon. Oct. 15, 7-8 pm)
TA: Eric Feng
Email: ejfeng@uchicago.edu
Office Hours:
Cheng Chin: Wednesday 3 ~ 4 pm, GCIS 107
Eric Feng: Wednesday 4:00 ~ 5:30 pm, KPTC 303
(Week 4: Wed. Oct. 17, 7-8:30 pm)
Melanie Simet: Wednesday 2~3pm, KPTC 303
Wen Zheng: Tuesday 10:30~11:30 am, KPTC 303
Joseph Paulsen: Tuesday 1:30~2:30pm, KPTC 303
Textbooks:
Modern Physics (4th edition)
Author: Paul A. Tipler and Ralph A. Llewellyn
Publisher: W.H. Freeman and Company
ISBM: o 71674345
Required textbook
Quantum Physics
Author: R. Eisberg and R. Resnick
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0 471 87373
Recommended Textbook
Class Outline: (Please contact the instructor if you wish to have a copy of the class material.)
| Wk | Lecture | Date | Topic | Textbook sections |
Pages | Home- work |
TA mtg |
| 1 | 1 | 9/24 | Introduction: Conceptual Challenges in Mondern Physics | ||||
| 2 | 9/26 | Quantization of Charge | 3.1 3.2 | 126-141 | #1 | ||
| 3 | 9/28 | Quantization of Light and Energy | 3.3 3.4 | 141-154 | #1 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 10/1 | Quantization of Energy | 4.1 | 162-186 | #1 due | |
| 5 | 10/3 | Atom-Photon Interactions I (by Dr. Serge Haroche) | 9.5 | 416-421 | |||
| 6 | 10/5 | Atom-Photon Interactions II, Supplement | 9.6 | 423-432 | #2 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 10/8 | Particle-Wave Duality | 5.1-5.3 | 203-223 | ||
| 8 | 10/10 | Selected Topic I: Manipulating Atoms with Lasers (by Dr. Serge Haroche) | |||||
| 9 | 10/12 | Superposition and Uncertainty Principle | 5.4-5.7 | 223-235 | #2 due #3 |
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| 4 | 10 | 10/15 | Schrodinger's Equation | 6.1 6.2 | 242-259 | ||
| 11 | 10/17 | Free and Confined Particles (I) | 6.3- | 260- | |||
| 12 | 10/19 | Free and Confined Particles (II) | - 6.6 | -284 | #3 due #4 |
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| 5 | 13 | 10/22 | Schrodinger's Equation in 3D and review session |
7.1 | 291-294 | #2 | |
| 10/24 | Midterm Exam I (Lec. 1~9) | ||||||
| 14 | 10/26 | Hydrogen atom | 7.2-7.3 | 294-308 | #5 | ||
| 6 | 15 | 10/29 | Hydrogen atom and periodic table | 7.4-7.7 | 308-324 | #4 due | |
| 16 | 10/31 | Indentical particles | 8.2 | 354-359 | |||
| 17 | 11/2 | Hilbert Space and quantum measurements | #5 due #6 * |
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| 7 | 18 | 11/5 | Quantum System I: Molecules (I) | 9.1 9.2 | 390-402 | ||
| 19 | 11/7 | Quantum System I: Molecules (II) | 9.4 | 406-416 | |||
| 11/9 | Student presentation (I) Quantum Dots, RHIC&STAR |
#6 due #7 |
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| 8 | 20 | 11/12 | Quantum System II: Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors (I) | 8.2 10.3 |
354-361 456-460 |
#3 | |
| 11/14 | Midterm Exam II (Lec. 10~17) | ||||||
| 11/16 | Student presentation (II) NMR, EPR Pairs, Hall Effect |
#8 | |||||
| 9 | 21 | 11/19 | Quantum System II: Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors (II) | 10.6 | 467-474 | #7 due | |
| 22 | 11/21 | Quantum System II: Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors (III) (By Dr. Nathan Gemelke) |
10.8 | 481-486 | #9 due on 11/29 |
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| 11/23 | Thanksgiving | ||||||
| 10 | 23 | 11/26 | Selected Topic II: General Relativity and Black Holes | #8 due | |||
| 24 | 11/28 | Selected Topic III: Review Session | |||||
| 11/30 | Student presentation (II) Nano-Tubes, Star Death, Quan. Wires, Quan. Sym. and Detectors |
#4 | |||||
| Fun | Travel with modern physicists courtesy of C. Henderson |
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| 11 | 12/5 | Final Exam (Lec. 10~25) |
Homework and midterm solutions: #1 #2 #3 Midterm#1 #4 #5 #6 Midterm#2 #7 #8 * #9
Evaluation
Lab 20%
Problem sets 24%
Midterms 2 x16%
Final 24%
Extra Credit 1:
Presentation 8%: 10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A
Time slots: (11/12) 11:30~11:45 am, 11:45~12 pm, 12~12:15 pm, 12:15~12:30 pm
(11/30) 11:30~11:45 am, 11:45~12 pm, 12~12:15 pm, 12:15~12:30 pm
Extra Credit 2:
Identify mistakes in the text books: 1.6% each (up to 8 %).
Recommended Colloquium, Seminar and Public Talks
1. Prof. Serge Haroche: Public colloquium talk (10/2/2007) (Strongly recommended)
2. Prof. Serge Haroche: Seminar talks (I) (10/8, 1:30 pm) and (II) (10/9, 1:30 pm)