(for 7th edition of text book)
Solutions to even numbered problems appear in the Word copy of the Problem Outline. Go back to the course page if you want to get them.
| Part 1: Light & Geometric Optics (Ch. 34-36) | |
| 1. Electromagnetic Waves | 34.41,43,44 |
| 2. Reflection & Refraction | 35.11,12,17,19,33,45,58 (1A) |
| 3. Image Formation | |
| A. Refraction | 36.21 (1B) |
| B. Thin Lenses | 36.27,29,33 (1C,1D,1E) |
| 4. Simple Optical Systems | |
| A. Projector, Camera | 36.34 (1E) |
| B. Magnifying Glass, Eye, Vision Correction | 36.31,43,45 |
| C. Microscope, Telescope | 36.53 (1F) |
| D. Aberrations | |
| Part 2: Physical Optics (Ch. 37-38) | |
| 1. Interference | |
| A. Young's Double Slit | 37.3,5,7 |
| B. Diffraction Grating | 38.19,21 (2A) |
| C. Thin Films | 37.23,24,27 (2B) |
| D. Interferometers | 37.35 |
| 2. Diffraction | |
| A. Single Slit, Circular Aperture | 38.1,3,5 |
| B. X-Ray Diffraction | 38.30,31 |
| C. Resolution | 38.13,15,50 (2C) |
| 3. Polarization | 38.35,37,38 |
| Part 3: Quantum Physics (Ch. 40-42) | |
| 1. Thermal Radiation & Photons | 40.1,7,9,11 (3A) |
| 2. Photoelectric Effect | 40.15,17 (3B) |
| 3. Compton Scattering | 40.22,30 |
| 4. Bohr Model of Hydrogen | 42.1,5,7 (3C) |
| 5. Theory of Quantum Mechanics | 40.34,36,47,49,51 41.5,7,9,15 |
| 6. Atomic Physics | |
| A. Quantum Numbers | 42.25 |
| B. X-Ray Production | 42.(3D) |
| C. Lasers | 42.45,47 |
| Part 4: Special Theory of Relativity (Ch. 39) | |
| 1. Length & Time | 39.5,8,9,13 (4A,4C) |
| 2. Velocity | 39.23,24 (4A) |
| 3. Momentum & Energy | 39.31,33,35,38,45 (4A,4B) |
| Part 5: Nuclear Physics (Ch. 44-45) | |
| 1. The Nucleus | |
| A. Size | 44.6,7 |
| B. Binding Energy | 44.9,11,13 (5A) |
| 2. Radioactivity | |
| A. Types & Characteristics | 44.19,21,35,37,57 (5A) |
| B. Health Effects | 45.23,25,26 |
| 3. Nuclear Power | 45.4,5,9 (5B) |