11320PHYS114402#

General Physics A (II)#

普通物理Ａ二#

Instructor#

  • Prof. Pochung Chen

  • R521, Physics building

  • pcchen {at} phys {dot} nthu {dot} edu {dot} tw

Teaching Assistant#

  • 莊鎮銓 b06209036 {at} gmail {dot} com

  • Office: R311

Lecture Time#

  • T3T4R3R4

Room#

  • GEN III 101/綜三 101

演習課#

  • ???

  • Room ???

Grade#

  • Midterm (45%)+ final (45%) + homework (10%)

  • Scientific calculator is allowed in the exams.

    • Programming and plotting are not allowed.

Midterm#

  • Time: ?/?/2025

  • Range:

Final#

  • Time: ?/?/2025

  • Range:

Textbooks#

In this semester we plan to cover following topics

Part IV: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM#

  1. Electric Fields.

  2. Continuous Charge Distributions and Gauss’s Law.

  3. Electric Potential.

  4. Capacitance and Dielectrics.

  5. Current and Resistance.

  6. Direct Current Circuits.

  7. Magnetic Fields.

  8. Sources of the Magnetic Field.

  9. Faraday’s Law.

  10. Inductance.

  11. Alternating Current Circuits.

  12. Electromagnetic Waves.

Part V: LIGHT AND OPTICS.#

  1. The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics.

  2. Interference of Light Waves.

  3. Diffraction Patterns and Polarization.

Part VI: MODERN PHYSICS.#

  1. Relativity.

  2. Introduction to Quantum Physics.

  3. Quantum Mechanics.

  4. Atomic Physics.

Homework#

  • HW1, due on

    • Chapter 22: Pb 23, 28, 33, 41.

    • Chapter 23: Pb 6, 22, 32, 49.

  • HW2, due on

    • Chapter 24: Pb 9, 23, 25, 45.

    • Chapter 25: Pb 10, 29, 30, 39.

  • HW3, due on

    • Chapter 26: Pb 19, 28, 37, 45.

    • Chapter 27: Pb 4, 8, 17, 25, 35.

  • HW4, due on

    • Chapter 28: Pb 17, 23, 34, 41.

    • Chapter 29: Pb 4, 15, 22, 25, 29.

  • HW5, due on

    • Chapter 30: Pb 4, 15, 22, 44.

    • Chapter 31: Pb 15, 16, 23, 27, 29.

  • HW6, due on

    • Chapter 32: Pb 6, 12, 15, 21, 31.

    • Chapter 33: Pb 1, 2, 10, 12.

  • HW7, due on

    • Chapter 34: Pb 6, 10, 25, 45

    • Chapter 36: Pb 10, 16, 22, 35

  • HW8, due on

    • Chapter 37:Pb 7, 10

    • Chapter 38: Pb 9, 17, 20, 23, 38

  • HW9, due on

    • Chapter 39: Pb 2, 11, 15, 27, 41

    • Chapter 40: Pb 1, 11, 15, 26, 30

  • HW10, due on

    • Chapter 41: Pb 3, 7, 12, 18, 19, 26

    • Chapter 42: Pb 3, 7, 18, 27, 32

Weekly schedule#

  • Week 1

    • 2/18/2025: Chapter 22 Electric Fields.

    • 2/20/2025: Chapter 23 Continuous Charge Distributions and Gauss’s Law.

  • Week 2

    • 2/25/2025: Chapter 24 Electric Potential.

    • 2/27/2025: Chapter 25 Capacitance and Dielectrics

  • Week 3

    • 3/4/2025: Chapter 26 Current and Resistance.

    • 3/6/2025: Chapter 27 Direct-Current Circuits.

  • Week 4

    • 3/11/2025: Chapter 28 Magnetic Fields.

    • 3/13/2025: Chapter 29 Sources of the Magnetic Field.

  • Week 5

    • 3/18/2025: Chapter 30 Faraday’s Law.

    • 3/20/2025: Chapter 31 Inductance.

  • Week 6

    • 3/25/2025: Chapter 32 Alternating Current Circuits.

    • 3/27/2025: Chapter 32 Alternating-Current Circuits.

  • Week 7

    • 4/1/2025: Chapter 33 Electromagnetic Waves.

    • 4/4/2025: No class.

  • Week 8

    • 4/8/2025: Chapter 33 Electromagnetic Waves.

    • 4/10/2025: Midterm Exam.**

  • Week 9

    • 4/15/2025: Chapter 34 The Nature of Light.

    • 4/17/2025: Chapter 34 The Nature of Light.

  • Week 10

    • 4/22/2025: Chapter 36 Wave Optics.

    • 4/24/2025: Chapter 36 Wave Optics

  • Week 11

    • 4/29/2025: Chapter 38 Relativity.

    • 5/2/2025: Chapter 38 Relativity.

  • Week 12

    • 5/6/2025: Chapter 38 Relativity.

    • 5/8/2025: Chapter 38 Relativity.

  • Week 13

    • 5/13/2025: Chapter 39 Introduction to Quantum Physics.

    • 5/15/2025: Chapter 39 Introduction to Quantum Physics.

  • Week 14

    • 5/20/2025: Chapter 40 Quantum Mechanics.

    • 5/22/2025: Chapter 40 Quantum Mechanics.

  • Week 15

    • 5/27/2025: Chapter 41 Atomic Physics.

    • 5/29/2025: Chapter 41 Atomic Physics.

  • Week 16

    • 6/3/2025: Chapter 41 Atomic Physics.

    • 6/5/2025: Final exam.