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| Lecturer : | Prof. Ben Kilminster |
| Lectures ( PHY117.1 ): |
Tuesday 15:00 - 16:45, Y04-G-30 (live broadcast to Y15-G-60) Webcasts will be available on OLAT. (Unfortunately, the smell of gunpowder is not rendered.) |
| Exercise sessions ( PHY117.2 ): |
You will be assigned to one of these sessions : Monday 13:00-15:00, 15:00-17:00 Thursday 8:00-10:00, 13:00-15:00, 15:00-17:00 Friday 8:00-10:00, 13:00-15:00 First exercise sessions : Monday Sept. 23rd, Thursday Sept. 26th, Friday Sept. 27th |
| Professor's office hours | Tuesday 12:00-13:00, or by appointment |
PHY117-helper.pdf (PDF, 95 KB) (key terms, units, basic units in physics with german/english translation)
Texts:
Formelsammlung Mittelschulphysik (PDF, 396 KB) is also useful for usage of basic formulas.
Exercises are posted weekly on OLAT on Monday/Tuesday.
Exercise sessions in the following weeks will help you understand the terms and concepts of the exercises and will explain the solutions. It is expected that you will attempt the exercises before the exercise session. This will help your brain develop the neural circuitry necessry for problem solving (needed for final exam).
There will be no webcasts of exercise classes.
Exam guidelines :
Exams will be similar in style to the exercises. A formula sheet with all needed equations will be provided to you in the exams. The formula sheet will be sent to you by the end of the semester to help you study. We will provide you with paper and a calculator ( TI-30 ECO RS ). The final exam will be printed in english and in german. The following are forbidden in exams :
Exam date: 15.01.2024, 13:00-15:00
Exam review : TBD (To be determined)
Repeat exam date: 10.09.2024, 10:00-12:00
Your grade is based on the following assessments :
Attendance is expected and recorded for exercise sessions. The final examination will be composed of questions similar to those presented in the lectures and the weekly exercises.
The course will cover introductory physics material in the subjects of mechanics, waves, fluid dynamics, electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism, optics, and thermodynamics. These will allow you to understand basic phenomena, and provide the foundations for modern physics and modern experimental technique that can be useful in your future research.
If you take PHY127, you will also learn modern physics topics such as relativity, quantum physics, atomic, nuclear, and particle physics, radiation, particle-wave duality, particles interacting in matter, particle detection. These ideas will be used to explain the basics of modern radiation techniques for diagnostics and treatment, and instruments such as X-rays, CT scanners, PET scanners, NMR, MRI, synchrotrons, free electron lasers, which can be used for molecular and biological research studies.
| Lecture schedule (13 lectures) | Topics | Lecture notes | Additional resources |
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Week 1 Sept.17-18, 2024) |
Intro, units, principles of motion |
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Physics 1 script: chapters 1-5 |
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Week 2 (Sept.24-25, 2024) |
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Script 1, chapters 4, 5, and 6. |
| Week 3 (Oct. 1-2, 2024) |
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See relevant parts of script 1, chapter 7 & 8. |
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Week 4 (Oct.8-9, 2024) |
rotations, angular momentum, torque, moment of inertia hydrostatics, pressure, bulk modulus |
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Rotations: Chapter 9: primarily 9.1, 9.2, first page of 9.3, and 9.7, 9.8, 9.10, 9.11 Fluids: 16.1-16.4 |
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Week 5 (Oct.15-16, 2024) |
fluids, hydrodynamics |
Script: chapters 16,17,18 (If you are interested, more information on centrifugal force in chapter 10) |
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Week 6 (Oct.22-23, 2024) |
Thermodynamics: ideal gas law, Van der Waals equation, heat, 0th and 1st law of thermodynamics, heat flow, heat expansion |
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See script 2 for relevant parts. |
| Week 7 (Oct.29 -30, 2024) |
Thermodynamics: heat conduction, thermal expansion, phase changes, Cv, Cp, adiabatic processes Mechanics: Stress/strain |
Script 2 | |
| Week 8 ( Nov.5-6, 2024) | Heat pumps; Electric charge, Coulomb force vs. Gravitational force, Electric fields | Script 2, chapter 1 | |
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Week 9 (Nov.12-13, 2024) |
Electric potential, capacitance, current, resistance |
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Week 10 (Nov.19-20, 2024)
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Resistors in circuits, magnetic field, Lorentz force, Ampere's law, magnetic moments, magnetic flux, Faraday's law, Lenz's law |
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Week 11 (Nov.26-27, 2024)
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Magnetization, paramagnets, diamagnets, ferromagnets. Waves: definition of wave, wave function, wave equation, standing waves, energy transmission in wave |
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Week 12 (Dec.3-4,2024) |
Waves, Standing waves, sound waves, sound intensity, interference, | ||
| Week 13 (Dec.10-11, 2024) | Electromagnetic waves, reflection, refraction, polarization | ||
| Week 14 (Dec.17-18, 2024) | geometric optics: lenses, mirrors, images |
