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Boal, David - Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University

COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS David H. Boal
Demonstrations: slinky toy to show transverse and longitudinal waves
Demonstrations: bike wheel, rotating stool, gyroscope
Demonstrations: mass on a spring, pendulum, stop clock
Sec. 2.1 Filaments in the cell 21 PART I -RODS AND ROPES
APPENDIX C -PERSISTENCE LENGTH Consider an ideal chain with N segments each of length a, such that the contour
CHAPTER 4 -SYSTEMS AT FINITE TEMPERATURE In isolation, a single object like a chain has a fixed energy. When placed in
Demonstrations: Wilberforce pendulum
NATURE'S BUILDING CODE : THE BAUHAUS SCHOOL OF CELL DESIGN
CHAPTER 9 -SPIN SYSTEMS The electrostatic force is introduced in first year courses as an interaction that
CHAPTER 7 -ROOTS AND MINIMIZATION There are many situations in computational physics in which one wishes to
ENERGY, MOMENTUM AND MASS Newtonian mechanics, with which the reader is familiar, provides a
Demonstrations: comparative measurements with rulers, indirect measurements with lasers scattered from hidden targets; Geiger counter and sources
CHAPTER 6 -PERIODIC BOUNDARIES In considering an ideal gas, we didn't worry about whether our numerical
Metadata of the chapter that will be visualized online
Accelerated coordinate systems Most of our intuition about mechanics comes from our experience on Earth: we
Demonstration: photoelectric effect Text: Mod. Phys. 3.A, 3.B, 3.C, 3.D
Demonstrations: scissors and elastic bands to illustrate quark confinement
INTERACTIONS II 5.A Interactions in Reactions and Decays
Physics 415 -Quantum mechanics varies by instructor, but in the 1980s was The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics by
Linear motion topics 1 Linear Motion -multiple choice
Demonstrations: blocks on planes, scales, to find coefficients of static and kinetic friction
Demonstrations: retort stand, elastic band, 0.5 kg mass
Sec. 2.4 Chain configurations and elasticity 42 2.4 Chain configurations and elasticity
Modern physics topics 1 Physical data
Demonstrations: none Text: Fishbane 11-1, 11-2, 11-3
Demonstrations: none Text: Fishbane 1-6, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3
BOUND SYSTEMS 4.A Binding Energy
Demonstrations: none Text: Fishbane 9-4, 9-5, 9-6, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3
We do very little quantum mechanics in PHYS 120 beyond introducing the de Broglie wavelength = h/p. Here, we explore the properties of one of the simplest
Demonstrations: none Text: Fishbane 6-4, 6-5, 7-1, 7-3
Shape analysis of filamentous Precambrian microfossils and modern cyanobacteria
Demonstrations: radioactive sources, Geiger counter etc
PHYS385 Lecture 23 -Angular momentum 23 -1 2003 by David Boal, Simon Fraser University. Further copying or resale is strictly prohibited.
Demonstrations: none Text: Mod. Phys. 7.A, 7.B, 7.C
Demonstrations: microwave source and detector
INTERACTIONS I 2.A Four Fundamental Interactions
A QUICK TOUR OF THE COSMOS The distribution of matter in the universe is not uniform. Matter
Demonstrations: ball on a string, wheel
Simulations of the Erythrocyte Cytoskeleton at Large Deformation. II. Micropipette Aspiration
Networks with fourfold connectivity in two dimensions Frederic Tessier,1
MODERN PHYSICS: FROM QUARKS TO GALAXIES David H. Boal
ATOMS, NUCLEI AND PARTICLES You've probably heard it said that the microscopic atomic and
NUCLEAR FISSION AND FUSION 6.A Nuclear Binding Energies
THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE Methods for determining distances to nearby and moderately remote
THE BIG BANG MODEL Far away galaxies are receding from us at tremendous speeds that
ORIGIN OF THE ELEMENTS The nuclear reactions of the early universe lead to the production of
REVIEW OF KINEMATICS This appendix contains a brief review of kinematics and dynamics,
SCATTERING EXPERIMENTS Scattering experiments are used extensively to probe the properties
DATA SUMMARIES The measured values of fundamental constants become more
Demonstration: in-plane scattering of beads on a target; sticky marbles; Geiger counter and sources
Demonstrations: none Text: Mod. Phys. 2.C, 2.D
Demonstrations: cloud chamber
Demonstrations: sound source for Doppler shift
Demonstrations: none Text: Mod. Phys. 10.A, 10.B, 10.C
Demonstrations: none Text: Fishbane 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5
Demonstrations: none Text: Fishbane Appendix IV
Demonstrations: baseball bat and blocks; shoot the can Text: Fishbane 3-4, 3-5
Demonstrations: block on plane
Demonstrations: collisions on an air track
Demonstrations: bike wheel, rotating stool
Demonstrations: Atwood's machine
Demonstrations: interference, ripple tank
Lorentz transformation In the early 1900's, Einstein began to ponder the properties of Maxwell's
Ground state of many-fermion systems In the previous lecture, we showed that the energy levels for a particle in a
p. 82 Entire paragraph starting at line 17. Further work on four-fold networks has shown that this paragraph is overly pessimistic.
Sec. 2.2 Flexible rods 29 2.2 Flexible rods
Sec. 2.3 Sizes of polymer chains 36 2.3 Sizes of polymer chains
Sec. 2.5 Elasticity of cellular filaments 49 2.5 Elasticity of cellular filaments
APPENDIX A -PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT In a command-line oriented operating system such as unix, the compilation
APPENDIX B -GRAPHICS Most computer simulation work produces lots of numerical data. The analysis of
CHAPTER 1 -NUMERICAL INTEGRATION There are many techniques for performing numerical integrations, although no
CHAPTER 3 -RANDOM WALKS AND RANDOM NUMBERS Many physical characteristics of polymers, such as their elasticity, can be
CHAPTER 5 -SYSTEMS UNDER PRESSURE 5.1 Ideal gas law
CHAPTER 10 -NEURAL NETWORKS It has been known for more than a century that the nervous system is made of
CHAPTER 11 -PATTERN CLASSIFICATION As introduced in Chap. 10, neural networks propagate a set of neural activities
The Undergraduate Program Simon Fraser University
Graduate Studies and Research Simon Fraser University
Angular motion topics 1 Angular motion -multiple choice
Materials topics 1 Materials -multiple choice
CHAPTER 2 -MANY-PARTICLE MOTION The classical motion of particles in a many-body system is well-described by
Simulations of the Erythrocyte Cytoskeleton at Large Deformation. I. Microscopic Models
Wave topics 1 Waves -multiple choice
CHAPTER 8 -DATA ANALYSIS We all know that a single experimental measurement in physics does not yield
THE EARLY UNIVERSE Two observations that characterize the universe on large length
Demonstration: levitating globe comparing a magnetic force with the force of gravity; Geiger counter, sources.
RODS AND ROPES 9780521113762c03_p61-104.indd 619780521113762c03_p61-104.indd 61 11/11/2011 7:20:32 PM11/11/2011 7:20:32 PM
The number of cells in the human body is literally astronomical, about three orders of magnitude more than the number of stars in the Milky Way. Yet,
The softness of a material implies that it deforms easily when subjected to a stress. For a cell, an applied stress could arise from the cell's environment,