PHYS*1130 FORMULA SHEET

Statistics Simple Harmonic Motion

The restoring force:
Spring: Pendulum:
SDOM =

Error Propagation
Uncertainty (addition & subtraction):
q=a+ b+c +…−x− y− z−…

Uncertainty (multiplication and division):

a ×b × c × …
q=
x × y × z ×…

Damped motion:

Uncertainty (exponents):
Critical damping:
for f = xn
Acoustics
Waves P P 1 2 2
I= = I = ρυ ω Α
Traveling wave (+x dir.): y= A sin ⁡(kx −ωt) A 4 π r2 2

Standing waves: y=2 A cos ⁡(ωt )sin ⁡(kx)

β=10 log 10
( II )
o
I o=1 x 10
−12
W /m
2

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 v ± vr
f r= f
v ∓ vs s

Optics

Double slit/gratings:
−d i hi
= Single slit: wsinθ=nλ
M = do ho

Resolution:
Forces and Moments of Forces
Photoelectric effect:

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i^ ^j k^ where is the energy of one photon
Moment: ⃗
M o =⃑r × ⃑
F = r x r y rz
Fx F y F z Matter waves: and
Bragg’s law:
Magnitude of Moment:

Moment about an axis: Useful Information

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u a , x ua , y ua , z e = 1.602 1019 C c = 2.998  108 m/s
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⃑
M a=u^ a ∙ r⃑ × ⃑
F = rx ry rz
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NA = 6.022 x 10 mol h = 6.626  1034 Js
Fx F y Fz  0 = 8.854  1012 C2/(Nm2)
 0 = 4  107 N/A2  radians = 180
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me = 9.109  10 kg mp = 1.673  1027 kg
mn = 1.675  1027 kg 1 eV = 1.602  1019 J
Electromagnetic waves, particle waves, and photons
Densities
Air 1.3 kg m-3 Water 1000 kg m-3

Velocity of sound
in air 340 m/s in water 1550 m/s
Average intensity of an EM wave:

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Index of refraction
air = 1.00 water = 1.33 glass = 1.52

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