SYLLABUS  Physics 9HD -  Fall 2007

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

MEETING PLACE & TIME:   MWF. 10:00 – 10:50 am, 140 Physics/Geology

 

INSTRUCTOR:  Prof. Shirley Chiang, office 215 Physics/Geology

  • tel: 530-752-5989; FAX: 530-752-4717; E-mail: chiang@physics.ucdavis.edu
  • Office hours:
    • Wed. 11:00 a.m. - noon, 215 Physics/Geology

·         Thurs. 1:10 - 2:00 p.m., 158 Roessler; if no one comes by 1:15 p.m., I will go back to my office, and you may find me there.

·         After any lecture, you may accompany me back to my office.

·         Also by appointment.

 

TEXT:  Edward M. Purcell, Electricity and Magnetism, Berkeley Physics Series, Vol II, 2nd edition

 

CLASS WEB SITE: Go to  www.physics.ucdavis.edu, click on “course websites” on the left, then click on Physics 9HD under Fall 2007, or go directly to

http://www.physics.ucdavis.edu/Classes/Physics9HD/index.html

See web site for syllabus, link to lab manual, other information.

Problem Set Solutions will be posted on http://my.ucdavis.edu

 

DISCUSSION/LABORATORY in 154 Roessler

TA and Reader for Homework:  Konstantin Chudnovskiy, office 410 Physics/Geology

  • Section A01, CRN 67183: Tuesday, Thursday, 2:10 - 4:00 p.m.
  • Section A02, CRN 67184: Tuesday, Thursday, 4:10 - 6:00 p.m.

 

            The discussion/laboratory is required. Discussions will usually be on Tuesdays, and laboratories will usually be on Thursdays. Discussion begins on Tues. Oct. 2, and laboratory begins on Thurs. Oct. 4. They continue throughout the quarter, except for no lab on Thanksgiving, Nov. 22.

            Grading is on a high pass, pass, low pass, or fail basis. Failing the laboratory means failing the course. Passing the laboratory means your 9HD course grade is unaffected by your  laboratory performance.  High pass in the laboratory increases your  course grade by 1/3 of a grade point (e.g., B increases to B+); low pass means your course grade is reduced by 1/3 of a grade point (e.g., B decreases to B-). If your course grade is A, however, a high pass in the laboratory will not increase your grade to A+.

 

EXAMINATIONS

            There are two midterms and one  final examination.  Each midterm will be given during a class period and will be 50 minutes. The final exam is 2 hours and is comprehensive, covering all of the material in the course. No makeups are available on midterms.  If you have an excused absence from a midterm, the grading  will be arranged to weight the remaining midterm and the final examination more heavily.

            For each midterm examination, you will be permitted to bring one sheet of 8 ½ x 11 inch sheet of paper with formulas and information which you have written or typed on both sides (but not reduced photocopies of problem sets, notes, or midterm review summary sheet). You should also bring your calculator to do arithmetic. I will provide plain white paper, but you may use your own blank lined paper if you wish.

            The same rules apply to the final examination, but you may bring THREE sheets of formulas as described in the previous paragraph.

Answers to exam questions must show the basic principles used in the solution. All work for problems must be shown on the exams. Answers without explanation will not receive credit, even if correct.

 

LECTURE SCHEDULE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS

(dates subject to change – check class website for any revisions)

We will cover Chapters 1-9 of Purcell, with the exception of the following sections: 4.4-4.6, 6.3, 7.7

 

Lecture

Day

Date

Topic

Reading (Purcell sections)

1

Fri

Sept 28

Coulomb’s Law, Electric field

 

2

Mon.

Oct. 1

Electric potential energy, integrating to find E field

1.1 – 1.8.

3

Wed.

Oct. 3

Flux and Gauss’s Law

1.9-1.13

4

Fri.

Oct. 5

Force on charge layer, energy in electric field, electric potential

1.14-1.15, 2.1-2.6

5

Mon.

Oct. 8

Divergence, Laplacian

2.7-2.12

6

Wed.

Oct. 10

Curl, Stokes’ Theorem

2.13-2.16

7

Fri.

Oct. 12

Electric conductors

3.1-3.2

8

Mon.

