Physics 133
SYLLABUS
Winter 2010
Lecturer: 2:30 PM and 3:30 PM Lecture Sections: Prof. Gary Steigman, Room M2006 PRB, 292-1999,
email: steigman@mps.ohio-state.edu
Course Manager: Dr. E. Adelson, Room 1036A Smith Lab., 292-2067, adelson@mps.ohio-state.edu
WebAssign: Dr. K. Bolland, Room 5059 Smith Lab., 292-8065, bolland@mps.ohio-state.edu
Text (Required): Fundamentals of Physics, Extended by Halliday, Resnick, Walker, 8th Edition (Wiley 2008);
ISBN 9780470439564 comes with three Web-Assign cards. It is a binder-ready version that is less expensive
than the bound version of the book.
Lab Manual: Physics 133 Laboratory Activities & Worksheets, 1st edition, ISBN 978-0-7380-3154-5
Laboratory: Laboratory sections commence on Monday, January 4. Bring the Laboratory Manual and a calculator
to the laboratory each week. Your lowest lab score is dropped in computing your course grade.
Recitations: In the first (Tuesday) recitation each week the recitation instructors will be available to answer
questions and provide help. The second (Thursday) recitation will often have a quiz (or a Midterm Exam) and a
question and problem-solving session.
Grade Weights: The grade will depend on the total number of points earned in the course.
possible, based on the following weighting:
700 points are
Quizzes - 80 points (1st missed quiz or lowest score dropped);
Homework - 120 points; two Midterms - 100 points each; Final Exam - 200 points; Laboratory - 100 points (1st
missed lab or lowest score dropped).
Full participation in lecture, recitation and laboratory is expected. See the course information sheet for detailed
information explaining what to do about missed labs and exams. You are responsible for the information contained
in the course information sheet. Be sure to note all the deadlines for excuses listed in the information sheet.
Homework: Homework problems are submitted using WebAssign.
http://www.webassign.net/osu/student.html
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(http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~phys133/).
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For problems with WebAssign, contact Dr. Ken Bolland
(bolland@mps.ohio-state.edu). In order to receive credit, unless otherwise informed, you need to complete each
week’s solutions by 1:30 PM on Thursday of that week.
Course Information: Please read the handout “General Information Physics 131-132-133”. Further information will
be posted on the course web page: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu /~steigman/wi_10/
Week 1 January 4-8
Oscillations: Chapter 15 (Sec. 1 – 8)
LABORATORY: SPRINGS
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Week 2 January 11-15
Waves: Chapter 16 (Sec. 1 – 10, 12, 13)
QUIZ 1: Ch. 15
LABORATORY: VIBRATION OF MASS ON A SPRING
Week 3 January 18-22
January 18: No Class - Martin Luther King Day
Waves: Chapter 16 (Sec. 12, 13) & Chapter 17 (Sec. 5 –
9)
QUIZ 2: Ch. 16
LABORATORY: STANDING WAVES (Thursday Sections
Only)
Week 4 January 25-29
Waves: Chapter 17 (Sec. 5 – 9)
EM Waves: Chapter 33 (Sec. 1 – 3, (parts of 4 – 6), 8)
MIDTERM 1: Ch. 15 - 17
LABORATORY: STANDING WAVES (MTW Sections Only)
Week 5 February 1-5
Interference: Chapter 35 (Sec. 1, 2, 7, 4 – 6)
QUIZ 3; Chapter 33
LABORATORY: WAVE SUPERPOSITION
Week 6 February 8-12
Diffraction: Chapter 36 (Sec. 1, 2, (Ch. 35, Sec. 3), 3, 5, 7 - 9)
QUIZ 4: Chapter 35
LABORATORY: MICROWAVE INTERFERENCE
Week 7 February 15-19
Relativity: Ch. 35, Sec. 8; Ch. 37 (Sec. 1 – 4, 7, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
MIDTERM II: Chapters 33, 35, 36
LABORATORY: MULTIPLE SLIT INTERFERENCE
Week 8 February 22-26
Relativity: Ch. 37 (Sec. 1 – 4, 7, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
Photons: Chapter 38 (Sec. 1 – 4, 6, 8)
QUIZ 5: Ch. 37
LABORATORY: SPECIAL RELATIVITY
Week 9 March 1-5
Matter Waves: Ch. 39 (Sec. 1 – 3, 8)
Bohr Atom: Chapter 39 (Sec. 8)
QUIZ 6: Ch. 38
LABORATORY: SPECTROSCOPY
Week 10 March 8-12
Nuclear Physics: Chapter 42 (Sec. 1 – 7) & Chapter 43 (Sec. 1, 2,
6)
BONUS (Time Permitting): Cosmology; Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
LABORATORY: EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION
FINAL EXAMINATION: In Recitation Rooms
1:30 P.M. Recitation Section:
EXAM TIME: Monday, March 15, 1:30 - 3:18
2:30 P.M. Recitation Section:
EXAM TIME: Tuesday, March 16, 1:30 - 3:18
Note: The Final Exam Times Are Based On The Recitation Times,
NOT! On The Lecture Times