PHYSICS 340 "Waves, Heat, and Light" (WINTER 2008)

When: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:10 - 10:00 am

Where: 182 Dennison

Instructor: Professor R. Thun
350 West Hall
Tel: 936-0792
Office hours: anytime I'm in my office, or by appointment
E-mail: rthun@umich.edu

Textbook: The primary medium for transmitting the course material
will be the lectures. I expect every student to attend
and take good lecture notes.

The only required text is:

"University Physics" by Young & Freedman, Volumes 1 and 2.

The 11th and 12th editions are both acceptable.

Occasionally I will supplement the textbook material with
additional notes that will be handed out in lecture.

Grades: Homework........20%
Exam #1.........20%
Exam #2.........20%
Final Exam......40%


Key dates: Exam #1 Friday 1-Feb-08 9:10-10:00 am
Exam #2 Wednesday 12-Mar-08 9:10-10:00 am
Final Exam Wednesday 23-Apr-08 4:00- 6:00 pm

Homework due dates are noted on the attached schedule.
Late homework will not be accepted. Solutions will
be provided on the due dates.

Homework must be written neatly on stapled pages,
with answers clearly indicated (eg circled).

Conduct:

1) The University expects you to attend all classes
of the courses you are taking. I expect the same.

2) Arriving late for class is disruptive and rude.
You are expected to show up on time.

3) The use of electronic devices (such as portable computers or
music players) is not permitted during lecture. Turn off your
cell phones.

4) You may collaborate with others on homework assignments.
However, you are not allowed to simply copy solutions obtained
from other students or from other sources.

5) Evidence of academic misconduct will be reported to appropriate
university authorities.

SCHEDULE FOR PHYSICS 340, WINTER 2008 (R.THUN)

Chapters, such as "Ch.17", refer to "University Physics"
and "notes" to material to be handed out in lecture.

F Jan 4 Course outline and math review

M 7 Temperature, thermometers, thermal expansion, heat (Ch.17)
W 9 Heat capacity, heat of transformation, heat transfer (Ch.17)
F 11 Ideal gas law, kinetic theory of gases (Ch.18)

M 14 Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution (Ch.18)
W 16 First law of thermodynamics, heat and work (Ch.19) HW#1
F 18 Types of thermodynamic processes (Ch.19)

M 21 MLK Day....class does not meet
W 23 Second law of thermodynamics (Ch.20)
F 25 Engines and refrigerators (Ch.20)

M 28 Entropy (Ch.20)
W 30 Special topics, review HW#2
F Feb 1 Exam #1

M 4 Simple and damped harmonic oscillator (Ch.13)
W 6 Driven harmonic oscillator, resonance (Ch.13)
F 8 Coupled harmonic oscillators, normal modes (notes)

M 11 Traveling waves (Ch.15) HW#3
W 13 Waves on a string (Ch.15)
F 15 Energy of traveling waves (Ch.15)

M 18 Reflections and standing waves (Ch.15)
W 20 Sound waves (Ch.16)
F 22 Sound waves, Doppler effect, shock waves (Ch.16) HW#4

M Mar 3 Wave packets, group velocity, dispersion (notes)
W 5 Fourier series (notes)
F 7 Fourier transforms (notes)

M 10 Special topics, review HW#5
W 12 Exam #2
F 14 Maxwell and electromagnetic (EM) wave equations (Ch.32)

M 17 Properties of EM plane waves (Ch.32)
W 19 Energy and momentum of of EM waves (Ch.32)
F 21 EM waves in matter (Ch.32)

M 24 Reflection and transmission at boundaries (Ch.33)
W 26 Interference (Ch.35) HW#6
F 28 Interference (Ch.35)

M 31 Diffraction (Ch.36)
W Apr 2 Diffraction (Ch.36)
F 4 Geometric optics, lenses (Ch.34)

M 7 Relativity: coordinate transformations (Ch.37) HW#7
W 9 Velocity transformations (Ch.37)
F 11 Relativistic energy and momentum (Ch.37)

M 14 Lorentz four-vectors, Lorentz invariants (Ch.37) HW#8

W 23 FINAL EXAM 4:00-6:00 pm