PHYSICS 9B, FALL 2008

Tuesday/Thursday: 12:10-13:30PM, RESSLR 66

Instructor:

Sergey Savrasov

Room 417 Phys/Geo

Tel: (530) 752 7345

e-mail: savrasov@physics.ucdavis.edu,

Physics Club Tutoring

In Physical Sciences Library - 2nd Floor - Group study room (Glass room known as the "Fishtank")

Tues, Wed, & Thurs from 2pm until 5pm

This is a free tutoring service provided by the Physics Club for the lower division physics classes.

Readers/Graders:

Jason Kaszpurenko kaszpurenko@student.physics.ucdavis.edu

Hengkui Wu wu@student.physics.ucdavis.edu

Lab TAs (responsible for PTAs):

Alvin Laille laille@physics.ucdavis.edu

John Felde felde@student.physics.ucdavis.edu

Youval Dar dar@physics.ucdavis.edu

Jesse Singh jsingh@physics.ucdavis.edu

Nelson Page page@physics.ucdavis.edu

Dave Cone cone@student.physics.ucdavis.edu

Discussion Assistants:

Abrar Shaukat shaukat@physics.ucdavis.edu

Discussion schedule:

B01 T 1610-1700 PHYGEO 140

B02 T 1710-1800 PHYGEO 140

B03 W 1610-1700 PHYGEO 140

B04 W 1710-1800 PHYGEO 140

B05 W 1810-1900 PHYGEO 140

B06 W 1910-2000 PHYGEO 140

B07 W 2010-2100 PHYGEO 140

Course:

Lecture will begin at 12:10 PM on TR in 66 RESSLR. It is strongly advised that you attend lectures. All announcements will be available here at course webpage at http://www.physics.ucdavis.edu/~savrasov/Projects/index_teaching.htm

Labs:

The Fall Physics 9 Lab Schedules and manuals (pdf) are now posted on

http://www.physics.ucdavis.edu/Classes/Physics9Lab/

Office hours:

TR: 1:30-2:30pm, Room 417 Phys/Geo

Textbook:

University Physics , ed. by Young & Freedman, UC Davis custom 2nd edition.

[Its also OK to use earlier editions of this book. Pay attention that the exercise problems are slightly different for various editions.]

This text and your lecture notes are the primary sources for the course.

Other texts you may find useful are available in the Physical Sciences Library:

R.P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1 & 2,

P. Tipler, Physics

R. Serway, Physics For Scientists & Engineers

D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics

A. Hudson and R. Nelson, University Physics

Final Exam: Tuesday, December 9,2008 at 10:30 am

Tentative Syllabus (approximately one chapter per week)

Week 0. Fluid Mechanics (Chapter 14)

Lecture 0.1, September 25, 2008

Test Homework (due October 04, 2008, 3AM PT)

Exercise Problems: Ch. 14: 19, 23, 24, 26, 31, 36, 40, 47, 72.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_mechanics
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mechanical-Engineering/2-25Fall-2005/CourseHome/

Week 1. Mechanical Waves (Chapter 15)

Lecture 1.1, September 30, 2008

Lecture 1.2, October 02, 2008, Quiz 1 Solution , Clickers Session 1

Homework week 1 (due October 11, 2008, 3AM PT)

Exercise Problems: Ch. 15: 5, 8, 11, 16, 17, 20, 24, 27, 30, 38, 40

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_wave

http://dev.physicslab.org/Document.aspx?doctype=3&filename=WavesSound_IntroductionWaves.xml

http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html

http://www.mcasco.com/p1mw.html

Week 2. Sound and Hearing (Chapter 16)

Lecture 2.1, October 07, 2008

Lecture 2.2, October 09, 2008, Quiz 2 Solution , Clickers Session 2

Homework week 2 (due October 18, 2008, 3AM PT)

Exercise Problems: Ch. 16: 4, 5, 7, 15, 22, 24, 26, 34, 38, 48

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/GBSSCI/PHYS/CLASS/sound/soundtoc.html

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=37 – great applet!

