Syllabus P73 PDF
Syllabus P73 PDF
College of Science
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Metro-Manila
The course aims to develop the students’ physical intuition and ability to systematically solve a wide variety of
Course Goal
problems on the fundamentals of thermodynamics, relativity, quantum physics.
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COURSE COVERAGE
Lecture Objectives
hour no. After the discussion and lined up activities, you should be able to: Topics
Read: Syllabus, and Young and Freedman, 13th ed. pp. vii- viii
THERMODYNAMICS
Read: Sec. 17.1, 17.2, 17.3 Exercises 17.1 17.7, 17.13, 17.15
Describe how the dimensions of an object change as a result of a temperature change.
Calculate for the expansion of solids due to changes in temperature.
2 Thermal Expansion
Calculate for the thermal stress experienced by solids due to changes in temperature.
Read Section 18.1, 18.2 Exercises: 18.1, 18.7, 18.14, 18.15, 18.21
Enumerate the assumptions of kinetic model of an ideal gas.
Account for the microscopic origins of the various thermodynamic variables.
Mathematically relate macroscopic variables of an ideal gas with microscopic ones (relate Kinetic Theory of Gases
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molecular speeds with temperature). Molecular speeds
Use the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution to obtain statistical information about the speed
of gas molecules.
Describe the distribution function of molecular speeds for a given temperature.
Read Sec, 18.3, 18.5 Exercises: 18.25, 18.29, 18.33, 18.37, 18.38, 18.46
Calculate the heat capacities of an ideal monatomic, diatomic and polyatomic gas. Heat Capacity of Gases
Illustrate how the heat capacity of a solid is calculated using the equipartition theorem.
Dulong-Petit Law
7 Explain the significance and limitation of equipartition theorem.
Use phase diagrams to describe physical state of substances. Phases of Matter
(reading assignment)
Read Sec 19.1, 19.2, 19.3 Exercises 19.1, 19.3, 19.6, 19.41
First Law of
Explain mathematical and physical significance of internal energy as a state function. Thermodynamics
Solve for thermodynamic quantities using the conservation of energy.
Internal Energy as State
9 Differentiate the following basic thermodynamic processes: isochoric, isobaric, Function
isothermal, adiabatic and a cyclic process.
Write down the first law equations for the said processes. Thermodynamic
Processes
Read Sec 19.4, 19.5 Exercises 19.9, 19.12, 19.18, 19.19
Differentiate heat capacities of an ideal gas for various processes.
Internal Energy of an
Solve for the change in internal energy, work and heat transferred for the said processes.
Ideal Gas
10 Solve for the thermodynamic/ state variables of one state given the thermodynamic
variables of another state. Adiabatic Processes
Read Sec 19.6, 19.7, 19.8 Exercises 19.23, 19.29, 19.35, 19.38, 19.61
Read Sec 20.6 Exercises 20.13, 20.15, 20.17, 20.21, 20.24, Q20.10
Mathematically describe entropy for reversible processes and cite consequences of
entropy being a state function.
Entropy
14 Solve for entropy changes for various processes: isothermal process, free expansion,
inelastic collision, constant pressure process, heat conduction, Carnot cycle.
State 2nd Law in terms of entropy of the universe and explain significance for naturally
occurring processes.
Read Sec 20.7
Exercises 20.25, 20.27, 20.29, 20.31, 20.33
Differentiate “useful” from “useless” forms of energy.
Microscopic
Differentiate macroscopic from microscopic interpretation of entropy and illustrate their
Interpretation of
equivalence as well as use in explaining various physical phenomena.
15 Entropy
Describe “order” and “disorder” in terms of the number of available (i.e., accessible)
microstates for a given macrostate. Order and Disorder
RELATIVITY
Note: the text to be used here is Spacetime Physics, Taylor and Wheeler, 1st ed.
Define an inertial reference frame. Newtonian Relativity
State the Principle of Relativity.
16 Explain the implications of Einstein’s Postulates. Einstein’s Postulates
Convert from conventional to natural units c = 1 and vice versa.
Natural Units
Read Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Spacetime Physics
Do Exercises in the handout
Define an event and describe how measurements are taken in an inertial frame. Events and
17 Define the interval and differentiate it from the Euclidean notion of distance. Measurements
Calculate the proper time of the straight line connecting two events
Invariance of the
Interval
Proper Time
QUANTUM PHYSICS
Note: A large part of the material is not in the textbook, but will be based on the lectures.
CHAPTER 38: PHOTONS, ELECTRONS, AND ATOMS
Discuss aspects of the photoelectric effect. Photoelectric Effect
Solve for either maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electrons, work function or
threshold frequency once the other two are known. Line Spectra
27 Solve for the energy of a quanta of light given its frequency and vice-versa.
Solve for the momentum of light given its wavelength and vice-versa. Quantization of Light
Introduce the Hydrogen Spectrum and deduce the Hydrogen atom energy levels.
Energy Levels
Read: 40.3
Ex: 40.21, 40.22, 40.23
Show the general solution to the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for a harmonic
oscillator.
Derive the allowable energies for this system.
39 Compare the classically allowable energies for a quantum oscillator and a classical The Harmonic
oscillator. Oscillator
Calculate the wavelengths of photons emitted or absorbed during transitions between
energy levels.
Read: 40.4
Ex: Q40.19, 40.27, 40.33
Show how degeneracy arises in quantum systems of more than one dimension.
Generate the possible quantum states of a system by listing down the corresponding
quantum numbers.
Solve for the energy levels and energy eigenfunctions of a particle in a 3-D box and Schrödinger’s Equation
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determine the degree of degeneracy of each level. in Three Dimensions
Solve for the energy levels and energy eigenfunctions of a particle in 3-D in a harmonic
potential, and determine the degree of degeneracy of each level
Calculate the wavelengths of photons emitted or absorbed during transitions between
energy levels.
Read: 40.5
Ex: 40.53, 40.54
Read: 41.1
Ex: 41.1, 41.3, 41.4, 41.5, 41.6
Discuss the Zeeman effect for the hydrogen atom.
Describe the results of the Stern-Gerlach experiment.
Show how the Stern-Gerlach experiment leads to the need to define the spin of an Zeeman Effect and
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electron. Electron Spin
Determine how the spin of an electron orbiting the hydrogen nucleus can combine with
its orbital angular momentum.
Read: 41.2 and 41.3
Ex: 41.14, 41.15, 41.17, 41.19, 41.23
Determine how one can describe many-electron atoms using the Schrodinger equation.
Determine how one can simplify the description of many- electron atoms via the
Schrodinger equation. Many-Electron Atoms
43 State the Pauli exclusion principle, and how it is crucial to describing many-electron and the Exclusion
atoms. Principle