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* A wiki written for students by a physics expert [http://p3server.pa.msu.edu/coursewiki/doku.php?id=183_notes MSU Physics Wiki]
* A wiki written for students by a physics expert [http://p3server.pa.msu.edu/coursewiki/doku.php?id=183_notes MSU Physics Wiki]
* A wiki book on modern physics [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Modern_Physics Modern Physics Wiki]
* A wiki book on modern physics [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Modern_Physics Modern Physics Wiki]
* A collection of 26 volumes of lecture notes by Prof. Wheeler of Reed College [https://rdc.reed.edu/c/wheeler/home/]
* The MIT open courseware for intro physics [http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-8-002-a-wikitextbook-for-introductory-mechanics-fall-2009/index.htm MITOCW Wiki]
* The MIT open courseware for intro physics [http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-8-002-a-wikitextbook-for-introductory-mechanics-fall-2009/index.htm MITOCW Wiki]
* An online concept map of intro physics [http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html HyperPhysics]
* An online concept map of intro physics [http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html HyperPhysics]
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===Week 7===
===Week 7===
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====Jeet Bhatkar====
====Energy Principle====
====Energy Principle====
The Energy Principle is a fundamental concept in physics that describes the relationship between different forms of energy and their conservation within a system. Understanding the Energy Principle is crucial for analyzing the motion and interactions of objects in various physical scenarios.
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*[[Energy of a Single Particle]]
 
*[[Kinetic Energy]]
*[[Kinetic Energy]]
Kinetic energy is the energy an object possesses due to its motion.
*[[Work/Energy]]
*[[Work/Energy]]
Potential energy arises from the position of an object relative to its surroundings. Common forms of potential energy include gravitational potential energy and elastic potential energy.
*[[The Energy Principle]]
*[[The Energy Principle]]
Work and energy are closely related concepts. Work (
𝑊) done on an object is defined as the force (
𝐹) applied to the object multiplied by the displacement (
𝑑) of the object in the direction of the force:
The Energy Principle states that the total mechanical energy of a system remains constant if only conservative forces (forces that depend only on the positions of the objects) are acting on the system.
*[[Conservation of Energy]]
*[[Conservation of Energy]]
The principle of conservation of energy states that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant over time. In other words, energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another. This principle is a fundamental concept in physics and has wide-ranging applications in mechanics, thermodynamics, and other branches of science.
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*[[The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution]]
*[[The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution]]
*[[Air Resistance]]
*[[Air Resistance]]
*[[The Third Law of Thermodynamics]]
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*[[Magnetic Field of a Long Straight Wire]]
*[[Magnetic Field of a Long Straight Wire]]
*[[Magnetic Field of a Curved Wire]]
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===Week 8===
===Week 8===
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====Circuitry Basics====
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*[[Understanding Fundamentals of Current, Voltage, and Resistance]]
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====Steady state current====
====Steady state current====
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*[[Hall Effect]]
*[[Hall Effect]]
<h1><strong>Alayna Baker Spring 2020</strong></h1>
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*[[Right-Hand Rule]]
*[[Right-Hand Rule]]
*[[Motional Emf]]
*[[Motional Emf]]
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*[[Magnetic Torque]]
*[[Magnetic Torque]]
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]]]====Motional EMF====
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*[[Motional Emf]]
<h1><strong>Adeline Boswell Fall 2019</strong></h1>
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*[[Motional Emf using Faraday's Law]]
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If you have a bar attached to two rails, and the rails are connected by a resistor, you have effectively created a circuit. As the bar moves, it creates an "electromotive force"
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====Magnetic force====
====Magnetic force====
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====Classical Physics====
====Classical Physics====
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*[[Classical Physics]]
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===Week 2===
[[Category:Which Category did you place this in?]]
 
