PHYS 2604 Course Page
- Professor: Pat Kalyniak
- Date: Tuesday and Thursday - first lecture September 10, 2009
- Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
- Location: Tory 446
- Professor's Office: 3310 Herzberg Building
- Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 10:30 - 11:30
or by appointment (email me to set up time)
- Email: kalyniak at physics.carleton.ca
- Telephone: 613 520 4376
- Course Text: Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers,
Stephen T. Thornton and Andrew Rex, 3rd edition, Thomson - Brooks/Cole, 2006, ISBN: 0 - 534 - 41781 - 7
(or bundled with the Student Solutions Manual the ISBN is 0495766828)
- Excellent supplementary book: Special Relativity,
T.M. Helliwell, University Science Books, 2010, ISBN: 978-1-891389-61-0
The course outline
The midterm will be October 29, 2009.
It will be held in a larger room St. Pat's 100.
Here is the list of constants and formulae that will be attached to the midterm:
Midterm information
Here is a link to a website on group and phase velocity of wave packets:
GroupVelocity
The Final exam will be Saturday, December 12 at 14:00 in the Fieldhouse.
You may bring an 8.5 x 11" aid sheet, both sides.
Here is the Information Page that indicates what Sections of the
text book we covered.
Good Luck on ALL your exams!!
Assignments
Solutions to assignments will be posted outside HP3125