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Ph 136: APPLICATIONS OF CLASSICAL
PHYSICS

Academic Year
2002-2003

Instructors:
Roger Blandford. 132 Bridge Annex. X4200. Email: [email-masked]
Kip Thorne. 154 W. Bridge Annex X4598. Email: [email-masked]

Office hours: Mondays 5:15 to 6:15PM in
Theoretical Astrophysics Interaction Room, 128 Bridge Annex

Administrative
Assistant to Blandford and Thorne:
Shirley Hampton. 151 Bridge annex. X4597. Email: http://www.pma.caltech.edu/Courses/ph136/yr2002/[email-masked]

Teaching
Assistants:

Xinkai Wu, Office Hours: Tuesdays 8PM to
9PM  in 441 Lauritsen,  Extension: 4503, Email: [email-masked]

Old Website for the
Academic Year 2000-2001    click
here

TEXT
IMPORTANT NOTE: These lectures notes are the
current version of a text authored by Blandford and Thorne that is being heavily
revised this academic year. They can be freely used by students taking the
course and read by all. Duplication by others requires the express consent of
the authors. The authors are eager for comments on the content and, in
particular, notification of errors. For the most recent version of the complete
book without this year's updates, see the website for year 2000-2001:
click
here

CONTENTS

Course
Description

Questionaire

Chapter
1: Physics in Flat Spacetime: Geometric Viewpoint

Important
Concepts 01

Homework
(due 9 Oct)

Solution
Set 01: [ps file] , [pdf
file]

Chapter
2: Kinetic Theory [version 0202.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 02

Homework
(due 16 Oct)

Solution
Set 02: [ps file] , [pdf
file]

Chapter
3: Statistical Mechanics [version 0203.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 03

Homework
(due 23 Oct)

Solution
Set 03: [ps file] ,  [pdf
file]

Chapter
4: Statistical Thermodynamics [version 0204.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 04

Homework
(due 30 Oct)

Solution
Set 04: [ps file] ,  [pdf
file]

Chapter
5: Random Processes [pdf file] , [ps
file]

Important
Concepts 05

Homework
(due 6 Nov):[ps file] ,  [pdf
file]

Solution
Set 05: [ps file] ,  [pdf
file]

Chapter
6: Geometric Optics [version 0206.2.pdf]

Important
Concepts 06

Homework
(due 13 Nov):[pdf file]

Solution
Set 06: [ps file] ,  [pdf
file]

Chapter
7: Diffraction [version 0207.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 07

Homework
(due 20 Nov):[pdf file]

Solution
Set 07: [ps file] ,  [pdf
file]

Chapter
8: Interference [version 0208.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 08

Homework
(due 27 Nov):[pdf file]

Solution
Set 08: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
9: Nonlinear Optics [version 0209.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 09

Homework
(due 3 Dec)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 09: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
10: Elastostatics [version 0210.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 10

Homework
(due 15 Jan)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 10: [pdf file]

Chapter
11: Elastodynamics [version 0211.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 11

Homework
(due 22 Jan)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 11: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
12: Foundations of Fluid Dynamics [version 0212.2.pdf]

Important
Concepts 12

Homework
(due 29 Jan)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 12: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
13: Vorticity [version 0213.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 13

Homework
(due 5 Feb)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 13: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
14: Turbulence [version 0214.1.pdf][New
version: 0214.2.pdf]

Important
Concepts 14

Homework
(due 12 Feb)[pdf file][Version
2]

Solution
Set 14: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
15: Waves and Rotating Flows [version 0215.1.pdf][New
version: 0215.2.pdf]

Important
Concepts 15

Homework
15A (due 19 Feb)[pdf file]Homework
15B (due 26 Feb)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 15A: [ps file],[pdf
file]
Solution
Set 15B: [ps file],
[pdf
file]

Chapter
16: Supersonic Flow [version 0216.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 16

Homework
(due 5 Mar)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 16: [ps file],
[pdf
file]

Chapter
17: Convection [version 0218.1.pdf]

Chapter
18: Magnetohydrodynamics [version 0218.1.pdf][New
version: 0218.2.pdf] [Final
version: 0218.3.pdf]

Important
Concepts 18

Homework
(due 12 Mar)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 18: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
19: The Particle Kinetics of Plasma [version 0219.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 19

Homework
(due 9 April)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 19: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
20: Waves in Cold Plasmas: Two-Fluid Formalism [version
0220.1.pdf]

Chapter
21: Kinetic Theory of Warm Plasmas [version 0221.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 21

Homework
(due 16 April)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 21: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
22: Nonlinear Dynamics of Plasmas [version 0222.1.pdf][version
0222.2.pdf]

Important
Concepts 22

Homework
(due 23April)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 22: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
23:  From Special to General Relativity [version 0223.1.pdf][version
0223.2.pdf]

Important
Concepts 23

Homework
(due 30April)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 23: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
24:  Fundamental Concepts of General Relativity [version
0224.1.pdf][version
0224.2.pdf]

Important
Concepts 24

Homework
(due 07 May)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 24: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
25:  Stars and Black Holes [version 0225.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 25

Homework
(due 14 May)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 25: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
26:  Gravitational Waves and Experimental Tests of General Relativity
[version 0226.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 26

Homework
(due 21 May)[pdf file] Corrected
Homework [pdf file]

Solution
Set 26: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Chapter
27:  Cosmology [version 0227.1.pdf]

Important
Concepts 27

Homework
(due 28 May)[pdf file]

Solution
Set 27: [ps file],[pdf
file]

Last update April 2, 2003