PHY127 FS2025, Physics for Life Sciences 2
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Schedule
| Lecturer : | Prof. Ben Kilminster |
| Lectures ( PHY127.1 ): |
Friday, 08:00 - 09:45 |
| Exercise sessions ( PHY127.2 ): | Tuesday or Wednesday, 13:00 - 15:45 (First : 25th Feb 2025) |
| Office Hours | Fridays 11:45-13:00 at 36J50 or by email appointment |
Lecturer
- Prof. Ben Kilminster
- Webpage
- Office: Y36 J50
- Phone: +41 44 635 58 02
- Email: [email protected]
Course information sheet
References & texts
References for each lecture will be added below.
Here is a reference sheet (PDF, 95 KB)(handed out in class with key terms from PHY117, and german/english translation)
The following can serve as a reference for the basic physics (from PHY 117)
- Ben Kilminster, Introductory Physics 1. IntroPhysics1-Kilminster-UZH.pdf (PDF, 5 MB)
- Ben Kilminster, Introductory Physics 2. IntroPhysics2-Kilminster-UZH.pdf (PDF, 4 MB)
Texts:
- Paul A. Tipler, Gene Mosca: Physics for scientists and engineers.
- Halliday & Resnick : Fundamentals of Physics.
Additional resources to help with mathematics.
- MHP: Mathematische Hilfsmittel (PDF, 587 KB) (in german) derivatives, integrals, series expansions, statistics, vector algebra, coordinate transformations, tensors, ... )
- C.B. Lang und N. Pucker: Mathematische Methoden der Physik, Spektrum Verlag, Heidelberg und Berlin.
Formelsammlung Mittelschulphysik (PDF, 396 KB) is also useful for usage of basic formulas.
Exercises
Exercises are posted on OLAT every 2 weeks on Friday after lecture.
Exercise sessions in the following week will help you understand the terms and concepts of the exercises. Exercise sessions in the second week after the exercises are assigned will explain the solutions. It is expected that you will complete the exercises before this second exercise session.
There will be no podcasts of exercise classes.
Exam schedule
Exam guidelines :
Exams will be similar in style to the exercises. A formula sheet with all needed equations will be provided to you in the exams. The formula sheet will be sent to you by the end of the semester to help you study. We will provide you with paper and a calculator if needed. The final exam will be printed in english and in german. The following are forbidden in exams :
- Any means of communication (mobile phones, smart watches, etc.)
- Any kind of calculator, laptop, or electronic storage device
- Any additional formula sheets or written notes.
Exam date: 27.06.2025, 10:00 - 12:00
Exam review: 04.08.2025 (primarily for those who have not passed)
Repeat exam date: 12.09.2025, 14:00 - 16:00 (registration over student portal app)
Grades
Your grade is based on the following assessments :
- 100% final examination
Attendance is expected and recorded for exercise sessions. The final examination will be composed of questions similar to those presented in the lectures and the weekly exercises.
Outline of course
The course will cover modern physics topics such as relativity, quantum physics, atomic, nuclear, and particle physics, radiation, particle-wave duality, particles interacting in matter, particle detection. These ideas will be used to explain the basics of modern radiation techniques for diagnostics and treatment, and such instruments as X-rays, CT scanners, PET scanners, NMR, MRI, etc.
Lecture information
| Lecture schedule (13 lectures) | Topics | PDF of chalkboard | Additional resources |
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Week 1 (Feb. 21, 2025) |
Intro, units, reminder of forces, and force balancing. |
See additional resources linked above. | |
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Week 2 (Feb. 28, 2025) |
Electromagnetic radiation. | See PHY121 script, chapters 13,18,&19 for more on waves, the power of heat of EM radiation. | |
| Week 3 (Mar. 7, 2025) | But are photons particles or waves ? |
See Thornton & Rex, "Modern Physics", chapter 3, available online. |
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Week 4 (Mar. 14, 2025) |
Waves, standing waves, probabilities | See Script 1 chapter 12 on harmonic oscillators, and script 2 chapter 12 on waves. | |
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Week 5 (Mar. 21, 2025) |
Wave-particle duality, wave packets, uncertainty principle, Schroedinger wave equation |
See script sectipon 12.1.2 & 12.1.3 for small-angle approximation, more on waves in chapter 13. Wave-diffraction (GIF, 592 KB), Wave-diffraction-big-aperture (GIF, 276 KB), wave-packet (GIF, 3 MB) , group-and-phase-velocity (GIF, 1 MB) |
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Week 6 (Mar. 28, 2025) |
The quantum nature of electrons in an atom, and emitted light. Standing waves. Particle in a 3D box. |
Videos shown on standing waves on a 2D drum: StandingWave-drum-1 (GIF, 191 KB) StandingWave-drum-2 (GIF, 190 KB) StandingWave-drum-3 (GIF, 115 KB) StandingWave-drum-4 (GIF, 214 KB) StandingWave-drum-5 (GIF, 138 KB) StandingWave-drum-6 (GIF, 245 KB)
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Week 7 (Apr. 4, 2025) |
Hydrogen atom in 3D, with 3 quantum numbers. Angular momentum. Standing waves. | For more information, see script 1 on angular momentum, and script 2 on magnetic moment. | |
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Week 8 (April 11, 2025)
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Many-electron atoms, charge screening, X-rays, Bremsstrahlung, Characteristic X-rays, Thomson scattering, Compton effect, Bragg's law | ||
| Holiday, April 18, 2025 | |||
| Holiday, April 25, 2025 | |||
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Week 9 (May 2, 2025)
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X-ray penetration, attenuation, radiation dose, exposure dose, biological effects of radiation, CT scans with X-rays, pair production, pair annihilation, PET scans | ||
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Week 10 (May 9, 2025) |
microCT, nanoCT, phase-contrast imaging, Fresnel plate focusing, synchrotron accelerators, X-ray synchrotron imaging, X-ray free electron laser imaging | See videos in videopodcast. (No videos available in PDF) | |
| Week 11 (May 16, 2025) | Angular momentum, precession of spinning object in gravity, precession of magnet in magnetic field, nuclear magnetic moment, nuclear magnetic resonance | ||
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Week 12 (May 23, 2025)
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nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), strong nuclear force, nuclear structure | More on solenoids (sec. 8.2), and induced currents due to changing magnetic moments (sec. 8.3) in script. | |
| Week 13 (May 30, 2025) | Nuclear stability, nuclear decay, alpha, beta, gamma radiation. Decay series chains. Half lives. Bethe-Bloch energy loss. Dose delivered. Nuclear fission. Nuclear fusion. |
