| PHY 127 | Course Infomation | Spring 2003 |
| Prerequisites: | PHY 125, 131 or 141 | |||
| Corequisite: | MAT 126, 132, 142 or AMS 161 | |||
| Lectures: | P127 | Mo, Wed, Fri. 11:30 - 12:30 pm | ||
| Recitation: | Section 1 Section 2 |
P122 P122 |
Mon. 5:30-6:25 Wed. 5:30-6:25 |
|
| Laboratory : | Section 1 Section 2 |
A116 A116 |
Mon. 7:40-9:30 Wed. 7:40-9:30 |
|
| Textbook: | Giancoli, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 3d Edition, Prentice Hall | |||
| Lab Manual: | PHY 127 "Lab Notes PHY 127" Campus Bookstore | |||
Course Director |
George Sterman | Math. 6-109 |
Office hrs: Mon. 4-5, Wed. 4-5, |
Recitation Instructor |
Prof. D. Averin |
Phys. B-140 |
Office hrs: Fri. 10-11,
e-mail |
Lab TAs: |
|
|
From the Undergraduate Bulletin: An introductory survey of electromagnetism and electric circuit theory. Particular emphasis is placed upon the concepts of vector fields, scalar potentials, as well as DC and AC circuit theory with real and complex impedances. Calculus is used concurrently with its development in MAT 126. Three lecture hours, one recitation hour, and two laboratory hours per week. Not for credit in addition to PHY 122/124, 132 or 142.
Numbers in parenthesis refer to chapters of the text. Each chapter will take about a week to cover in class. If time permits, one or more class will be dedicated to review.
| 1. Introduction and Electrostatics | |
| The role of electromagnetism in the universe | |
| Coulomb's law and the electric field (21) | |
| Gauss's law (22) | |
| The electric potential (23) | |
| Capacitance, dielectrics and energy storage (24) | |
| 2. Electric Currents | |
| Currents and Resistance (25) | |
| DC Cirucits (26) | |
| 3. Magnetism | |
| Laws for the magnetic field (27) | |
| Magnetism from currents: Biot-Savart law (28) | |
| Induction and Faraday's law (29) | |
| Oscillating circuits (30) | |
| AC circuits (31) | |
| 4. From Electricity to Light | |
| The displacement current and Maxwell's equations (32) | |
| Light as waves (35) | |
| Date | Sections | Topics | Homework | Solutions | Lab | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22 | 21-1 to 21-5 | Intro & Coulomb's law | 21- 10,11,16 | . . | No lab or recitation | |
| Jan 24 | 21-6 to 21-8 | Electric field | 21- 35,39,43 | HW1 | . . . | |
| Jan 27 | 21-9 to 21-11 | Conductors, forces, dipoles | 21- 42,47 | . . | Electrostatics | |
| Jan 29 | 22-1, 22-2 | Gauss's law and flux | 21- 55 | . . | . . . | |
| Jan 31 | 22-3, 22-4 | Applications of the law | 22-1,22-7 | HW2 | . . . | |
| Feb 3 | 23-1 to 23-3 | Electric potential | 22-21,35 | . . | Electric Field | |
| Feb 5 | 23-4 to 23-6 | Computing potentials | 23-11,17 | . . | . . . | |
| Feb 7 | 23-7 to 23-9 | Potential & the electric field | - | HW3 | . . . | |
| Feb 10 | 24-1 to 24-3 | Capacitors, series & parallel | 23-27,33,37 | . . | Oscilloscope | |
| Feb 12 | 24-4, 24-5 | Energy & dielectrics | 24- 9,11 | . . | . . . | |
| Feb 14 | 25-1 to 25-3 | Batteries, currents, Ohm's law | 24- 25 | HW4 | . . . | |
| Feb 17 | 25-4 to 25-7 | Resistivity, power and AC currents | . . . | . . | Capacitors | |
| Feb 19 | 25-8 to 25-10 | Microscopic picture; superconductivity | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| Feb 21 | 26-1,26-2 | EMF & voltage, resistors in series & parallel | 24-45,49a,53,25-15 | HW5 | . . . | |
| Feb 24 | 26-3 | Kirchhoff's Rules | . . . | . . | Resistance & Wheatstone bridge | |
| Feb 26 | 26-4 to 26-6 | RC circuits & applications | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| Feb 28 | 27-1 to 27-3 | Magnetic field | 25-47,26-11,26,41 | HW6 | . . . | |
| Mar 3 | 27-4, 27-7 and 27-8 | Charged particles, the electron | . . . | . . | Magnetic force I | |
| Mar 5 | 27-5 and 27-6 | Current loops & applications | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| Mar 7 | 28-1 to 28-3 | B fields and wires | 27- 14,19,27 | HW7 | . . . | |
| Mar 10 | . . . | Midterm I in class Mon. | . . . | . . | Recitations and make-up labs | |
| Mar 12 | 28-4 and 28-5 | Ampere's law & the solenoid | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| Mar 14 | 28-6 | Biot-Savart law | 27-29,35,36, 28-7,17 | HW8 | . . . | |