Week 3. The Nature and Propagation of Light (Chapter 33)

Lecture 3.1, October 14, 2008

Lecture 3.2, October 16, 2008, Quiz 3 Solution., Clickers Session 3

Homework week 3 (due October 25, 2008, 3AM PT)

Exercise Problems: Ch. 33: 2, 7, 17, 19, 26, 30, 42, 46, 59, 62.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/articles/ekspong/

http://dev.physicslab.org/Document.aspx?doctype=3&filename=AtomicNuclear_DualNature.xml

Week 4. Geometric Optics and Optical Instruments (Chapter 34)

Lecture 4.1, October 21, 2008

Lecture 4.2, October 23, 2008 (FIRST MIDTERM EXAM) Here is the solution.

Homework week 4 (due November 1, 2008, 3AM PT)

Exercise Problems: Ch. 34: 1, 11, 16, 23, 29, 81, 91, 105

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optics

http://www.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/phys151/lectures/lecture_apr_14_2003.shtml

Week 5. Interference (Chapter 35)

Lecture 5.1, October 28, 2008

Lecture 5.2, October 30, 2008. Quiz 5 solution. Clickers Session 5

Homework week 5 (due November 8, 2008, 3AM PT)

Exercise Problems: Ch. 35: 1, 4, 9, 13, 19, 23, 27, 30, 33, 50

http://www.mwit.ac.th/~ampornke/Content_University/Light%20Interference.htm

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/articles/ekspong/

Week 6. Diffraction (Chapter 36)

Lecture 6.1, November 04, 2008

Lecture 6.2, November 06, 2008 Quiz 6 solution. Clickers Session 6

Homework week 6 (due November 15, 2008, 3AM PT)

Exercise Problems: Ch. 36: 1, 2, 10, 15, 17, 23, 26, 29, 39

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction

http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/Diffraction.htm (nice applet!)

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/applets/Intro_physics/kisalev/java/slitdiffr/index.html

http://www.lks.physik.uni-erlangen.de/diffraction/

Week 7. Temperature and Heat (Chapter 17)

No Lecture 7.1, November 11, 2008, Veterans Holiday

Lecture 7.2, November 13, 2008, No quiz (out of time), Clickers Session 7

Homework week 7 (due November 22, 2008, 3AM PT)

Exercise Problems: Ch. 17: 1, 4, 9, 16, 19, 30, 33, 37, 59, 72

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat

http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/pre/enheat.html

http://eo.ucar.edu/skymath/tmp2.html

Week 8. Thermal Properties of Matter (Chapter 18)

Lecture 8.1, November 18, 2008

Lecture 8.2, November 20, 2008, Quiz 8 solution, Clickers Session 8

Homework week 8 (due date extended till December 04, 2008, 3AM PT)

Exercise Problems: Ch. 18: 1, 7, 10, 16, 24, 29, 35, 40, 41, 44

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_gas

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Kinetic/idegas.html

http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/pvt/pvt.htm

http://www.shef.ac.uk/physics/people/rjones/PDFs/PHY101/PHY101_RALJ_Lect4.pdf

http://cnx.org/content/m12450/latest/

Week 9. The First Law of Thermodynamics (Chapter 19)

Lecture 9.1, November 25, 2008 (SECOND MIDTERM EXAM) Here is the solution

No Lecture 9.2, November 27, 2008, Thanksgiving Holiday

Homework week 9 (due December 06, 2008, 3AM PT)

Exercise Problems: Ch. 19: 1, 6, 9, 16, 21, 31, 33, 38, 45, 52

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_law_of_thermodynamics

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/firlaw.html

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/py105/Firstlaw.html

Week 10. The Second Law of Thermodynamics (Chapter 20)

Lecture 10.1, December 02, 2008

Lecture 10.2, December 04, 2008

Homework week 10 (will be cancelled but solution is available)

Exercise Problems: Ch. 20: 1, 4, 6, 11, 13, 16, 24, 25, 29, 32

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_of_thermodynamics

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/seclaw.html

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-nature-breaks-the-second-law

Final Exam Review Session: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 11am-1pm ROESSLER 66

Final Exam: Tuesday, December 9, 10:30AM

Grades:

Your final grade in this course will be composed of the following items:

1) Midterm exams: Two midterm exams will be given during the quarter.

