Contents
- Week 15, Tuesday and Thursday, April 25 and 27: Particle Physics
- Week 14, Tuesday and Thursday, April 18 and 20: Particle Physics
- Week 13, Tuesday and Thursday, April 11 and 13: Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
- Week 12, Tuesday and Thursday, April 4 and 6: Quantum Mechanics 3, 4
- Week 11, Tuesday and Thursday, March 28 and 30: Quantum Mechanics 1, 2
- Week 10, Tuesday and Thursday, March 21 and 23: Cosmology 4
- Week 9, Tuesday and Thursday, March 14 and 16: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
- Week 8, Tuesday and Thursday, February 28 and March 2: Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity and the beginnings of General Relativity
- Week 7, Tuesday and Thursday, February 21 and 23: Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity
- Week 6, Thursday, February 16: Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity
- Week 5, Thursday, February 9, classes 9 and 10: Electromagnetism, Particle Accelerators and Detectors
- Week 4, Thursday, February 2, classes 7 and 8: Newton’s Cosmology, Consequences of Gravitation, Electricity and Magnetism
- Week 3, Thursday, January 26, classes 5 and 6: Early Astronomy and Gravitation
- Week 2, Thursday, January 19, classes 3 and 4: Collisions and Energy
- Week 1, classes 1 and 2: Tuesday and Thursday, January 10 & 12: Motion and Force
Come to this page for all provided content. Arranged by week, you’ll find:
- topics
- readings
- lecture slides
- extras, like videos and external links
Key to the texts:
“PCC” = Physics Concepts and Connections, Hobson
“CP” = The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Bennett, Donahue, Schneider, Mark Voit (free ebook in MasteringAstronomy)
“EV” = The Theory of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics, Oerter
“PG” = The Particle Garden, Kane.
“QS&BB” = Quarks, Spacetime, and the Big Bang, Brock…manuscript for this course
Now hear this:
Regular lectures on both Tuesdays and Thursdays for the rest of the semester. Starting February 16.
That is all.
Week 15, Tuesday and Thursday, April 25 and 27: Particle Physics
Lecture slides
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017lectures/
Videos
Reading
Required:
EV: Chapters 10, 11, 12
CP: Chapter 23
lecture notes for a lot of the content on Feynman Diagrams
Two movies of about 20 minutes each:
Each has content that will be on homework 15 and maybe the second midterm.
Additional content:
Homework
- Homework #15:
- available: Thursday, 27 April, midnight
- due: Thursday, 4 May midnight
Tasks
none
Week 14, Tuesday and Thursday, April 18 and 20: Particle Physics
Lecture slides
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017lectures/
Videos
Reading
Required:
EV: Chapters 7, 8, 9
lecture notes for a lot of the content on Feynman Diagrams
Additional content:
Homework
Homework #14:
available: Saturday, April 1 (ha)
due: Paper, thursday, May 4th at the final, electronic, Saturday, April 29, midnight
Paper at: http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017homework/
Tasks
none
Week 13, Tuesday and Thursday, April 11 and 13: Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
Lecture slides
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017lectures/
Videos
Reading
Required:
EV: Chapters 5 and 6 lecture notes for a lot of the content on Feynman Diagrams
Additional content:
Homework
- Homework #10:
- available: Saturday, April 1 (ha)
- due: Saturday, April 8, midnight
Tasks
none
Week 12, Tuesday and Thursday, April 4 and 6: Quantum Mechanics 3, 4
Lecture slides
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017lectures/
Videos
Reading
Required:
PCC: Chapter 13
EV: Chapters 4 and 5
Additional content:
Homework
- Homework #10:
- available: Saturday, April 1 (ha)
- due: Saturday, April 8, midnight
Tasks
none
Week 11, Tuesday and Thursday, March 28 and 30: Quantum Mechanics 1, 2
Lecture slides
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017lectures/
Videos
Reading
Required:
PCC: Chapter 12
EV: Chapters 4 and 5
Additional content:
Homework
- Homework #10:
- available: Saturday, April 1 (ha)
- due: Saturday, April 8, midnight
Tasks
none
Week 10, Tuesday and Thursday, March 21 and 23: Cosmology 4
Lecture slides
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017lectures/
Videos
Reading
Required:
PCC: Chapter 11
CP: Chapter 20 <— second readings from MasteringAstronomy (see Tasks, below)
Additional content:
Some of the algebra stories will be on video and reflected in the homework…
Homework
Homework #10:
available: Saturday, March 25 and is in two parts
the MastringAstronomy part is due Saturday, April 1, midnight
the worksheet part is due in class on Tuesday, April 4 and is at http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017homework/
Tasks
Sign up for the (free) MasteringAstronomy site:
http://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/masteringastronomy/
Course ID is ISP220SP17
“code” is WSSPCT-SNELL-NAMEN-WEIGH-METIS-NJORD
Week 9, Tuesday and Thursday, March 14 and 16: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
Lecture slides
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017lectures/
Videos
Reading
Required:
PCC: Chapter 11
CP: Chapter S3 <— first readings from MasteringAstronomy (see Tasks, below)
Additional content:
Some of the algebra stories will be on video and reflected in the homework…
Homework
- Homework #9:
- available: Saturday, March 18
