Physics 117B Spring 2007
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Syllabus
The schedule of topics for the semester is given below.  You are expected to read the assigned sections before each class. Topics that are not explicitly listed, will not be covered and will not be included in the tests.  For reference, HERE are the MCAT topics.

Homework sets (online via MasteringPhysics) will be due each Thursday at 9 pm.

Date
lecture #
Reading
Topic
10-Jan-07 1 21.1 - 21.2 Electric charge. Conductors, insulators, induced charge.
12-Jan-07 2
slides
21.3 - 21.5 Coulomb's Law. Principle of superposition. Electric field. Field of a point charge and collection of charges.
15-Jan-07 3 21.6 -21.7 E-field of continuous charge distributions (line,ring, disk,plane,2 planes). Elecric field lines. Electric dipole field,torque, potential energy.
17-Jan-07 4
slides
22.1 - 22.3 Charge and electric flux. Gauss's law.
19-Jan-07 5 22.4-22.5 Gauss's law - applications. Charges on a conductor.
22-Jan-07 6
slides
23.1 - 23.3 Electric potential energy. Electric potential.Calculating electic potential.
24-Jan-07 7 23.3 - 23.5 Calculating electric potential. Electric potential surfaces. Potential gradient.
26-Jan-07 8
slides
24.1 - 24.2 Capacitance and capacitors.
29-Jan-07 9 24.3
Capacitor networks. Energy stored in capacitors.
31-Jan-07 10  25.1-25.3
Current, resistivity, resistance. Ohm's law.
2-Feb-07 11 25.4-25.5  Electromotive force. Internal resistance. Power in DC circuits.
5-Feb-07 12 26.1-26.2 Resistors in series and parallel. Kirchhoff's rules. 
7-Feb-07 13 26.4 RC-circuits
9-Feb-07 14 27.1-4 Magnetic field, flux, Gauss's law for magnetism.
12-Feb-07 15 27.5-27.7 Charge in magnetic field, magnetic force.
 
14-Feb-07 16
in class exam: ch 21 - 25
16-Feb-07 17 28.1 -28.4 Sources of the magnetic field.
19-Feb-07 18 28.5 - 28.7 Ampere's law and applications.
21-Feb-07 19 29.1-29.3 Electromagnetic induction. Lenz's law.
23-Feb-07 20 29.4,29.5 Faradey's law applications.
26-Feb-07 21 29.7
Induced electric fields. Maxwell's equations.
28-Feb-07 22
outline
30.1-30.3 Inductance. Magnetic field energy.
2-Mar-07 23
outline
30.4-30.6 RL,LC,RLC circuits
5-Mar-07

break
7-Mar-07

break
9-Mar-07

break
12-Mar-07 24 32.1-32.4 Maxwell's equations and em waves.Energy and momentum in em waves.
14-Mar-07 25
in-class exam: ch 26 -29
16-Mar-07 26 32.4-32.6
Energy and momentum in em waves. Standing em waves. EM wave spectrum.
19-Mar-07 27
slides
33.1 - 33.3; 33.5 Nature of light. Relflection,refraction, polarization.
21-Mar-07 28 34 Geometric optics
23-Mar-07 29 34
Geometric optics
26-Mar-07 30 35.1 - 35.4 Interference 
28-Mar-07 31 36  Diffraction
30-Mar-07 32
slides
38.1 -38.4 Photons, electrons,atoms.
2-Apr-07 33
slides
38.5 - 38.9 Bohr's model of the atom, X-rays, wave-particle duality.
4-Apr-07 34
slides
39.1 - 39.3

Wave nature of particles. Uncertainty principle.
6-Apr-07 35 41
Atomic physics
9-Apr-07 36 41 Atomic physics.
11-Apr-07 37
in-class exam: ch 30 + 32-36
13-Apr-07 38 43.1-3 Nuclear physics
16-Apr-07 39 43.4-5 Nuclear physics
18-Apr-07 40 43.6-8
Nuclear physics
20-Apr-07 41
slides
notes on the web Medical imaging
23-Apr-07 42
Review


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