Physics 202 - Spring 2008 Prof. Christiansen

Logistics:
Syllabus
Schedule
Transfering files to or from the Studio

Turn in assignments through Blackboard by clicking "Assignments" in the left-hand menu.
--Mac users should turn in a PDF report and Excel or Matlab files.
--Windows users should turn in a DOC report and Excel or Matlab files.

Handouts:
Day 1: Program Design
Day 1: Numerical Derivatives Worksheet

Excel Materials:
Spreadsheet Manual
Spreadsheet Manual (Word file)
Cool ODE simulations
Project 1

Matlab Materials:
M0_Intro
M1_Arrays
M2_Graph2D
M3_Graph3D
M4_Functions
M5_FindAndInterpolate
M6_Differentiation: and the files that you'll need. cia_file1.txt cia_file2.txt EF="smoothJLC.m">smoothJLC.m
M7_Integration1D: only problems 1-3 are due.
M8_MonteCarloIntegration: only problems 4 & 5 are due.
M9_ODEs
M10_ODE2D
M11_Programming problems 1, 2, 3, and any two of 4, 5, and 6.
Project 2: Dipole Force
M12_MonteCarloSim problems 1 and 2A-C. You'll also need distribute1D.m
M15_FFT2 and the files that you'll need. fftDataNLosc1.txt and fftDataNLosc2.txt Please turn M15_FFT2 in by 8 PM on Friday.

Links:
Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background
Quark-Gluon Plasma measured in the STAR detector at Brookhaven. "Such studies are important to understand the early evolution of our universe: the first hundred microseconds or so."

Matlab Student Version $99. Its also available in the book store.

Matlab Solutions:
pointPotential.m
dipolePotential.m
pointField.m
dipoleField.m
thermistor.m
finiteDifference.m
dipoleConductorPotential.m
dipoleConductorField.m

Grading Ruberic:
5 pts - Assignment goes above and beyond. Extra neat, consise, and explores concepts in depth.
4 pts - Assignment is complete and correct. Includes an analysis of the problem, the program, verification of at least one test case, and aswers to questions including plots.
3 pts - Assignment has a few minor errors.
2 pts - Assignment is only partially complete or has major errors.
1 pt - Assignment is far from complete