- due: Thursday, March 23, midnight
Tasks
Sign up for the (free) MasteringAstronomy site:
http://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/masteringastronomy/
Course ID is ISP220SP17
“code” is WSSPCT-SNELL-NAMEN-WEIGH-METIS-NJORD
Week 8, Tuesday and Thursday, February 28 and March 2: Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity and the beginnings of General Relativity
Lecture slides
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017lectures/
Videos
Reading
Required:
QS&BB:> Chapter 13, Special Relativity, Consequences
Same readings as last week:
PCC: Chapter 10.6-10.8 EV: Chapters 1 and 2
Additional content:
Some of the algebra stories will be on video and reflected in the homework…
Homework
- Homework #8:
- available: Saturday, March 4 or so…
- due: Saturday, March 18, midnight
Tasks
Week 7, Tuesday and Thursday, February 21 and 23: Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity
Lecture slides
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017lectures/
Videos
Reading
Required:
QS&BB:> Chapter 13, Special Relativity, Consequences
PCC: Chapter 10.6-10.8 EV: Chapters 1 and 2
Additional content:
none
Homework
- Homework #7:
- available: Saturday, February 25 midnight
- due: Saturday, March 4, midnight
Tasks
Week 6, Thursday, February 16: Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity
Lecture slides
All slides from in-class lectures are at:
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017lectures/
Videos
sections: 10.7 Particle Detectors
Reading
Required:
QS&BB: Chapter 12, Special Relativity, 1905; space and time aren’t what they used to be
PCC: Chapter 10.1-10.5
Additional content:
none
Homework
- Homework #5:
- available: Saturday, February 18 midnight
- due: Saturday, February 25, midnight
Tasks
Week 5, Thursday, February 9, classes 9 and 10: Electromagnetism, Particle Accelerators and Detectors
Lecture slides
none
Videos
sections: 9.9a, b (electric and magnetic fields) and 10.1-10.6 Electron Discovery and particle accelerators
Reading
Required:
Notice, this is the first reading out of Particle Garden
PG: Chapter 5, Experimental Facilities
Recommended:
A section of the “Particle Adventure” website (there are apps for this)
Rummage in my friend Matt Strassler’s public site
Additional content:
none
Homework
- Homework #5:
- available: Saturday, February 11 midnight
- due: Thursday, February 16, midnight
Tasks
Week 4, Thursday, February 2, classes 7 and 8: Newton’s Cosmology, Consequences of Gravitation, Electricity and Magnetism
Lecture slides
none
Videos
sections: 8.5-8.6 (Newton’s Cosmology, Consequences of Gravitation), 9.1-9.8 (electric and magnetic fields)
Reading
Required:
PCC: Chapter 5, Newton’s Universe, Chapter 8 Electromagnetism, 8.1-8.3, 8.5-8.6
Recommended:
QS&BB: Chapter 9, Newtonian Gravitation, The Lion Roars, Chapter 10 Charges and Magnets, Charge It!, Faraday’s Lines of Force, Modern Physics Begins
Additional content:
none
Homework
- Homework #4:
- available: Saturday, February 4 noon
- due: Thursday, February 9, midnight
Tasks
Week 3, Thursday, January 26, classes 5 and 6: Early Astronomy and Gravitation
Lecture slides
none
Videos
Lessons 5, 6 and 7:
sections: 5.1-5.2 (greeks), 6.1-6.2 (copernicus), sections: 7.1-7.4 (kepler, galileo), sections: 8.1 – 8.4 (Newton’s Gravitation)
Reading
Required:
PCC: Chapter 1, The Way of Science (yes…chapter 1)
Recommended:
QS&BB: Chapter 8, Cosmology, The Old Way, Round 1: Wrestling With the Universe
Additional content:
none
Homework
- Homework #3:
- available: Saturday, January 28 midnight
- due: Thursday, February 2 midnight
Tasks
none
Week 2, Thursday, January 19, classes 3 and 4: Collisions and Energy
Lecture slides
none
Videos
Lessons 3 and 4:
sections: 3.1-3.5 (collisions) and 4.1-4.4 (energy)
Reading
Required:
PCC: Chapter 6, Conservation of Energy, You Can’t Get Ahead
Recommended:
QS&BB: Chapter 5, Collisions
QS&BB: Chapter 6, Energy
Additional content:
Homework
- Homework #2:
- available: Saturday, January 21 midnight
- due: Thursday, January 26 midnight
Tasks
none
Week 1, classes 1 and 2: Tuesday and Thursday, January 10 & 12: Motion and Force
Lecture slides
Are posted: http://www.pa.msu.edu/~brock/file_sharing/QSandBB/2017lectures/
Videos
(This one time, here’s the explicit link:
https://qstbb.pa.msu.edu/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=video_lessons )
The introductory class was (poorly) recorded and is available at https://qstbb.pa.msu.edu/storage/0_intro/ . You’ll need your headphones because the sound isn’t good.
Lessons 1 and 2:
Before class #2: sections 1.1-1.5 and 2.1-2.3 (motion and momentum/force)
Reading
Required:
PCC: Chapter 3, How Things Move: Galileo Asks the Right Questions
PCC: Chapter 4, Why Things Move as They Do
Recommended:
QS&BB: Chapter 3, Motion
QS&BB: Chapter 4, Momentum and Force, The Big Mo
Additional content:
Preface and introduction to the manuscript…and identically, ISP220, the course:
QS&BB: Chapter 1, Introduction
Mathematical review…for most topics and any mathematics that we might see:
QS&BB: QS&BB: Chapter 2, Tools
Homework
Homework #0: introduction to MasteringPhysics…non-physics questions to get you comfortable in the platform.
- available: now
- due: Saturday, January 14 midnight
Homework #1:
- available: Saturday, January 14 midnight
- due: Thursday, January 19 midnight
Tasks
- Purchase MasteringPhysics: Due January 12
- Join Facebook Group: Due January 14
- Join Wiki: Due January 14