UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
UCT Physics PHY3022S Advanced Physics B 2012

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updated: 12 April 2012 (2330)dga News and brief notes: PHY3022S begins on 23 July 2012. Look at the pre-course reading list See the policy of late submission of problem sets Try self-test review questions We are going to use spherical coordinates a lot. Here is a nice brute force way of getting the Laplacian in spherical polar coordinates. [.] UCT Library guide for Physics

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HAVE YOU ASKED (YOURSELF) A GOOD QUESTION TODAY: Why do so many things in physics behave like an harmonic oscillator?

PHY3022S Advanced Physics B is the second semester third year course in atomic physics, nuclear and particle physics, and solid state physics, for students majoring in Physics for the BSc degree at the University of Cape Town. The course coordinator in 2011 is Professor David Aschman .

• Course information 2012 | Lecture Calendar 2012 | Vula | Lecturer office hours
• Module specific pages: Atomic physics | Nuclear and particle physics | Solid state physics |
• Reading lists: general, atomic, nuclear and particle, solid state. and UCT Library guide for Physics
• Atomic physics lecture notes:
  atomic00, atomic01, atomic02, atomic03, atomic04, atomic05, atomic06,
• Nuclear and particle physics lecture notes :
  npp00 (Ionizing Radiation), npp01, npp02, npp03, npp04, npp05, npp06,
• Good questions to ask yourself | Physics terms for you to explain | Revision self-test seminars
• 2012 Problem Sets, hints and solutions | Class tutors
• Pop Quiz .. and (some) solutions
• Essay 1 | Structure of a model essay | Comments by markers | Writing well
• Project | project presentation schedule | Class Test 2
• Classlist | Class representative | Honesty declaration
• PHYLAB3 Laboratory course information and files. .
• All course marks 2012 (.xls), (.htm) | ..
• Course evaluation form 2012 || Course evaluation 2010 , 2009 , 2008 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004 , 2003 , 2002 |
• Final examination and formula/data sheet policy | Oral examination | External examiner
• Past class tests and examinations | Terms used in examination papers
• Glossary of scientific terms
• Preparation for the course: You might wish to revise some quantum mechanics
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• Semi-popular physics journals: Physics Today | Physics World | Cern Courier | SLAC Beamline | Symmetry magazine| Scientific American | Physical Review Focus | What is new? | Computing in Science and Engineering | Physics News Update | Reviews of Modern Physics | Nature | New Scientist | American Scientist | Science...
• Worthwhile sites: Bob Park weekly comment on science matters | the edge