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Meeting Times: 9:30-10:20 MWF |
Meeting room: ENGR 238 |
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Instructor: David Peak |
Office: SER 240 |
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Email: david.peak@usu.edu |
Telephone: 797-2884 |
Physics 2710 (Introductory
Modern Physics) and Physics 3710 (Intermediate Modern Physics) deal with our
current understanding of the smallest and largest forms of matter. These courses develop the story of the two
great intellectual achievements of 20th century physicsѱuantum
mechanics (in 2710) and relativity (in 3710)ѥmphasizing
their experimental and theoretical underpinnings as well as their enormously
important practical applications.
Physics 3710 is about the principles
and applications of special and general relativity and of the nuclear and
sub-nuclear structures of matter. Though
some of the topics of 3710 are more than 50 years old, others continue to
rapidly evolveѡnd their interplay provides a
fascinating, living example of science at work.
Moreover, the course is predicated on, and aspires to convey, two
thoroughly modern, coherent, and interconnected themes: (1) the largest (e.g.,
stars, galaxies, and galactic clusters) and smallest (e.g., quarks, leptons,
and force-carrying bosons) observed forms of matter are intimately related to
one another, and (2) dynamics, conservation laws, and symmetry are all
essentially equivalent.
Syllabus (OK 12/30/19)
Background Notes & Problem
Sets (OK 12/30/19)
Special
Relativity Notes & Problem Sets (OK 12/30/19)
General
Relativity Notes & Problem Sets (OK 12/30/19)
Structure of
Matter Notes & Problem Sets (OK 12/30/19)