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PHYS 201: Fundamentals of Physics II
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Instructor: Ramamurti Shankar John Randolph Huffman Professor of Physics · License: CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0
About this course
This is a continuation of Fundamentals of Physics, I (PHYS 200), the introductory course on the principles and methods of physics for students who have good preparation in physics and mathematics. This course covers electricity, magnetism, optics and quantum mechanics.
Course details
Course Structure
75 minute lectures, twice per week The Open Yale Courses Book Series. For more information about Professor Shankar's book based on PHYS 200, Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300192209 click here
Texts
Fishbane, Paul M., Stephen Gasiorowicz, and Stephen T. Thornton. 2005. Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics , 3rd Edition. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. Serway, Raymond A., and John W. Jewett, Jr. 2008. Physics for Scientists and Engineers , 7th Edition, Part II. Belmont, CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole. Wolfson, Richard and Jay Pasachoff. 1998. Physics with Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers , 3d ed. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Publishing Company. Recommended math supplement: Shankar, Ramamurti. 2003. Basic Training in Mathematics: A Fitness Program for Science Students . New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Requirements
Single variable calculus, elementary vectors and complex numbers. Homework is given every Wednesday and is due the following Wednesday before class. Solutions are posted on Wednesdays, so problem sets must be turned in on time. There is one in-class midterm halfway through the semester.
Grading
Homework 20%, Midterm 30%, Finals 50% (Standard Plan) 100% based on Finals alone (Amnesty Plan) Letter grade will be based on the better of the two above
Syllabus
1 section · 27 lectures · links open at oyc.yale.edu.
Course sessions
- Electrostatics
- Electric Fields
- Gauss's Law I
- Gauss's Law and Application to Conductors and Insulators
- The Electric Potential and Conservation of Energy
- Capacitors
- Resistance
- Circuits and Magnetism I
- Magnetism II
- Ampere's Law
- Lenz's and Faraday's Laws
- LCR Circuits — DC Voltage
- LCR Circuits — AC Voltage
- Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves I
- Midterm Exam
- Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves II
- Ray or Geometrical Optics I
- Ray or Geometrical Optics II
- Wave Theory of Light
- Quantum Mechanics I: Key Experiments and Wave-Particle Duality
- Quantum Mechanics II
- Quantum Mechanics III
- Quantum Mechanics IV: Measurement Theory, States of Definite Energy
- Quantum Mechanics V: Particle in a Box
- Quantum Mechanics VI: Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation
- Quantum Mechanics VII: Summary of Postulates and Special Topics
- Final Exam