Lectures and course responsibility:
Dr. Michael Briley
Office: HS 348, phone: 424-7104
E-mail: mike@maxwell.phys.uwosh.edu
Office hours: M/W/F 2:00-3:00, or by appointment (check my calendar)

Lab instructors:
Dr. Ramanathan Jambunathan, HS 349, phone 424-4430
Dr. Nadia Kaltcheva, HS 354, phone 7107
Dr. Dennis Rioux, HS 347, phone 424-4429

All Handouts from the course are available electronically:

The Syllabus (also in Adobe PDF format: here)
The Schedule of Tests and Lecture (also Online/Interactive and in PDF format)

Having Trouble with Math?

OK, it's not much, but I've written a Math Review which you can either browse or download as a PDF file.

Test #1
Friday, Feb. 20th
Chapters 2 (2.2-2.3), 4, and 5
Help Session, Thurs. Feb 19th, 6-7PM, goto HS 348 to find out where (somewhere on the 3rd floor of Halsy)

Here are some tips to keep in mind as you study for the test:

Equations we have seen:

• Newton's Universal Gravity
• Newton's version of Kepler's Third Law
• Angular Momentum
• Wein's Law
• The Stefan-Boltzmann Law
• The Inverse Square Law of Apparent Brightness
• The Doppler Shift
• The Relation between the brightness of an image & the size of the telescope
• These will be given to you, but you will need to know what they mean and how to apply them.

You will not need to know people’s names, the locations of various telescopes, specific definitions (like in a voccabulary test), or any dates. The test will be mostly on comprehension, not memorization.

When it comes to the spectrum, specific wavelengths will not be on the test (like, what part of the spectrum goes a wavelength of 234.7nm correspond to? - it's in the ultraviolet by the way). But you will be expected to know the ordering of the different regions of the spectrum, either by wavelength, frequency, or energy (it's not that bad - if you know one, you know all the others because they are related).

Bring a calculator!

See the Concepts/Questions links below for summaries for important concepts on each chapter.

See the textbook web links below for practice tests and more information.

Lecture materials on-line (these will be made available as time permits).
Note: The slides have been converted into Powerpoint and PDF formats (the original Keynote source can be supplied if you're using a Mac and have the software). For Powerpoint, the movies/annimations must be downloaded seperately for Windows (as a self-extracting acrhive) and MacOS (as a .sit file). These animations will require Apple's free Quicktime package to play. Download them at your own risk - they can be large! The PDF versions do not include the animations.

• Lecture 2 (Feb. 4)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (Windows or MacOS 17Mb)
• Lecture 3 (Feb. 6)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (Windows or MacOS 5Mb)
• Lecture 4 (Feb. 9)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint)
  • Lecture animations (Windows or MacOS 5Mb)
• Lecture 5 (Feb. 11)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint)
  • Lecture animations (Windows or MacOS 1Mb)
• Lecture 6 (Feb. 13)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (Windows or MacOS 7Mb)
• Lecture 7 (Feb. 16)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (Windows or MacOS 5Mb)
• Lecture 8 (Feb. 18)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (only this one 2Mb)

Important Concepts and Questions by students from the chapters:
These links contain brief outlines of some of the important ideas and concepts from each chapter. Also included are questions which people have asked about the material in the past. If you'd like to contribute a question, just sent it to mike@maxwell.phys.uwosh.edu.

Chapter 2
Chapter 4
Chapter 5

Practice questions:
Here are a few practice questions for each chapter. They are actually questions from old tests. Note that they are not meant to be a study guide or in any way comprehensive!

Chapter 2
Chapter 4
Chapter 5

From the Textbook Web Site:
As always, don't forget the web site for the text too. There you'll find voccabulary exercises, chapter objectives, other practice tests/quizzes, links to additional information, and much much more!

Check your grades:

Grades are available for the second quiz (on Wednesday). I will have the test grades posted as soon as I get them from the testing center. But if your grade is missing, please let me know!

Note: This database contains no identifying information other than your ID number. But let me know if you'd rather not participate (we can work something else out).