PHYS 180 Lecture Links

Six Ideas that Shaped Physics, 4th Edition (Textbook Site; Pomona College)
Unit R: Special Relativity: Laws of Physics Are Frame-Independent (Textbook Page; McGraw-Hill)
Unit Q: Quantum Physics: Particles Behave Like Waves (Textbook Page; McGraw-Hill)
The Feynman Lectures on Physics

PHYS 181 Lab Links

Jupiter's Moons and the Speed of Light (Project CLEA; Gettysburg College)
- Roemer's Method (Wikipedia)
- Opposition, Conjunction, and Quadrature (LibreTexts)
Millikan Oil Drop (Physics Aviary)
Millikan Lab Data and Analysis Spreadsheet (local)
Photoelectric Effect (PhET)
Work Function Values (Reference Table) (LibreTexts Chemistry)

PHYS 180 Lecture Resources

Special Relativity
- Articles:
  - Spacetime (Wikipedia)
  - Special Relativity (Wikipedia)
  - Types of Spacetime Intervals
  - Twin Paradox (Wikipedia)
  - Traffic Relativity! (American Journal of Physics article on a black hole analog)
  - Binomial Approximation (Wikipedia)
  - Taylor Series for Common Functions, Including Binomial (Wikipedia)
  - Energy-Momentum Relation (Wikipedia)
  - Four-vectors in Relativity (Hyperphysics)
  - Elastic Collision (Wikipedia)
  - Interstellar Travel (Wikipedia)
- Images:
  - Length Contraction (Mr. Tompkins)
  - Relativistic Doppler Effect (Wikipedia)
  - Aberration of Light (Wikipedia)
  - COBE CMBR Maps
  - Ned Wright's Tutorial
  - DIY Relativity Test (Sky & Telescope)
- Animations + Videos
  - Time Dilation from Laser Between Space Ships (1:23 video; MyEarbot / YouTube)
  - Moving Cart Special Relativity (2:31 video; Udiprod / YouTube)
  - Lorentz Transformation (29:07 video; Annenberg/Caltech Mechanical Universe - 42; 3-D spacetime around 19:45-25:40)
  - Carl Sagan - Time Dilation Motorcycle Ride (4:24 video; Cosmos / YouTube) [taken down!]
  - Twin Paradox animated spacetime diagrams (Einstein Light) [flash animation no longer supported!]
  - Angular Compression + Light Grazing Back of Object (Australian National University) [broken link!]
  - Relativistic Rollercoaster (1:15 video; Craig Savage / YouTube)
  - Optical Effects of Special Relativity (6:12 video; Bruno the Questionable / YouTube) [poor resolution, weird narration]
  - Through Einstein's Eyes Website (Australian National University) [broken link!]
  - Special Relativity (1:00 video; 60 Second Adventures in Astronomy / YouTube)
  - Length Contraction and Magnetic Fields (4:18 video; Veritasium / YouTube)
- Interactive Simulations
  - Special Relativity: Space and Time (Physlet / comPADRE)
  - Special Relativity: Relativistic Mechanics (Physlet / comPADRE)
Classical Waves
- Waves Intro (Russell)
- Wave Types (Russell)
- Light Wave Simulation (M&I VPython)
- Tacoma Narrows bridge (YouTube)
- Wine Glass (YouTube)
- Decibel (Wikipedia)
- Doppler Shift (Russell)
- Doppler effect (Wikipedia)
- Wave Position vs. Time Views (Russell)
- Wave Superposition Simulator (Physlet / comPADRE)
- Superposition and Interference (Russell)
- Wave Reflection at Boundary (Russell)
- Standing Wave Components (Physics Classroom)
- Standing Wave Wikipedia
- Harmonics (Wikipedia)
- Fourier Components (Russell)
- Fourier: Making Waves (PhET Demo)
- Beat Modulation (Russell)
- Refraction (Russell)
- Refraction Cartoon (Physics Classroom)
- Waves and Interference (PhET Demo: Wave Types, Interference, Slits, Diffraction)
- Multi-Slit Interference (Hyperphysics)
Particle Nature of Light
- Photoelectric Effect (PhET: Intensity, Wavelength, and Plate Voltage)
- Blackbody Radiation (PhET: Temperature, Intensity, and Peak Wavelength)
- Blackbody Radiation (Wikipedia)
- Compton Scattering (Wikipedia)
- Compton Scattering (Hyperphysics)
Wave Nature of Particles
- Electron Diffraction (Wikipdia)
- Neutron Diffraction (NIST research abstract)
- Quantum Wave Interference (PhET Demo: 2-slit experiment)
- 2-slit experiment (5:12 video; Dr. Quantum / YouTube)
- Angular Momentum (Hyperphysics)
- Magnetic Field of Current Loop (Hyperphysics)
- Electron Spin (Hyperphysics)
- Ferromagnets and Quantum Mechanics (6:25 video; Veritasium & Minute Physics)
Quantum Rules and Wavefunctions
- Quantum Spin (18:09 video; PBS SpaceTime / YouTube)
- Matrix Multiplication (Wikipedia)
- Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (Wikipedia)
- Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (Hyperphysics)
- Wave Function (Hyperphysics)
- Quantum State (Wikipedia)
- Bra-Ket Notation (Wikipedia)
- Wave Function Collapse (Wikipedia)
- Physicists Rewrite the Fundamental Law that Leads to Disorder (Quanta Magazine)
- Born Rule of Quantum Probability (Wikipedia)
- Probability Amplitude (Wikipedia)
- Quantum Superposition (Wikipedia)
- Elements of Dirac Notation (PDF; Frank Rioux) [alternate Libretext version]
- Dirac Notation Expressions as Integrals (Physics Forums)
- Difference in Dirac Notation for Probability and Probability Density (Physics Stack Exchange)
Simple Systems and Spectra
- Energy Skate Park (PhET)
- Energy Curve Demo (VPython)
- Infinite Square Well simulations (Physlet/ ComPADRE)
- Harmonic Oscillator simulations (Physlet/ ComPADRE)
- Emission Spectrum Examples (Hydrogen, Iron)
- Hydrogen Spectral Series (Lyman, Balmer, Paschen, etc.)
- Neon Lights and other Discharge Lamps (PhET)
- Spontaneous Emission (Wikipedia)
- Stimulated Emission (Wikipedia)
- Solar Spectrum (APOD)
Quantum Weirdness
- Bell's Theorem (Wikipedia)
- 2022 Physics Nobel Prize demonstrating quantum non-locality
- Quantum Entanglement (Wikipedia)
- Schrödinger's Cat (Wikipedia)
- Entanglement and Wormholes (Ars Technica)