Physics 113
LECTURER Prof. G. Lafyatis
e-mail lafyatis.2@osu.edu
INFORMATION
Office PRB 4186
Spring 2012
Phone 292-2286
Course Manager: Dr. R. Leonard – SM 1106F, 292-8065, rleonard@physics.osu.edu
WebAssign Administrator: Dr. K. Bolland – SM 1106D, 292-8065, bolland.1@osu.edu
REQUIRED TEXTS & MATERIALS:
Physics by Cutnell & Johnson, Ohio State Univ. Custom 8th ed. or regular 8th ed.
Worksheets for Physics 113 Laboratory, 18th ed. (2012)
WebAssign Access Card
POLICIES AND WEBSITE
See the “Welcome to Students of Physics 113” packet for course policies.
Physics 113 will use Carmen for its Course Home Page
MIDTERMS (in recitation room): MONDAY, April 30
FINAL EXAMS (in recitation room):
12:30 Recitations: MONDAY, June 4, 11:30 – 1:18 PM
1:30 Recitations: TUESDAY, June 5, 1:30 – 3:18 PM
5:30 Recitations: To Be Announced
Make no commitment that conflicts with your scheduled final examination. See Dr. Leonard
by April 13th if a conflict exists.
SCHEDULE AND ASSIGNMENTS
Reading, homework, etc. assignments below refer to Cutnell & Johnson, 8th ed.
Homework is submitted on-line via WebAssign web page:
https://www.webassign.net/osu/student.html
See On-Line Homework Instruction sheet for login instructions, etc.
Assignments
Week 1
NO LAB
Homework: WebAssign #1 Ch. 26: 52, 55, 60, 62, 68, 112 (due 8:00 pm, Friday, March 30)
March 26 (Monday): Recitation: Facts about lenses, Lens equation
March 27 (Tuesday): Lecture 1: Ch. 26, S6, S10: Roadmap; Particles <-> Waves; Ray Optics
Theory of Light; Lenses, Camera, eye, prescription lenses
March 28 (Wednesday): tutoring in recitation
March 29 (Thursday): Lecture 2: Ch. 26, S11-13. Angular magnification, simple magnifier,
microscope, telescope.
Week 2
Lab: Experiment 1 --- Geometric Optics and Lenses
Homework: WebAssign #2 Ch. 26: 74, 75, 78, 88, 90, 97, 100, 106, 114, Ch. 10: 4, 18 (due 8:00
pm, Friday, April 6)
April 2 (Monday): Recitation: QUIZ 1 --- (covers classes, homework, and lab of Week 1)
April 3 (Tuesday) Lecture 3: Lecture: Ch. 10 S1, 2, 4, 6 Simple Harmonic Motion . Ch. 16,
S1,2,3,4 Waves. Mathematical description;
April 4 (Wednesday): tutoring in recitation
April 5 (Thursday): Lecture 4: Ch. 16, S5,7,8,9, 11 Sound waves, Intensity, Decibels, Doppler
effect
Week 2
Lab: Experiment 2 --- Optical Instruments
WebAssign Homework #3: Ch. 10: 21, 43, Ch. 16: 1, 26, 53, 67, 80, 95, 96, 98, Ch. 17: 2
(due 8:00 pm Friday, April 13 )
April 9 (Monday): Recitation: QUIZ 2 --- (covers classes, homework, and lab of Week 2)
April 10 (Tuesday) : Lecture 5: Ch. 17, S1,2,3 Linear superposition, Interference, Diffraction
April 11 (Wednesday): tutoring in recitation
April 12 (Thursday): Lecture 6: Ch. 17, S4,5,6, 7 Beats, Standing Waves; String and Pipes
Friday, April 13 is the last day to drop without a “W”
Week 4
Lab: Experiment 3 --- Simple Harmonic Motion, Introduction to Waves
WebAssign Homework #4: Ch. 17: 16, 21, 27, 42, 54, 57, 61, Ch. 24: 14, 35, 49 (due
8:00 pm Friday April 20)
April 16 (Monday): Recitation: QUIZ 3 --- (covers classes, homework, and lab of Week 3)
April 17 (Tuesday): Lecture 7: Ch. 24, S1,2,3,5, Ch 27, S1,2,5, Wave Nature of Light; Interference,
Diffraction.
