33-131 Matter and Interaction I

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

A more challenging alternative to 33111, 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 atomiclevel description and analysis of matter and its interactions. Momentum, numerical integration of Newtons laws, ballandspring model of solids, harmonic oscillator, energy, energy quantization, massenergy 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.

Prerequisites: none listed

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