Physics 7C Outline

Physics 7C:
Electromagnetic waves, physical optics, relativity and quantum physics

Outline

Problem sets and solutions will be linked as they become available.

Lab handouts: To get some idea of the labs, you can look at old (not necessarily up to date!) handouts, at http://physics.berkeley.edu/courses/labs/7c/7c.shtml. These cannot substitute for the up to date manuals that must be purchased from Copy Central.

Week No.	Week beginning	Reading and Labs	Topic	Problem set	Due 5 pm on	solutions
1	Jan. 20 (20 no class)	G 32	Electromagnetic Waves Light	PS 1 [PS\|PDF]	Jan. 31	Cohn's section notes: [PS\|PDF] PS 1 solns [PS\|PDF]
2	Jan. 27	G 33	Reflection and Refraction	PS 2 [PS\|PDF]	Feb. 7	Cohn's 1/27 notes (summary/examples) [PS\|PDF] PS 2 solns [PS\|PDF]
3	Feb. 3	G 34 Lab: Reflection and Refraction	Mirrors and Lenses	PS 3 [PS\|PDF]	Feb. 14	PS 3 solns [PS\|PDF]
4	Feb. 10	G 35 Lab: Geometric Optics	Interference	PS 4 [PS\|PDF]	Feb. 21	PS 4 solns [PS\|PDF]
5	Feb. 17 (17 holiday)	G 36 Lab: Michelson Interferometer	Diffraction and Polarization	Two practice midterms: here and here in pdf.		for Cohn's section: handout you will have in exam is here [PS\|PDF] Cohn's section, notes on diffraction [PS\|PDF]
6	Feb. 24	G 37	Relativity	Midterm 1 6-8 pm Feb. 24 (Cohn), Feb. 25 (Orenstein) PS 5 [PS\|PDF]	Mar. 7	Cohn's exam: Solutions [PS\|PDF] Statistics [PDF] Orenstein's exam: Solutions [PDF] Statistics [PDF] Notes on spacetime diagrams for J. Cohn's section PS 5 solns [PS\|PDF]
7	Mar. 3	G 37 Lab: Diffraction and Interference	Relativity II	PS 6 [PS\|PDF]	Mar. 14	Pole and barn spacetime diagrams Notes on special relativity for J. Cohn's section PS 6 solns [PS\|PDF]
8	Mar. 10	G38 Lab: Polarization	Quantum Physics	PS 7 [PS\|PDF]	Mar. 21	PS 7 solns [PDF]
9	Mar. 17	G39	Matter Waves/Schrodinger Equation I	PS 8 [PS\|PDF]	Apr. 4	PS 8 solns [PDF]
-	Mar. 24	--	Spring Break
10	Mar. 31	G39 Lab: Photoelectric Effect	Schrodinger Eqn. II	practice midterms spacetime diagram problems and solns (Cohn's section)		Quantum mechanics notes, Cohn's section (PDF\|PS)
11	Apr. 7	G 40	Hydrogen Atom	Midterm 2 6-8 pm April 7(Cohn-155 Dwinelle), April 8(Orenstein-1 Pimentel) PS 9 [PS\|PDF]	Apr. 18	Cohn's midterm: Solutions Statistics ( Histogram) Cohn's section: Note on spin Orenstein's exam: Solutions Statistics PS 9 solns [PS\|PDF]
12	Apr. 14	G 41 Lab: Atomic Spectra	Molecules	PS 10 [PS\|PDF]	Apr. 25	PS 10 solns [PS\|PDF]
13	Apr. 21	G41	Solids	PS 11 [PS\|PDF]	May 2	PS 11 solns [PDF]
14	April 28	G42-43-44	Nuclear, Particle Physics	PS 12 [PS\|PDF]	May 9	PS 12 solns [PS\|PDF]
15	May 5	G 44/ 45	Particle Physics and Cosmology
16	May 12 (last lecture, review)				finals from earlier years	Cohn final info Orenstein final outline [PS\|PDF]
-	May TBD		Final Exam	tentative schedule: Cohn's section: Mon, May 19, 12:30-3:30 pm, 2040 & 2060 VLSB Orenstein's section: Sat, May 24, 8-11 am, 1 LeConte		Final solns Cohn[PS\|PDF]