===Weeks 2 and 3===
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====Special Relativity====
====Special Relativity and the Lorentz Transformation====
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*[[Frame of Reference]]
*[[Frame of Reference]]
*[[Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity]]
*[[Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity]]
*[[Time Dilation]]
*[[Time Dilation]]
*[[Lorentz Transformations]]
*[[Relativistic Doppler Effect]]
*[[Einstein's Theory of General Relativity]]
*[[Einstein's Theory of General Relativity]]
*[[Albert A. Micheleson & Edward W. Morley]]
*[[Albert A. Micheleson & Edward W. Morley]]
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===Week 4===
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====Photons====
====Photons and the Photoelectric Effect====
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*[[Spontaneous Photon Emission]]
*[[Spontaneous Photon Emission]]
*[[Light Scattering: Why is the Sky Blue]]
*[[Light Scattering]]
*[[Lasers]]
*[[Lasers]]
*[[Electronic Energy Levels and Photons]]
*[[Electronic Energy Levels and Photons]]
*[[Quantum Properties of Light]]
*[[Quantum Properties of Light]]
*[[The Photoelectric Effect]]
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===Weeks 5 and 6===
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====Matter Waves====
====Matter Waves and Wave-Particle Duality====
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*[[Wave-Particle Duality]]
*[[Wave-Particle Duality]]
*[[Particle in a 1-Dimensional box]]
*[[Particle in a 1-Dimensional box]]
*[[Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle]]
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====Wave Mechanics====
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*[[Standing Waves]]
*[[Wavelength]]
*[[Wavelength and Frequency]]
*[[Mechanical Waves]]
*[[Transverse and Longitudinal Waves]]
*[[Fourier Series and Transform]]
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===Week 8===
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====Schrödinger Equation====
====Schrödinger Equation====
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*[[Solution for a Single Free Particle in 1-Dimension]]
*[[The Born Rule]]
*[[Solution for a Single Free Particle]]
*[[Solution for a Single Particle in an Infinite Quantum Well - Darin]]
*[[Solution for a Single Particle in a Semi-Infinite Quantum Well]]
*[[Quantum Harmonic Oscillator]]
*[[Solution for Simple Harmonic Oscillator]]
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===Week 9===
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====Quantum Mechanics====
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*[[Quantum Tunneling through Potential Barriers]]
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====Wave Mechanics====
====The Hydrogen Atom====
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*[[Standing Waves]]
*[[Quantum Theory]]
*[[Wavelength]]
*[[Atomic Theory]]
*[[Wavelength and Frequency]]
*[[Mechanical Waves]]
*[[Transverse and Longitudinal Waves]]
*[[Quantum Tunneling as a Mechanism for Radioactive Decay]]
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===Week 10===
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====Rutherford-Bohr Model====
====Rutherford-Bohr Model====
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===Week 11===
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====The Hydrogen Atom====
====Many-Electron Atoms====
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*[[Quantum Theory]]
*[[Quantum Theory]]
*[[Atomic Theory]]
*[[Atomic Theory]]
*[[Pauli exclusion principle]]
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===Week 12===
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====Many-Electron Atoms====
====The Nucleus====
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*[[Quantum Theory]]
*[[Nucleus]]
*[[Atomic Theory]]
*[[Pauli exclusion principle]]
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===Week 13===
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====Molecules====
====Molecules====
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*[[Molecules]]
*[[Covalent Bonds]]
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*[[Molecules]]
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===Week 14===
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====Statistical Physics====
====Statistical Physics====
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*[[Application of Statistics in Physics]]
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*[[Application of Statistics in Physics]]
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===Week 15===
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====Condensed Matter Physics====
====Statistical Physics====
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===Additional Topics===
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====The Nucleus====
====Condensed Matter Physics====
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====Nuclear Physics====
====Nuclear Physics====
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====Particle Physics====
====Particle Physics====

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The Energy Principle is a fundamental concept in physics that describes the relationship between different forms of energy and their conservation within a system. Understanding the Energy Principle is crucial for analyzing the motion and interactions of objects in various physical scenarios.

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The principle of conservation of energy states that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant over time. In other words, energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another. This principle is a fundamental concept in physics and has wide-ranging applications in mechanics, thermodynamics, and other branches of science.

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