AP Physics 2 Assignment – Atomic and Quantum Physics

Reading Sections: 28.1 – 6; 9.1 – 6; 30.1 – 7; 31.1 – 6, Open Stax College Physics
Sections: 26.1 – 5, 9; 27.1 – 6; 28.1, 2, 6; 29.1 – 7, Etkina et. al.

Objectives/HW

	The student will be able to:	Etkina
1	Describe and apply Planck’s hypothesis and Planck’s constant to the phenomenon of black body radiation, and solve related problems.	Chapter 27
2	Describe and analyze manifestations of the photoelectric effect and solve problems involving photon energy, work function, and stopping potential.
3	Describe and analyze evidence for photon momentum; calculate photon momentum and solve related problems.
4	Describe and apply the Bohr model of the atom and solve related problems involving transitions of electrons, quantized orbital energy, and photon emission and/or absorption.	Chapter 28
5	Calculate and apply the De Broglie wavelength and apply to quantized orbitals of the Bohr model of the atom.	Chapter 28
6	State the postulates of Einstein’s theory of Special Relativity and solve qualitative problems involving time dilation, length contraction, and rest mass. Calculate and apply rest energy.	Chapter 26
7	Solve problems involving nuclear reactions such as fission, fusion, and radioactive decay in terms of strong force, mass defect, binding energy, and half-life.	Chapter 29

Homework

Work and/or answer a total of at least 80 items (counting a, b, c… parts separately) from the sections shown above. This will be an optional 40 point assignment, and will be graded in the usual way. You cannot turn in a partial amount of problems (i.e. if you turn in 40 items it would count as a grade of 20 out of 40 points).

Suggested problems to consider from Etkina:

pp. 842 – 843, Questions 13 – 23

pp. 844 – 846, Problems 7 – 21, 44 – 51

pp. 877 – 879, Problems 8 – 14, 17 – 30, 43 – 54

pp. 917 – 920, Problems 5 – 17, 59, 60, 63 – 66

pp. 953 – 955, Problems 8 – 23, 25 – 50

Any other end-of-chapter problems or conceptual questions from 26, 27, 28, and 29 are also acceptable.