Physics 252: Physics III Dr. John Varriano Christian Brothers University

Friday, 11/20

Practice:

Special Theory of Relativity

Collected:

4A

DUE W 11/25

[* The following ten problems will be collected this semester: 1A, 1E, 1F, 2A, 2C, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 5A.]

Computer:	Vol. 6 #1	Relativity I	M 11/30
	Vol. 6 #1	Relativity II	M 11/30

• You can go to your text book's student web site:
  • 6th edition
  • 5th edition
• You can view the Java applets that we look at in class by simply choosing from the list below:

  Dispersion in a Rain Drop
  Negative Lens: Ray Trace
  Positive Lens: Ray Trace
  Thick Lens Ray Trace - Spherical Aberration
  Ripple Tank-Interference

  (These applets were either written by S. Kamikawa or W. Christian. You may want to check out more of their work with physics applets: [Kamikawa] [Christian].)
• Click on the thumbnail to view the geometry of an electromagnetic wave.
  
• Examine the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Examine the ray traces for image formation with mirrors (Powerpoint notes).

• Look at the parts of the eye and the photoresponse of the eye.
• Don't like to wear glasses or contact lenses? Read about the different procedures for correcting common vision problems .
• Click on the thumbnail to view the set-up to produce a hologram and to learn more about making holograms.
  
• Review the Powerpoint notes on polarization.
• Click on the thumbnail to view a photograph of a double slit interference pattern being produced photon by photon.
  
• Click on the thumbnail to view the emission and absorption spectra of some atomic gases.
  
• Read about and view images taken by a scanneling tunneling microscope (STM) and an atomic force microscope (ATM).
• View a QuickTime movie (.mov) showing how iron atoms are arranged by a STM tip to form a quantum corral (ring of atoms). This work was done at IBM.
  Click on the thumbnail to see a computer enhanced of the corral taken by the STM. The circular ripples are standing waves formed by the electrons!
  
  View other images taken by STM's in the IBM labs
• Review the Powerpoint notes on lasers.
• Examine the periodic table.
• Examine an abbreviated table of isotope data (similar to the table in your text's appendix).

• Examine the Table of the Nuclides prepared by the National Nuclear Data Center at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
• Examine the nuclear data sheet prepared by Dr. Holmes.
• Click on the thumbnail to view a schematic of a nuclear fission reactor. Read more about nuclear energy at nukeworker.com
  

Top animated GIF courtesy of Francis Herbert with some slight editing by me.

Background courtesy of me!