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33-131 Matter and Interaction I


Units:12.0
Department:Physics
Special permission:Yes
Co-requisites:21-120
Related URLs:http://www.phys.cmu.edu/

A more challenging alternative to 33-111, Physics for Science Students I. Students with particularly strong physics backgrounds may volunteer for this course. Modeling of physical systems, including 3D computer modeling, with emphasis on atomic-level description and analysis of matter and its interactions. Momentum, numerical integration of Newton's laws, ball-and-spring model of solids, harmonic oscillator, energy, energy quantization, mass-energy equivalence, multiparticle systems, collisions, angular momentum including quantized angular momentum, kinetic theory of gases, statistical mechanics (temperature, entropy, and specific heat of the Einstein solid, Boltzmann factor).

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  Spring 2005 times


No sections available for semester Spring 2005.



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