FACULTY OF SCIENCE, AUTUMN 2007
PHYS 124 LEC A01 : Particles and Waves
Instructor: Marc de Montigny
Assignments solutions and grades will be posted on U of A WebCT - Vista 4
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Specialized Support and Disability Services (U of A)News:
Office Hours:
- Office: CEB 254-L (Physics Building)
- Hours: Monday, 10 AM - 1 PM; Wednesday, 1 - 4 PM
- I am at Campus Saint-Jean (8406 - 91 Street), office 361D (McMahon Building), Tuesday and Thursday, 10 AM - 4 PM. Please contact me before you drop in, just to make sure that I am in.
Tutorials:
- Schedule (including time allocated for each course) is posted at Physics Undergraduate Laboratories.
- Their role is not to solve the assignment problems, but to provide general problem-solving strategies.
- I will give extra sessions myself when we get closer to the exams. Also, supplementary exercises & answers will be posted on my Website.
Deferred/Re-exams:
- All Physics 1st term course deferred/re-exams will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2008, from 9 am - 12 noon; Room ETL E 2 001
Syllabus: Syllabus.pdf
Assignments:
- May be submitted in class, in my office or in the assignement drop box.
- Drop boxes are located on the third floor of the CEB Bldg in the main elevator foyer. Our drop box is located at the top row, first box from the left.
- Make sure that you write your name and ID number on the assignments. No specific cover page required. You may use a pen or pencil.
- Solutions will be posted on WebCT
- Assignment 1 (Due Fri, Sept. 14)
- Assignment 2 (Due Fri, Sept. 21)
- Assignment 3 (Due Fri, Sept. 28)
- Assignment 4 (Due Wed, Oct. 10)
- Assignment 5 (Due Fri, Oct. 19)
- Assignment 6 (Due Wed, Nov. 7)
- Assignment 7 (Due Fri, Nov. 16)
- Assignment 8 (Due Fri, Nov. 23)
- Assignment 9 (Due Fri, Nov. 30)
Lectures (Summary):
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Physics
- Additional Suggested Problems: 14, 28, 44, 48 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 2: One-Dimensional Kinematics
- Additional Suggested Problems: 16, 32, 36, 42, 54, 80, 82, 108 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 3: Vectors in Physics
- Additional Suggested Problems: 6, 18, 34, 46, 49, 54, 64 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 4: Two-Dimensional Kinematics
- Additional Suggested Problems: 12, 16, 38, 70, 78, 80 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 5: Newton's Laws of Motion
- Additional Suggested Problems: 12, 27, 34, 42, 44, 50, 56, 60, 62 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 6: Applications of Newton's Laws
- Additional Suggested Problems: 27, 28, 32, 33, 40, 52, 64, 88, 92 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 7: Work and Kinetic Energy
- Additional Suggested Problems: 14, 21, 24, 28, 44, 50, 60, 68, 72 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 8: Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy, [October 3, 2007 Lecture]
- Additional Suggested Problems: 10, 26, 36, 40, 62, 66, 70, 80, 84, 90 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 9: Linear Momentum and Collisions
- Additional Suggested Problems: 6, 12, 24, 28, 36, 43, 57, 65, 79, 80 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 10: Rotational Kinematics and Energy
- Additional Suggested Problems: 11, 24, 40, 56, 58, 64, 82, 92, 96, 98 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 11: Rotational Dynamics and Static Equilibrium
- Additional Suggested Problems: 12, 20, 22, 24, 27, 33, 60, 67, 96, 104 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 12: Gravity
- Additional Suggested Problems: 8, 12, 14, 18, 36, 38, 42, 46, 52, 62, 66, 78 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 13: Oscillations About Equilibrium
- Additional Suggested Problems: 12, 24, 32, 36, 43, 50, 52, 66, 86 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 14: Waves and Sound
- Additional Suggested Problems: 10, 24, 33, 47, 59, 60, 77, 79, 81, 92 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 28: Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction
- Additional Suggested Problems: 4, 6, 16, 40, 42, 68, 79, 86 [Solutions on WebCT]
- Chapter 25: Electromagnetic Waves
- Additional Suggested Problems: None
- Chapter 30: Quantum Physics
- Additional Suggested Problems: 3, 4, 6, 8, 14, 16, 20, 28, 30, 79 [Solutions on WebCT]
Laboratory:
Old examinations :
- Fall 2007
- Mid-Term (solutions) , Formula Sheet (October 24, 2007)
- Final Exam, Formula Sheet , Solution (December 18, 2007)
- Fall 2006
- Mid-Term , Formula Sheet (October 25, 2006)
- Final Exam, Formula Sheet , Solution (December 18, 2006)
- Spring 2006
- Mid-term , Formula Sheet (Spring 2006)
- Final Exam , Formula Sheet , Solution (Spring 2006)
- More exams are available at UA Students Union (Highlight Student Resources on the left, then click Exam listings.)
Multimedia resources:
- Vectors in Physics
- Kinematics in 1D
- Kinematics in 2D
- Dynamics, Forces and Newton Laws
- Work and Energy
- Impulse, Momentum and Collisions
- Rotational Dynamics
- Simple Harmonic Oscillator
- Waves and Sound
- Superposition of Waves
- Reflexion and refraction of light