Objectives and Homework for September 9, 2004.
[1] Understand what cathode rays are, and understand how they are produced.
[2] Understand what X-rays are, and be able to describe a method for producing them. Be able to explain why this production method works.
[3] Be able to describe a method for determining the ratio of a particle's charge to its mass.
[4] Be able to describe how Millikan measured the fundamental unit of electric charge.
[5] Know what is meant by the term "quantization".
[6] Know what bright and dark line atomic spectra are, be able to explain how to produce each, and be able to explain what their existence implies about atomic structure.
[7] Be able to explain how a diffraction grating works.
[8] Understand what a blackbody is as an idealization, and understand what blackbody radiation is.
[9] Understand the implications of Wien's Displacement Law and the Stefan-Boltzmann Law.
[10] Know why and how the classical derivation of blackbody radiation fails, and understand what is meant by the "Ultraviolet Catastrophe".
Homework due Friday, September 10, 2004 (nothing new to see here…move along).
[1] Finish Reading Chapter 2 in Thornton and Rex.
[2] Do Problems 60, 68, 76, 79, & 92 (pp. 77-79) at the end of Chapter 2 in Thornton and Rex.