Homework
Homework will be due Wednesdays (or Fridays)
at 5:00 PM in Yixiong
Chen's mailbox. In general, late homework will not be accepted.
Exceptions must be discussed with me in advance.
| due date | problems assigned |
| January 17 | Griffiths 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 3-19, 3-20,
3-21
Four of these problems will be graded; the grading scale will run from 0 to 20 points per problem. |
| February 7 | Griffiths 2.1 [10 points], 2.5 [20 points],
2.7 [20 points], 2.9 [10 points], 10.2 [20 points]
(be sure to account for decays to electrons, muons, and three colors
of quarks)
60 points worth of these problems will be graded |
| February 16 | Griffiths 3.22 [10 points], 3.23 [10 points],
4.19 [20 points], 4.20 [20 points],
4.21 [20 points], 4.37 [20 points], 4.38 [20 points]
80 points worth of these problems will be graded |
| February 21 | Griffiths 8.13 [20 points], 8.15 [20 points],
8.16 [20 points]
40 points worth of these problems will be graded |
| March 10 | Griffiths 10.12 [20 points], 10.15 [20 points],
10.16 (The answer for this question, as posed in the book,
is given. I want you to provide a clear explanation, in complete
sentences, of why the most likely sequence is more likely than
other possible sequences, including a semi-quantitative comparison
with less likely sequences.) [20 points].
40 points worth of these problems will be graded |
last modified March 1, 2001