The exam schedule is:

October 23, 2008, 66 RESSLR: FIRST MIDTERM EXAM

November 25, 2008, 66 RESSLR: SECOND MIDTERM EXAM

2) Quizzes. A short 15 min. quiz will be given at the end of each week.

3) Homework: Homework assignments will be posted on-line by University of Texas

Homework System. Each student will need to obtain UT EID to register for the class.

The class ID for this course is 39824. Then students will be able to download the

assignments, solve the problems and submit answers to automated University of Texas

homework system for grading. See below specific instructions.

4) Final Exam: A comprehensive examination of the entire quarter's work will be given

during Finals Week at the end of the quarter.

Here are the approximate weights to be used for calculating the final grade:

40% for the two midterm exams ( 20% each).

40% for the final exam.

10 % for the total homework grade.

10% for the total lecture quiz grade.

Exams:

On midterm and final exams (excluding weekly quizzes) you will be allowed one page of notes and a calculator. Make up exams except in dire emergencies must be arranged BEFORE THE DAY OF THE EXAMINATION, and will be ORAL examinations. If you cannot reach me before the exam and are sick, obtain a WRITTEN EXCUSE FROM THE HEALTH SERVICE. ONLY IN EXTREME EMERGENCIES WILL YOU BE ALLOWED TO CHANGE THE DATE OF THE FINAL (plane reservations is not one of these). The final will only be given on the day scheduled.

Homework & Quizzes: You have to complete the homework by the due date listed above. Ten-minute, closed book and notes quizzes will be given at the end of each week. The homework problems are a very important part of the course and those assigned are considered the BARE MINIMUM necessary to understand the course material. Because we are interested in how you obtained a particular answer rather than what that answer is, NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN FOR ANSWERS WITHOUT WORK.

Clickers: We will be using clickers occasionally during lectures. You will be accumulating extra credit points for properly answered questions during those clicker sessions.

Labs: You MUST be enrolled simultaneously in a lab section. If you are not already enrolled in a lab section, you must enroll IN PERSON at the next meeting of a lab section that has space available. Failure to take and pass the lab results in an automatic grade of "F" for the entire course. Any exception (e.g., use of a prior lab grade) requires Physics Department approval prior to the end of the first week of classes.

Discussions sessions: Attendance to the discussions sessions is mandatory.

Laboratory/Discussions will be included by either raising your course grade by one step for a HIGH-PASS, keeping your course grade for a PASS or lowering your course graded for a LOW-PASS.

Homework assignments:

Follow the instructions located at http://cns.utexas.edu/quest/support/student/

Off Campus Student Enrollment

• Obtain the unique number of your course from your instructor. This unique number is 39824, instructor name: Savrasov
• Obtain a UT EID from http://www.utexas.edu/eid.
  If you give the EID system bogus information, you may not be able to retrieve your EID nor the password in the future. If your email address changes, you need to return to this URL and correct it.
  NEVER obtain a second EID.
• Log into http://quest.cns.utexas.edu/student
  You will be sent to the EID system for your EID and password, then redirected back to us. If the redirection doesn't work, type in the URL again:     http://quest.cns.utexas.edu/student
• Click the arrow beside "Get Started"
• Make sure that the "Hello" in the upper right-hand corner has your name.
• Under the MY COURSES tab, choose "ENROLL IN NEW COURSE"
• Supply the unique number in the box and choose "LOOKUP COURSE INFO"
• Select the appropriate course (if more than one option) and choose "REQUEST ENROLLMENT"
• Your instructor has to approve your request before you can proceed in the course

After enrolling you will be able to download and print your assignments, and submit the answers.

Due times: Because UT is at different time zone (CT) the actual due time is 2 hours less than the one printed on your homework, i.e. if the due time printed is 5AM CT, it is 3AM PT.

To encourage doing the homeworks and to take into account some misprints and system glitches of the homework system up to 3 bonus points will be added (not to exceed max. number of points) to each homework grade provided that at least one problem of a given homework is solved correctly (to avoid random answers selections).