Oct. 15

Uniqueness theorem, Method of images

3.3-3.4

9

Wed.

Oct. 17

Capacitance

3.5-3.8

10

Fri.

Oct. 19

Capacitors in circuits

 

11

Mon.

Oct. 22

Electric Current, Ohm’s Law

4.1-4.3

12

Wed.

Oct. 24

DC circuits, Kirchhoff’s Laws,

4.7-4.10

13

Fri.

Oct. 26

Midterm 1

Chapters 1-3

14

Mon.

Oct. 29

Variable currents

4.11

15

Wed.

Oct. 31

Special relativity, moving charges

Appendix A, 5.1-5.4

16

Fri.

Nov. 2

Electric fields of moving charges

5.5-5.7

17

Mon.

Nov. 5

Fields and forces on moving charges,

5.8-5.9

18

Wed.

Nov. 7

Forces on current-carrying wires, magnetic fields

6.1-6.2

19

Fri.

Nov. 9

Magnetic field from wire, coil, solenoid, torus

 

 

Mon.

Nov. 12

Veteran’s Day Holiday

 

20

Wed.

Nov. 14

Biot –Savart Law

6.4-6.6

21

Fri.

Nov. 16

Lorentz transformation of E and B fields, Hall Effect

6.7-6.9

22

Mon.

Nov. 19

Electromagnetic Induction

7.1-7.5

23

Wed.

Nov. 21

Mutual inductance, self inductance, Energy in B field, circuit with self-inductance

7.6, 7.7 (result only), 7.8-7.10

 

Fri.

Nov. 23

Thanksgiving Holiday

 

24

Mon.

Nov. 26

AC circuits

8.1-8.4

25

Wed.

Nov. 28

Midterm 2

Chapters 4-6

26

Fri.

Nov. 30

More ac circuits, displacement current, Maxwell’s equations

8.5, 9.1,-9.3

27

Mon.

Dec. 3

Electronmagnetic waves, energy transport in waves

9.4-9.7

28

Wed.

Dec. 5

Polarization of light

 

29

Fri.

Dec. 7

Quarter Review

 

 

Wed.

Dec. 12

Final Examination, 8:00 – 10:00 AM, 55 Roessler

Chapters 1-9

 

HOMEWORK

            Homework will be graded. Homework is due at the beginning of the lecture class period, usually on Fridays. No late homework will be accepted. Your lowest homework score will be dropped. See tentative schedule below. Solutions will be placed on http://my.ucdavis.edu after the due dates.

You may work on the homework in groups, but it is your responsibility to write up your own solution to the problems.

            Students are encouraged to do their homework in the same format as they expect to do the examinations.  The solutions should clearly indicate the physical principles being used and show which numbers are associated with which variables.

 

PROBLEM ASSIGNMENTS (Dates and problems subject to change; check course website for updates). Any changes in assignments will also be announced in lecture.

           

Date Due

Set #

Problem Assignment from Purcell

Fri. Oct. 5

1

1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.11, 1.16, 1.24

Fri. Oct. 12

2

1.18, 1.20, 1.30, 1.33; 2.1, 2.8,

Fri. Oct. 19

3

2.4, 2.7, 2.14, 2.15, 2.19, 3.1, 3.5

Wed. Oct. 24

4

3.6, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.14

Fri. Nov. 2

5

4.1, 4.8, 4.17, 4.20, 4.21, 4.22 plus additional problem on handout

Fri. Nov. 9

6

4.15 (note that the problem refers to Fig. 4.16 on p. 152, NOT the figure for Prob. 4.16 on p. 164), 4.25, 4.32, 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 5.15

Fri. Nov. 16

7

5.6, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.12, 6.27

Fri. Nov. 30

8

7.3, 7.4, 7.7, 7.9, 7.14, 7.15, 7.17 

Fri. Dec. 7

9

8.3, 8.7, 8.13, 9.1, 9.5, 9.9

 

GRADING POLICY

Homework                               total      20%

Midterms (each 20%)               total      40%

Final                                                     40%

TOTAL                                                100%

 

Laboratory and discussion grades will be used to adjust the course grade, as described above.