Waves,
Kinetic Theory, and Relativity
PHYS
CS 33 – Spring 2007
Instructors: Dr. Ilan Ben-Yaacov, Matthew
Neeley
Announcements
04/02/07:
Welcome to your 3rd
quarter of CCS Physics!
Syllabus
(click here for syllabus in .pdf format)
Lecture:
Time: Tues/Thurs
3:30 - 4:50 p.m.
Place: PHELPS
1440
Instructor: Dr.
Ilan Ben-Yaacov, ESB Room 2213, ext 5295, ilan@engineering.ucsb.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday
10:00am-12:00pm in ESB 2213
Problem Sessions:
Time / Place: Wed
1:00 - 2:50 p.m., BLDG 387 room 103
Wed
3:00 - 4:50 p.m., BLDG 387 room 103
Instructor: Matthew
Neeley, maffoo@physics.ucsb.edu
Office Hours: Tues
1:15-3:15pm in BROIDA Room 4217
(click
here for a
map of 4th floor of Broida)
Teaching Assistant: Daniel
Balick, dbalick@physics.ucsb.edu
TA office hours: Mon
5:00-7:00pm in CCS Room 145 (or 148 if room 145 is full)
Grader: Ryan
Hazelton, rhazelton@umail.ucsb.edu
Grader office hours: Tues
7:00-9:00pm in CCS room 148 (or 145 if room 148 is full)
Required Texts: Physics, 5th edition, by Resnick, Halliday, and Krane,
2002, ISBN 0-471-32057-9
An Introduction to Mechanics, by
Kleppner and Kolenkow, 1973, ISBN 0-07-035048-5
Homework Assignments
Homework 1
Homework 2
Homework 3
Homework 4
Homework 5
Homework 6
Homework 7
Homework 8
Homework 9
Handouts
Standing Wave Modes of a 2-D Sheet
Links
Waves:
Wave
reflection and transmission at a discontinuity - applet
Vector
Calculus:
Special
Relativity:
Experimental
Tests of Special Relativity
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