Special Relativity

General Info

Time

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Place

SciBldg 217

Text

Taylor & Wheeler's Spacetime Physics

This course is aimed at intermediate students of physics, and will likely have supplementary topics such as advanced electromagnetism or atomic physics.

Prerequisite: at least a year of introductory physics.

Assignments

1. for 1st week
   1. Read chapter 1 in the text.
   2. Do 1-5, 1-7, 1-9, 1-11
2. for Feb 1
   1. Read chapter 2 in the text.
   2. Do 2-5, 2-9, 2-13
3. for Feb 8, Feb 15
   1. Read chapter 3 and "special topic" Lorentz Transform
   2. Do 3-7, 3-11, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17

1. for Feb 5
   1. chapter 34, wave basics
   2. Do 34-52,42,40
2. for Feb 12
   1. chapter 35, geometric optics
   2. Do 35-37,65; 36-7,21
3. for Feb 19
   1. chapter 37, double slit interference and photons
   2. Do 37-11,23,34
   3. Make sure you can derive the basic result: d sin(theta) = m lambda

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