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January 18, 2005

Class Review — 1/18

Hi class,

If you are planning to withdraw from this class (please don’t — we'll have fun, I promise!), please do it soon, especially since the class is already over-enrolled. I noticed that there are some of you who are enrolled but did not show up today. Remember to read the syllabus in case I forgot to mention something important in class today (or you weren't there).

There is a list of probable topics which will be covered on the main page of the website now.

Here are some potentially useful things to take away from class today:

  1. Modern AMO physics exists because of the invention of the tunable laser.

  2. AMO physics is published in a lot of different journals! The best way to search journals is to use ISI's Web of Science. JSTOR is also very useful for finding old journal articles.

  3. The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is the place to go for statistics on physics. You can even call them!

  4. It's hard to figure out what type of research different funding agencies are supporting. The best way to research this is by looking at where different groups get their moolah. Check out the class notes from today for a couple of links to sites that keep track of different AMO groups.

  5. The National Academy and National Research Council write reports that Congress reads about different areas of science. These reports are important to look at (and you'll have to for the pre-flights for next week).

Remember to do the pre-flights before class on Thursday. The lecture notes on units will be posted after class; read the e-reserve from Bransden and Joachain on units before class (see the class notes section of the website for 1/20). We'll spend Thursday talking about atomic units and angular momentum in quantum mechanics.

See you on Thursday!

Brian

Posted by Brian at January 18, 2005 02:30 PM

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