Physics 2710 – Introductory Modern Physics

 

Fall 2007

 

Contents

 

Syllabus (pdf)

 

Notes (pdf)

 

Electrons are dollars (NEW)

EM essentials (NEW)

Energy and momentum (NEW)

Things to know for Exam I (NEW)

 

Quantum Spookiness (NEW)

Quantum computation (NEW)

Things to know for Exam II (NEW)

Things to know for Exam III (NEW)

 

Rudiments of Statistical Mechanics  (NEW)

 

Demos

 

photon.xls (Excel)

particle_int.xls (Excel)

sumsines.xls  (Excel)

Wave packets (1, 2, 3)  (avi)  (thanks to Mark Riffe)

finite_well.xls (Excel)

 

Old Exams

 

Example exam #1 (pdf)  (NEW)

Example exam #2 (pdf)  (NEW)

Example exam #3 (pdf)  (NEW)

 

Answers I (pdf) (NEW)

Answers II (pdf) (NEW)

Answers III (pdf) (NEW)