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Winter 2003
This information effective for Winter 2003. Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
Physics
[PHYS-006B] [PHYS-088A]
6B. Introduction to Physics II
Winter
2003
Instructor: Robert Johnson
Office:
323 Natural Sciences II; phone 459-2125
E-mail:
johnson@scipp.ucsc.edu
Textbook: University Physics, Young and Freedman, 10th Edition, Volumes 1 and 2
Syllabus
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Dates
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Topics
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Reading
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HW
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Lab
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1
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Jan 3 | Elasticity, stress, strain. |
11.5-11.8
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None
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2
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Jan 6 Jan 8 Jan 10 |
Waves and wave motion. Wave speed and energy. Wave interference, standing waves. |
19.1-19.4
19.5-19.8 20.1-20.3 |
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Waves
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3
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Jan 13 Jan 15 Jan 17 |
Normal modes. Harmonic content. Interference, resonance. Sound and hearing. |
20.4-20.5
20.6-20.7 21.1-21.3 |
2
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Speed of Sound
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4
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Jan 22 Jan 24 |
Beats, Doppler effect, shock waves. Midterm Exam I. |
21.4-21.6
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3
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None
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5
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Jan 27 Jan 29 Jan 31 |
Electromagnetic spectrum and light waves, reflection, refraction. Internal reflection, dispersion. Polarization, scattering, Huygen. |
33.8,
34.1-34.3 34.4-34.5 34.6-34.8 |
4
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Geometric Optics
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6
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Feb 3 Feb 5 Feb 7 |
Geometric optics, reflection. Geometric optics, refraction. Light, interference. |
35.1-35.5
35.6-35.7 37.1-37.4 |
5
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Polarization of Light
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7
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Feb 10 Feb 12 Feb 14 |
Light, interference. Light, diffraction. Light, diffraction. |
37.5-37.7
38.1-38.4 38.5-38.9 |
6
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Wave Optics
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8
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Feb 19 Feb 21 |
Optical instruments. Midterm exam II. |
36.1-36.4
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7
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None
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9
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Feb 24 Feb 26 Feb 28 |
Optical instruments. Pressure in fluids, buoyancy. Surface tension, Fluid flow. |
36.5-36.7
14.1-14.4 14.5-14.7 |
8
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None
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10
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Mar 3 Mar 5 Mar 7 |
Turbulence and viscosity. Temperature, thermal expansion. Specific heat, calorimetry, heat transfer. |
14.8-14.9
15.1-15.5 15.6-15.8 |
9
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Fluids
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11
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Mar 10 Mar 12 Mar 14 |
Equations of state, kinetic theory. Heat capacities, phase changes. |
16.1-16.4
16.5-16.7 |
Heat
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88A. Relativity and Cosmology, 2 credits (Freshman Discovery Seminar)
Days/Time:
Tuesdays, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 231
Call Number: 38596
Instructor: Joel Primack
Course Description:
Special and general relativity applied to black holes and to the universe as a whole, the big bang, dark matter, and the formation of galaxies and large scale structure in the universe. This course is intended to be an introduction to 21st century astronomy, and it should be especially interesting to students who are thinking of majoring or minoring in Astrophysics.
Enrollment limited to 20. Enrollment restricted to first-year students, except by permission of the instructor.
Readings:
Required: Hester, Jeffrey S., et al., 21st Century Astronomy (Norton, 2002). Ordered at Bay Tree Bookstore.
Additional short readings; guest lectures by UCSC faculty in Physics and in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Biographical Statement
Joel Primack's research has mainly been in relativistic quantum field theory and in cosmology and particle astrophysics. Primack's recent research has concentrated on the nature of the dark matter that comprises most of the mass in the universe. He was the first to suggest that the dark matter might be the lightest supersymmetric partner particle. In collaboration with UCSC astronomers and others, he developed the Cold Dark Matter (CDM) theory, which has become the standard theory of structure formation in the universe. He has been using the largest supercomputers as well as analytic and semi-analytic techniques to investigate the implications of various hypotheses regarding the identity of the dark matter for the formation and distribution of galaxies—and confronting the predictions of these models with a wide range of observational data. He has also worked on high energy gamma ray astronomy and other topics in cosmology and astrophysics.