Physics 6H Webpage

Documents

• Syllabus (pdf)
• Course Details (pdf)
• Greek Letters and Metric Prefixes (pdf)
• Exam Schedule (pdf)

Assignments

• Assignment #1 (pdf)
• Assignment #2 (pdf)
• Assignment #3 (pdf)
• Assignment #4 (pdf)
• Assignment #5 (pdf)
• Assignment #6 (pdf)
• Assignment #7 (pdf)
• Assignment #8 (pdf)
• Assignment #9 (pdf)
• Assignment #10 (pdf)
• Assignment #11 (pdf)
• Assignment #12 (pdf)
• Assignment #13 (pdf)

Extra Relativity Readings (Boccio)

• Relativity #1 (pdf)
• Relativity #2 (pdf)
• Relativity #3 (pdf)
• Relativity #4 (pdf)
• Relativity #5 (pdf)
• Relativity #6 (pdf)
• Relativity #7 (pdf)
• Accelerated Reference Frames (pdf)

Relativity Extra Problems

• Relativity Extra Problems (pdf)

Relativity Articles (MORE TO COME)

• On Radar Time and the Twin Paraodx (pdf)

Extra Quantum Mechanics Readings (Boccio)

• Classical Breakdown (pdf)
• Quantum Thoughts (pdf)
• Mathematics (pdf)
• Calculus Notes (pdf)
• Differential Equations Notes (pdf)
• Expanded Probability (pdf)
• Superposition A (pdf)
• Postulates (pdf)
• Quantum Details (pdf)
• Superposition B (pdf)
• Derivation Schrodinger Equation (pdf)
• Simple Quantum Systems (pdf)
• Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (pdf)
• Polarization (pdf)
• Polaroids, Stern-Gerlachs and Slits (pdf)
• Photons and Bayes (pdf)
• Experiment 4 (pdf)
• Experiment 4 Sample Results (pdf)
• Jones Matrices (pdf)
• Whither the Collapse? (pdf)
• K Mesons (pdf)
• Locality, EPR, Bell Intro (pdf)
• Bell Theorem Intro (pdf)
• EPR and Bell Details (pdf)
• More EPR (pdf)
• Cats and Friends*** (pdf)
• Quantum Erasers (pdf)
• Watched Pots*** (pdf)
• Many Worlds*** (pdf)
• Decoherence*** (pdf)
• Cat Decoherence (pdf)
• Infinite Regression*** (pdf)
• Measurment*** (pdf)
• Computing and Teleportation (pdf)

 *** - Follows Greenstein and Zajonc - Quantum Challenge

Quantum Mechanics Extra Problems

• Quantum Extra Problems (pdf)

Relativity Cartoons

• Calvin and Hobbes (JPEG)
• Lawyers (JPEG)

Quantum Mechanics Cartoons

• Cause and Effect (JPEG)
• Einstein and Dice (JPEG)
• Dogs and QM (JPEG)
• A Quantum Mechanic (JPEG)

IDL Notes

Mac OSX 10.3 USERS: 

	Read the install notes below. 
	All needed software is on web site.

WINOWS XP USERS: 

	Read the install notes below. 
	You will need to borrow an install CD from Professor Boccio.

• IDL Notes(pdf)
• IDL Install Notes(pdf)
• IDL Assignments(pdf)
• TCSH tcshrc file (text)
• BASH profile file (text)
• X11 V1.0 Installer (MacOSX) (dmg)
• IDL V6.0 Installer (MacOSX) (dmg)
• Adobe Reader V6.0 Installer (MacOSX) (sit)

Quantum Mechanics Articles (MORE TO COME)

• Decoherence and the Transition from Quantum to Classical Revisited (pdf)
• BELL THEOREM : THE NAIVE VIEW OF AN EXPERIMENTALIST (pdf)
• Consciousness and the Wigner friend problem (pdf)
• Quantum fluctuations and life (pdf)
• Why Should we Interpret Quantum Mechanics? (pdf)
• Do We Think and Communicate in Quantum Ways? On the Presence ofQuantum Structures in Language (pdf)
• EPR and Bell Locality (pdf)
• Quantum coins, dice and children:Probability and quantum mechanics (pdf)
• Two-particle interference (pdf)
• The mystery of the quantum cakes (pdf)

Quantum Mechanics Applets (MORE TO COME)

• Interference (JAVA Applet)
• Beats (JAVA Applet)
• Double Slit (JAVA Applet)
• Diffraction (JAVA Applet)
• Polarizers (JAVA Applet)

Quicktime Movies (MORE TO COME)

• Static Light Clock (MOV)
• Moving Light Clock (MOV)
• Static and Moving Light Clocks (MOV)
• QM Barrier Reflection (MOV)
• QM Tunneling (MOV)