Modern Physics, Fall 2004
Textbook: John Brehm and William Mullin, Introduction to the Structure of Matter, John Wiley & Sons, 1989.
Class: M Th 3:30 - 4:50 pm HNS 108
Exams: Exams 1 and 2 on Thursday October 10th and Thursday November 11th, final exam on December 9th
Assignments:
Homework #1:
Due: Friday, September 3rd (note: due date not Monday due to Labor Day... )
Reading: Brehm & Mullin, Chapter 1
Homework #2:
Due: Thursday, September 16th
Ch 1 Problems: 18, 24, 25, 29, 32, 38
Hint for problem 38: Consider two reference frames, one in which the target proton is at rest, and another in which the protons are colliding with equal and opposite momenta (called the center of momentum frame). Consider the condition for threshold energy required in the center of momentum frame. The two frames can then be related by a Lorentz transformation.
Homework #3:
Due: Monday, September 20th
Reading: Brehm & Mullin, Chapter 2 (sections 2.3 and 2.8 are optional)
Ch 2 Problems: 2, 8, 11, 12, 16, 17.
Homework #4:
Due: Monday, September 27th
Reading: Brehm & Mullin, Chapter 3 (sections 3.2 - 3.6)
Homework #5:
Due: Monday, October 4th
Reading: Brehm & Mullin, Chapter 3 (sections 3.7 - 3.9)
Homework #6:
Due: Monday, October 25th
Reading: Brehm & Mullin, Chapter 4 (sections 4.1 - 4.4 and 4.6)
Homework #7:
Due: Monday, November 1st
Reading: Brehm & Mullin, Chapter 5 (sections 5.1 - 5.4)
Homework #8:
Due: Monday, November 8th
Reading: Brehm & Mullin, Chapter 5 (sections 5.5 - 5.7)
Homework #9:
Due: Monday, November 22nd
Reading: Brehm & Mullin, Chapter 6 (sections 6.1 - 6.6)
Ch 5 Problem: 29 (Hint: can use trig identities and integral tables...)
Homework #10:
Due: Monday, November 29th
Reading: Brehm & Mullin, Chapter 7