| Mar 17-21 | . . . | Spring Recess | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| Mar 24 | 29-1 and 29-2 | Faraday's law, Lenz's law | . . . | . . | Magnetic force II | |
| Mar 26 | 29-3 to 29-6 | Generators, transformers | . . . | . . | . . | . . . |
| Mar 28 | 29-7 and 27-8 | E fields from Faraday's law & applications | 28-27,31,46, 29-5,7 | HW9 | . . . | |
| Mar 31 | 30-1 and 30-3 | Inductance & Energy in the B field | . . . | . . | Induction | |
| Apr 2 | 30-4 and 30-5 | LR and LC Circuits | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| Apr 4 | 30-6 | LRC circuits, LC oscillations | 29-17,23,29,41,43 | HW10 | ||
| Apr 7 | 31-1 and 31-4 | AC Circuits | . . . | . . | LR and LRC Circuits | |
| Apr 9 | 31-5 | LRC circuits | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| Apr 11 | 31-6 and 31-7 | Resonance & impedance matching | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| Apr 14 | . . . | Midterm II in class Mon. | . . . | . . | No lab or recitation | |
| Apr 16, 18 | . . . | No classes | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| Apr 21 | 32-1 | Displacement current | . . . | . . | Recitations and make-up labs | |
| Apr 23 | 32-2 and 32-3 | Gauss's law for B field & Maxwell equations | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| Apr 25 | 32-4 and 32-5 | Electromagnetic waves | 29-31,37,39; 30-16,29,35 | HW11 | . . . | |
| Apr 28 | 32-6 to 32-8 | Fields & Energy in EM waves | . . . | . . | Resonance | |
| Apr 30 | 35-1 and 35-2 | Huygen's principle | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| May 2 | 35-3 to 35-5 | Interference & coherence | 31-2,9(a),19,23,25;32-9,11 | HW12 | . . . | |
| May 5 | . . . | Review 1: electrostatics and magnetic fields | . . | . . . | Recitations and make-up labs | |
| May 7 | . . . | Review 2: circuits | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| May 9 | . . . | Review 3: Maxwell's equations, waves, & how electromagnetism changed everything | . . . | . . | . . . | |
| May 19 | . . . | Final Exam 11:00 - 1:30 (room TBA) | . . . | . . | . . . |
Homework assignments, schedules, and other information will be available via this web site as well as in the lecture.
You should own a copy of the textbook, a scientific calculator with trig, log, and exponential functions, and bring it to class and laboratory. In addition, you will need a laboratory notebook.
Homework will be assigned each week. Selected problems will be discussed in recitations on the following week, and the complete set will be collected for grading in class on the Friday of the following week.
Recitation attendance is required. In addition to discussion of homework problems, there may be short quizes in recitations.
The first Laboratory will be on the week of January 27. There will be a total of ten labs for this course. The Lab Notes for Physics 127 are available at the University Bookstore.
There will be two one hour mid-term examinations during the semester, and a final 2.5-hour exam during finals week.
There will be no make-up exams or late homework. Excused exams and homework will be removed from the class average. There will be make-up laboratories on the days specified in the class schedule. Make-up laboratories must be arranged with the lab instructor at least one week in advance.
| Exam | Date | Material | Solutions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midterm I | Mon., Mar 10, in class | Chapters 21 to 25 | 1 |
| Midterm II | Mon., Apr 14, in class | Chapters 26 to 29 | 2 |
| Final | Mon., May 19, 11 am -1:30 pm | Chapters 21 to 32 | |
| (Only the sections covered in the lecture) |
Finals grade will be determined as follows:
Hour Examinations 10% each; Recitation (including homework) 25%;
Laboratory 25%; Final Examination 30%
Any excuses (medical or otherwise) are to be documented, and discussed with the instructors in a timely manner. If you have a physical, psychiatric, medical, or learning disability that may impact on your ability to carry out assigned course work, I urge that you contact the staff in the Disabled Student Services office (DSS), Room 133 Humanities, 632-6748. DSS will review your concerns and determine, with you, what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information and documentation of disability is confidential.