Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism and Waves

Phys 133, Fall 2016

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Brooks Thomas

Hugel 020
Physics Department
Lafayette College
730 High St.
Easton, PA 18042

Phone: (610) 330-5207
Email: thomasbd@lafayette.edu

Contact Info

Physics at Lafayette

Other Resources

• My Personal Home Page
• Lafayette Physics Department
• Physics Courses

• List of NSF REU Sites
• APS Resources for Students
• Society of Physics Students (SPS)
• CUWiP
• SACNAS National Conference

Course Materials and Other Useful Links

• Syllabus
• Resources and Demos Page
• Course Moodle
• MasteringPhysics Site

Textbook

• Hugh D. Young and Roger A. Freedman, University Physics with MasteringPhysics, 14th Ed. (Pearson, 2015).

Office hours

• Mon., 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
• Wed., 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (before the week of 9/19/16)
• Wed., 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (beginning the week of 9/19/16)
• Fri., 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

If you cannot make it during my formal office hours, please email me in order to schedule an appointment. You should also feel free to drop by my office unannounced.

Supplemental Instruction

SI Leader
• Phil Bedoukian
Contact Info
• Email: bedoukip@lafayette.edu
Instruction Sessions
• Wed., 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM in Hugel 017
Drop-In Tutoring Hours
• Tues., 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM in Hugel 017
• Thurs., 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM in Hugel 017

Course Schedule

Date	Topic	Reading	Homework
Week 1
8/29	Coulomb's Law	21.1-21.3
8/31	The Electric Field	21.4 - 21.5
9/2	Continuous Charge Distributions	21.6 - 21.7	HW 1 Due
Week 2
9/5	Electric Flux	22.1 - 22.2
9/7	Gauss's Law, Part I	22.3
9/9	Gauss's Law, Part II	22.4 - 22.5	HW 2 Due
Week 3
9/12	Potential Energy	23.1 - 23.2
9/14	Electric Potential, Part I	23.3
9/16	Electric Potential, Part II	23.4 - 23.5	HW 3 Due
Week 4
9/19	Capacitors and Capacitance	24.1 - 24.2
9/21	Energy in Electric Fields	24.3 - 24.5
9/23	Electric Current	25.1 - 25.2	HW 4 Due
Week 5
9/26	Resistance and Ohm's Law	25.3 - 25.4
9/28	Energy and Power in Circuits	25.5 - 25.6
9/30	Mid-Term Exam I
Week 6
10/3	Analyzing Circuits: Kirchoff's Rules	26.1 - 26.2
10/5	RC Circuits	26.4
10/7	Magnetism and Magnetic Fields	27.1 - 27.3	HW 5 Due
Week 7
10/10	Fall Break (No Class Meeting)
10/12	The Magnetic Force, Part I	27.4 - 27.5
10/14	The Magnetic Force, Part II	27.6 - 27.8	HW 6 Due
Week 8
10/17	The Biot-Savart Law	28.1 - 28.4
10/19	Ampere's Law	28.5 - 28.6
10/21	Magnetism: Applications	28.7	HW7 Due
Week 9
10/24	Electromagnetic Induction, Part I	29.1 - 29.4
10/26	Electromagnetic Induction, Part II	29.5 - 29.7
10/28	Mid-Term Exam II
Week 10
10/31	Energy in Magnetic Fields	30.1 - 30.3
11/2	LR and LC Circuits	30.4 - 30.6
11/4	Wave Mechanics	15.1 - 15.5	HW 8 Due
Week 11
11/7	Superposition and Interference	15.6 - 15.8
11/9	Acoustics and Sound	16.1 - 16.4
11/11	Resonance	16.5 - 16.7	HW 9 Due
Week 12
11/14	Electromagnetic Waves, Part I	32.1 - 32.3
11/16	Electromagnetic Waves, Part II	32.4 - 32.5
11/18	Reflection and Refraction	33.1 - 33.3	HW 10 Due
Week 13
11/21	Polarization and Scattering	33.4 - 33.7
11/23	Thanksgiving Break (No Class Meeting)
11/25	Thanksgiving Break (No Class Meeting)
Week 14
11/28	Interference of Electromagnetic Waves, Part I	35.1 - 35.2
11/30	Mid-Term Exam III
12/2	Interference of Electromagnetic Waves, Part II	35.4
Week 15
12/5	Diffraction, Part I	36.1 - 36.4
12/7	Diffraction, Part II	36.5 - 36.7
12/9	Review Session		HW 11 Due
Final Exam
12/15	Final Exam: 8:00 - 11:00 AM in Simon Center, Room L3