University of California San Diego, Department of Physics
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Spring 2012 Physics 4E Webpage
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Welcome to Physics 4E, Quantum Physics, Spring 2012
Announcements
Final grades are posted. Have a good Summer!
Finals can be picked up at Mayer Hall Annex MHA 2591 or 2571.
Final solutions are posted
Final exam Tuesday 6/12/2012, 3:00 pm, YORK 4080A
Review session: Monday June 11th, 1-2:20 pm, CENTR 205.
Posted solution to problem 1 of quiz 4 had a mistake, now it's corrected.
Quiz 4 grades and paper grades are posted.
Grades in special topic paper: average, 13.2, sigma 4.6.
Homework set 10 problems and solutions are posted.
Quiz 4 is this Monday, June 4th.
Quiz will be OPEN BOOK. Bring a blank blue book and a non-programmable
calculator and (optionally) a 3x5 (or smaller) card with formulas.
Homework set 9 problems and solutions are posted.
The website for the special topic paper lists 22 topics but only
13 applications by now (5/24 evening). Please enter your application, or your topic and
application, in the website as soon as possible. It is a prerequisite
to handing in the paper
on 5/29.
Special topic paper is due Tuesday 5/29 at the lecture.
Zeeman effect is in the book supplementary
web material, also here.
Your special topic paper is due Tuesday of next week, see
Special topic paper. Many of you have NOT
entered your topic in the webpage
4epaper website (password is 4epaper), please do it asap.
Grigor's office hour this Friday 5/25 is cancelled, please schedule an appointment with him by email if needed.
Quiz 3 grades are posted.
Homework set 8 problems and solutions are posted.
Homework set 7 problems and solutions are posted.
Quiz 3 solutions are posted.
Quiz 3 is this Monday, May 14th
Quiz will be OPEN BOOK. Bring a blank blue book and a non-programmable
calculator and (optionally) a 3x5 (or smaller) card with formulas.
Homework set 6 problems and solutions are posted.
Quiz 2 grades are posted.
Finite square well solution is in the book supplementary
web material, also here.
Quiz 2 solutions are posted.
Homework set 5 problems and solutions are posted.
Quiz 2 is this Monday, April 30th. Quiz will be OPEN BOOK. Bring a blank blue book and a non-programmable
calculator and (optionally) a 3x5 (or smaller) card with formulas.
Homework set 4 problems and solutions are posted.
Quiz 1 grades are posted.
Quiz 1 solutions are posted.
Homework set 3 problems and solutions are posted.
Quiz 1 is this Monday, April 16th
Quiz will be OPEN BOOK. Bring a blue book and a non-programmable
calculator and (optionally) a 3x5 (or smaller) card with formulas.
Lectures: Tu - Th , 2pm-3:20pm, York 4080A ;
M, 6:00-6:50pm, HSS 2154 Quizzes: M, 6:00-6:50, HSS 2154.
Discussion: W 6-6:50pm, HSS 1315 (note that room has changed) Problems: Th 6-7 pm, HSS 1315. First session is April 5th.
Final exam: Tu 3pm-5:59 pm, location tba Course Text:
Tipler and Llewellyn, Modern Physics, 6th Edition
Text website:http://bcs.whfreeman.com/tiplermodernphysics6e/ Course Description:See
General Catalog
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:
Problems from the book will be assigned every week,
solutions will be posted on the web page . To fully
understand the material, you should work most of the problems on your own without help of the solution key.
Homeworks will not be graded.
QUIZZES:
Closed-book quizzes will be given on alternate Mondays, the first one
on April 16th. There will be lectures on the other Mondays.
There will be no make-up quizzes.
COURSE GRADE The four quizzes will count for 40% of the course grade.
The special topic paper will earn you y points towards the course grade,
with 0 &le y &le 20.
The final will count x % of the course grade, with x = 100 - 40 - y.
If you need to miss a
quiz due to unavoidable circumstances AND notify the instructor
beforehand, it will not be counted and the final exam will count
10% more.
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