BGU Physics Department
Physics 1 for Physics Students
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Course Plan
Topics
| Lecture | Main source | Additional source |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction, units, experimental basics, scales in the Universe | Ch 1 |
Ch 1 |
| Estimation: guesstimates, dimensional analysis, scaling arguments | Lecture notes |
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| Kinematics: 1D, vector analysis, coordinates, Taylor expansion, kinematics in N dimensions, circular motion | Ch 1, 6 |
Ch 2 |
| Newton laws, reference frames, Galilean relativity, inertial and non-inertial frames | Ch 2, 9 |
Ch 3, 4 |
| Momentum conservation, system of particles, center of mass (discrete and continuum), varying mass | Ch 4 | Ch 6 |
| Forces: contact, friction, drag,
elementary, inertial, Hooke, elasticity |
Ch 3, 6, 9 |
Ch 4 |
| Work and energy, conservative and non-conservative forces, energy conservation, potential energy, collisions 1D, 3D | Ch 5, 6 | Ch 5 |
| Harmonic oscillator: simple, damped, forced, resonances, Q factor | Ch 11 |
Ch 7 |
| Angular momentum and rigid body: moment of momentum, spin, rotation axis, moment, motion including rotation | Ch 7 |
Ch 8 |
| Rigid body dynamics, roll with and
without slip intertia tensor, |
Ch 8 | Ch 8 |
| (Optional) Euler equtions, moment-free dynamics, precession | Ch 8 |
Ch 8 |
| Motion in a central potential:
effective potential, constants of motion, Keplerian motion |
Ch 10 |
Ch 9 |
| Spectial relavitiy: Lorentz
transformation, time dilation, length contraction |
Ch 12, 13 | Ch 10, 11 |
| Four-vectors: energy transform,
Doppler effect, abberation, beaming (Optional:) relativistic rocket |
Secondary: Ch 13, 14 | Ch 12, 13 |
| Summary | - | - |
Sources
- Main source: An Introduction To Mechanics by Daniel Kleppner, Robert Kolenkow (Second Edition)
- Additional source: Kittel, Mechanics, Berkeley Physics Course, QC 21.B4445
- Supplementary source: "Thinking Physics", by Lewis Carroll Epstein
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