FISICA II E LABORATORIO M - Z

Academic Year 2017/2018 - 2° Year
Teaching Staff: Ivano Lombardo
Credit Value: 10
Scientific field: FIS/01 - Experimental physics
Taught classes: 49 hours
Laboratories: 36 hours
Term / Semester:

Learning Objectives

The student must understand the fundamental concepts of electromagnetism and optics. It must also master the methodologies used for classical physics laboratory measurements and for statistical analysis of experimental data.


Detailed Course Content

1 – VECTORIAL CALCULUS

2 – ELCTROSTATIC PHENOMENA IN VACUUM AND IN MEDIUM

3 – ELECTRIC CURRENT. CIRCUITS

4 – MAGNETIC PHENOMENA IN VACUUM AND IN MEDIUM

5 – ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS DEPENDING ON TIME

6 – ALTERNATING CURRENT

7 – ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

8 – NATURE OF LIGHT AND GEOMETRICAL OPTICS

9 – WAVE NATURE OF LIGHT AND RELATED PHENOMENA

10 – CLASSICAL PHYSICS LABORATORY


Textbook Information

For the Electromagnetism part I suggest the following textbooks:

1 - Sears, Zemansky, Young, University Physics, Pearson

2 - W. Bauer, G.D. Westfall, University Physics with Modern Physics, McGraw Hill

For the Physics Laboratory part:

1 - R.J. Barlow, Statistics – A guide to the use of Statistical Methods in the Physical Sciences, Wiley