Syllabus for Physics 52.1, 2

Last update Oct 15, 1997

L. R. Fortney Room 243

phone: 660-2580 e-mail: lrfortney@hep.phy.duke.edu

http://www.phy.duke.edu/~fortney/

Meeting times for these sections are:

Lecture: MWF from 9:10 - 10:00 in Room 113

Recitation: Wednesday and Thursday from 1:10 - 3:10 pm in Room 157

I do not post regular office hours but am available whenever I am in my office which is most of the time from 8:30-11:30 AM and 1:30-4:00 PM (You're less likely to find me on Tuesday). I am rarely far from a computer screen, so I recommend using e-mail to set up an appointment.

The TA for this course is

Robin Chewning Room 202E

phone: 660-2563 email: chewning@hep.phy.duke.edu

Office hours are Monday 2-4 and Tuesday 1:30-3:30

The topics are for lectures and recitation on the weeks indicated so your reading in these chapters should precede these dates. The problem assignments are due on Wednesday of the following week, but recitation will be most useful if you've attempted the problems before your recitation period. I have not indicated specific sections in the chapters. Generally we will cover the entire chapter: Let the topics and problems be your guide as to what's most important.

Exam days are shown in this style. Exams will be worth 100 points each with the final valued at 200 points. Grades from homework, labs, and (possibly) recitation will be scaled to total 100 points making for a maximum of 600 points for course.

Missed exams may be made up by an oral exam if arranged in advance with me or with a valid emergency excuse. Get a good alarm clock!

The web page for the course is at

http://www.phy.duke.edu/~fortney/physics_52/

This document is linked from that page or directly available at

http://www.phy.duke.edu/~fortney/physics_52/physics_52_syllabus.html

Week. Days <> Chapter, Topics,

Homework problems

1. Sept 3, 5<> 18. Vectors, Units, Charge, Conductors, Electrostatic field

Chap 18: 30, 33, 34, 36, 39,40, 41, 45a

2. Sept 8, 10, 12 <> 19, 20 Gauss's law, E Field and Potential

Chap 19: 32, 38, 41, 45, 47, 51, 54

3. Sept 15, 17, 19<> 21, 22 Capacitance , Current, and Resistance

Chap 20: 32, 34, 36, 51, 63
Chap 21: 23, 30, 31, 57, 62

4. Sept 22, 24, 26 <> 23 DC Circuits---actually catch-up time

Chap 22: 32, 49, 50, 66: don't hand these in

5. Sept 29, Oct 1, 3<> 23 DC Circuits

Chap 23: 6, 7, 23, 26, 42, 57

6. Oct 6, 7, 10 <> 24 Magnetic Field, Forces and Torques

Chap 24: 36a,b,d, 37a, 38a, 47, 50, 54, 56

7. Break, 15, 17 <> 25 Magnetic Field, Ampere's law, 26 Magnetic Induction

Chap 25: 32, 38, 44, 50a, 54, 55, 61a,b

8. Oct 20, 22, Oct. 24 <> 26 EMF's, Faraday's law

Chap 26: 44, 46, 47a, 67, 73, 80a,b

9. Oct 27, 29, 31<> 28 AC Circuits [my handout]

Chap 28: 35, 36, Problems on AC handout

10. Nov 3, 5, 7<> 28, 29 AC Ckts, Maxwell's Eq's

Chap 28: 45, 58, 59, 60, 63, 66

11. Nov 10, 12, 14 <> 29, 34 EM waves and Relativity

Chap 29: 17a, 45, 46 a,b
Chap 34: 44, 45, 48, 50, 58a,

12. Nov 17, 19, 21 <> 30 Light, Reflection, Refraction, Polarization

Chap 30: 21, 26, 27, 30a, 37, 39, 54, 55

13. Nov 24, 26,Break <> 31 Geometrical Optics, mirrors and lenses

Chap 31: 3, 35, 39, 40, 48, 52, 54, 68 no recitation

14. Dec 1, 3, 5<> 33 Interference and Diffraction

Chap 33: 48, 49, 50, 54, 58, 61, 68

15. Dec 8, 10 Diffraction, Review

Final Exam Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 9 am

My eight page handout describing the complex number approach to AC circuits is available in pdf (91 KB), postscript without fonts (124 KB), or postscript with fonts (1.2 MB). Note the postscript without fonts will probably print correctly only on a Macintosh or a printer that has the necessary set of fonts. The pdf format can be printed or viewed on screen on any computer that has a pdf reader or browser plugin. Plugins for Netscape can be found here.

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