Level 4

Weekly Problems – Instructions for Students 2014/15 For the purposes of weekly problems, the modules PHYS4221 Advanced Physics 4, PHYS4231 Planets and Cosmology 4, PHYS4241 Theoretical Physics 4, PHYS4251 Foundations of Physics 4A and PHYS4261 Foundations of Physics 4B are treated as part of the Level 3 system. The following instructions apply to the remaining Level 4 lecture modules. You are required to do homework problems set on the content of the lecture courses you are taking. This work is assessed and the marks count towards your overall mark for the relevant modules. The schedule for the individual lecture course components within the modules is detailed overleaf. The questions are of the usual paper-based type and are marked by postgraduate students, following marking schemes decided by the lecturers. The weekly problems will normally relate to the content of the recent lectures but may sometimes rely on material not explicitly covered in lectures. The problems will be made available week-by-week electronically in pdf via the Physics Weekly Problems system at https://teaching.physics.dur.ac.uk/ – this system can also be reached via the “Assignments” section of the individual courses in duo. It is your own responsibility to download the questions – they will not routinely be issued on paper and you should not assume that individual lecturers will remind you during their lectures. Each problem will normally be made available one week before the submission deadline. The solutions are due by 2.00 p.m. on the following Friday. No marks are awarded for late work. If there is a good reason, such as illness, why you will not be able to submit in a particular week then you must arrange for a ‘self-certification’ form to be forwarded to the Department by your College. For all paper-based problems it is very important that you start each answer on a separate sheet and mark each answer with your name and the question code (e.g. QO.1). Please use A4 paper and staple together the sheets for a given question (do not simply fold the corners of the sheets or use paper clips since this can cause scripts to get mixed up). Post each question separately in the post box of the green problems station. Shortly after each submission deadline, the model solutions will be made available online, via the Physics Weekly Problems system, and you should consult these to resolve points of misunderstanding. The marked scripts may be collected from the trays (sorted alphabetically by surname) at the problems station one week after submission. You should keep your marked work, in case of queries later: if you throw it away, or lose it, then the Department will not be able to take responsibility if there is a query.

Weekly Problems Schedule 2014-15Level 4

Publication date

Students' submission deadline Week

PHYS4121 PHYS4141 PHYS4151 PHYS4161 PHYS4181 PHYS4201ALQ AdvThPh AdvCMP AdvAst PartTh ThAst

24-Oct 31-Oct Lasers.1 QO.1 LDS.1 RPA.1 RQM.1 CSF.1 431-Oct 07-Nov Lasers.2 QO.2 LDS.2 RPA.2 RQM.2 CSF.2 507-Nov 14-Nov Lasers.3 QO.3 LDS.3 RPA.3 RQM.3 CSF.3 614-Nov 21-Nov Lasers.4 QO.4 LDS.4 RPA.4 RQM.4 CSF.4 721-Nov 28-Nov Lasers.5 QO.5 RPA.5 CSF.5 828-Nov 05-Dec Lasers.6 QO.6 BP.1 RPA.6 GFT.1 CSF.6 905-Dec 16-Jan BP.2 GFT.2 11

16-Jan 23-Jan BP.3 GFT.3 1223-Jan 30-Jan QIC.1 QTC.1 BP.4 ATAI.1 GFT.4 GR.1 1330-Jan 06-Feb QIC.2 QTC.2 ATAI.2 GR.2 1406-Feb 13-Feb QIC.3 QTC.3 OD.1 ATAI.3 Phen.1 GR.3 1513-Feb 20-Feb QIC.4 QTC.4 OD.2 ATAI.4 Phen.2 GR.4 1620-Feb 27-Feb QIC.5 QTC.5 OD.3 ATAI.5 Phen.3 GR.5 17

06-Mar 1827-Feb 13-Mar QIC.6 QTC.6 OD.4 ATAI.6 Phen.4 GR.6 19

Key: Course LecturerATAI Astronomical Techniques and Adv Imaging WilsonBP Biological Physics BromleyCSF Cosmic Structure Formation LaceyGFT Gauge Field Theories ZambonGR General Relativity DoneLDS Low Dimensional Solids HuntLasers Laser Physics CornishOD Optical Devices DiasPhen Phenomenology SpannowskyQO Quantum Optics JonesQIC Quantum Information and Computing HughesQTC Quantum Theory in Condensed Matter GardinerRPA Radiative Processes in Astrophysics EdgeRQM Relativistic Quantum Mechanics Pecjak

Note:

(Friday 14:00)

The Department reserves the right to make changes to the above schedule at short notice, as circumstances dictate.

(Friday 14:00)

PROJECT SEMINARS ALL WEEK

Module

Please use the labels above (e.g. BP.1 and BP.2 for the first two Biological Physics problems), so that problems and solutions can be clearly identified.