Required class preparation
The following preparation is to be completed before class on the date listed.
Monday 1/7/13 - Review Unit T from Physics 233
Wednesday 1/9/13 - Friday 1/11/13 - Read sections
1.1-1.3 in Schroeder and T1-T2.
Monday 1/14/13 - Read 1.4-1.6 and do: 1.28, 1.34,
T3S.5, 1.36, 1.42, and 1.47
Wednesday 1/16/13 - Read 1.7 and do: 1.60, 1.63, and
1.67
Friday 1/18/13 - Read 2.1-2.3 and do: 2.1, 2.5, 2.9, 2.10
Monday 1/21/13 - Read 2.4 and B2-3 and do: 2.13, 2.16, 2.18, 2.20, B.8, B.11
Wednesday 1/23/13 - Read 2.5 and do: 2.26, 2.27
Friday 1/25/13 - Read 2.6 and do: 2.28, 2.32, 2.33, 2.39, and:
Go back to your spreadsheet for problem 2.10. Compute the entropy for
each macrostate. What is the most probable macrostate and what is its
entropy? What about least probable? Also compute the entropy over
long time scales, assuming that all microstates are accessible.
(Neglect the factor of Boltzmann's constant in the definition of
entropy.) Plot Entropy as a function of macrostate. How does it
complare to the graph of multiplicity? Does it behave as expected?
Monday 1/28/13 - Read 3.1-3.2 and do: 3.1, 3.3, 3.10, 3.14
Wednesday 1/30/13 - Read 3.3 and do: 3.18, 3.20, 3.24, 3.25
Friday 2/1/13 - Read 3.4-3.6 and do: 3.31, 3.32, 3.36, 3.39
Monday 2/4/13 - Read 4.1-4.2 and do: 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 4.10, 4.15
Wednesday 2/6/13 - Review
Friday 2/8/13 - Exam 1
Monday 2/11/13 - Read 5.1-5.2 and do: 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 5.11, 5.20, 5.21, 5.22
Wednesday 2/13/13 - Read 5.3 thru p. 179 and do: 5.28 (also calculate the depth at which aragonite becomes stable), 5.32, 5.35, 5.37 (just calculate the slope, don't worry about the plot)
Friday 2/15/13 - Read rest of 5.3 and do: 5.48, 5.51, 5.52
Monday 2/18/13 - TBA
Wednesday 2/20/13 - Read 6.0-6.1 and do: 6.3, 6.4, 6.6, 6.12
Friday 2/22/13 -Read A.4, B.1, and T7 and do: A.21 (also demonstrate that for each j the degeneracy of that state is 2j+1), A.22 (instead of doing part c from the book, tell me if your answer to part b is reasonable and why), B.2, B.3
Monday 3/4/13 - Read 6.2 and do: 6.15, 6.16, 6.20, 6.23 (send whatever you use to do the sum: spreadsheet, mathmatica code, etc.)
Wednesday 3/6/13 - Read 6.3-6.4 and do: 6.31, 6.33, 6.35, 6.36
Friday 3/8/13 - Read 6.5-6.6 and do: 6.41 (just derivegive the formula, don't worry about the plot, etc.), 6.44, 6.45
Monday 3/11/13 - Read 6.7 and do: 6.52, , T7S.6 (how does this problem relate to the partition thereom?), T7R.1 (Use MBoltz program to evaluate the integral, don't forget to change variables and the limits of integration), and a list of equations requested for the exam
Wednesday 3/13/13 - Review
Friday 3/15/13 - Exam #2
Monday 3/18/13 - Friday 3/22/13 - Physics apprciation Week, just submit one assignment for the entire class: Read A.5, 7.1-7.2 and do 7.3, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, 7.13ac, 7.18 (Try substituting x=(epsilon-mu)/kT and don't make the plots)
Monday 3/25/13 - Read 7.3 (up to page 278) and do: 7.19, 7.22, 7.23 (a-e), 7.26 (a-b)
Wednesday 3/27/13 - Read B.5 and remainder of 7.3 and do: B.17 (don't forget the definition of the Ampu-T function), B.21, 7.28(a-b), 7.29, 7.31(ignore high T limit)
Friday 3/29/13 - continued
Monday 4/1/13 - Read A.6 and 7.4 and do: 7.39 (make the plot in dimentionless quantities, what do you use instead of lamda?), 7.43, 7.44, 7.51 (don't worry about maximizing the efficiency, just make sure the peak is in the visible and comment on which end of the visible spectrum is better), and explicitly calculate the value of the stefan-boltzman constant
Wednesday 4/3/13 - Read 7.4-7.5 and do: 7.56, extra on handout, 7.58, 7.63 (find U and C in high and low temperature limits, don't worry about the plot)
Friday 4/5/13 - 7.6 and do: 7.66, and a 1-2 page summary of chapter 7
Monday 4/8/13 - Read Planetary Science chapter and do: 3.5, 3.11,, and problem 5.40 from Schroeder, and
- An astronomer measured the brightness of Jupiter at 17.6 terahertz to be 9.2e12 Jy (Actually, no one would use Jansky's at this frequency, but I wanted to make you do an extra conversion). What is the brightness temperature? What is the peak frequency for this temperature? What brightness do you expect to measure at this frequency?
- On a slowly rotating body, which area would be warmer at local midnight, area A with a higher thermal inertia or area B with a lower thermal inertia? Which area would be warmer at noon? Assume both areas are at the same latitude and there is no internal heating.
- Can the same volcano erupt a basaltic lava one year and andesitc later? Can the same volcano produce both granite and basalt? Explain.
Wednesday 4/10/13 - Write a short paper summarizing what you learned this semester (~2 pages) OR discuss the goals list on the class syllabus (Do you agree with the list? What would you add? What would you remove?)
Friday 4/12/13 - No class