April 18 (Wednesday) : tutoring in recitation
April 19 (Thursday): Lecture 8: Ch. 27, S6,7 Diffraction Grating; Resolving Power.
Week 5 Lab: Experiment 4 --- Interference of Sound Waves
WebAssign Homework #5: Ch. 24: 57, Ch. 27: 2, 12, 13, 25, 33, 34, 48 (due 8:00 pm Friday, April
27)
April 23 (Monday): Recitation: QUIZ 4 --- (covers classes, homework, and lab of Week 4)
April 24 (Tuesday): Lecture 9 Ch. 27, S3 Thin film interference.
April 25 (Wednesday): tutoring in recitation
April 26 (Thursday): Lecture 10: Diffraction resolution limit, X-ray diffraction.
Week 6
NO LAB THIS WEEK
WebAssign Homework #6: Ch 27: 40,41; Ch 29: 2,3,7,9,15, 17,19,47 (due 8:00 pm Friday, May 4)
April 30 (Monday): MIDTERM in recitation rooms
May 1 (Tuesday): Lecture: Ch. 29, S1,2,3,4 Waves and Photons: the issues --- photon theory of
light, Photoelectric effect, Compton scattering
May 2 (Wednesday): tutoring in recitation
May 3 (Thursday) : Lecture: Ch. 30, S1,2,3,4 The Bohr model of the Hydrogen Atom
Week 7
Lab: Experiment 5 --- Superposition, Interference, and Diffraction of Light
WebAssign Homework #7: Ch. 29: 27,40,49; Ch. 30 1,4,7,9,13,52 (due 8:00 pm Friday, May 11)
May 7 (Monday): Recitation: QUIZ 5 --- (covers classes, homework, and lab of Week 6)
May 8 (Tuesday): Lecture 13: Ch. 29, S5,6 Wave theory of Matter, Heisenberg Uncertainty
principle, Schrodinger’s cat
May 9 (Wednesday): tutoring in recitation
May 10 (Thursday): Lecture 14: Ch28 S6, Ch31 S1,2,3 E = mc , Stability of nuclei
2
Friday May 11 is the last day to drop without a petition to the dean of your college
Week 8
Lab: Experiment 6 --- Optical Spectroscopy
WebAssign Homework #8: Ch28: 24,27; Ch31: 1,3,21,23,25,53,54,57 (due 8:00 pm Friday, May
18)
May 14 (Monday): Recitation: QUIZ 6 --- (covers classes, homework, and lab of Week 7)
May 15 (Tuesday): Lecture 15: Ch 31, S4,5,6 Radioactivity
May 16 (Wednesday): tutoring in recitation
May 17 (Thursday): Lecture 16: Ch31 S7,8,9 ; Ch32 S1 Radioactive Dating; Biological effects
Week 9
Lab: Experiment 8 --- Multichannel Analysis
WebAssign Homework #9: Ch31:37,38,46,47,48,55; Ch32: 3,15,23,46 (due 8:00 pm Friday, May
25)
May 21 (Monday): Recitation: QUIZ 7 --- (covers classes, homework, and lab of Week 8)
May 22 ( Tuesday): Lecture 17 Ch32 S2,3,4,5 Nuclear power: fission and fusion.
May 23 (Wednesday): tutoring in recitation
May24 (Thursday): Lecture 18: Ch. 28, S1,2,3,4 Special Relativity I: time dilation, Doppler effect
for light
Week 10
Lab: TO BE ANNOUNCED
WebAssign Homework #10: Ch24:35; Ch28: 2,3,4,7,45; Ch.32: 26,35,52 (due 8:00 pm Friday,
June 1)
May 28 (Monday): Memorial Day: NO CLASS
May 29 (Tuesday): Lecture19: Special Relativity II
May 30 (Wednesday): Recitation: Review
May 31 (Thursday): Lecture 20: Ch30 S7,8; Ch32 S6 Medical Imaging