PHYS-C0250 - Quantum Materials, 19.04.2021-04.06.2021
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Advance assignment before 1st lecture
We start the course by studying wave motion. In order to prepare you for that, watch the video (26 minutes) and answer the following questions before the first lecture.
https://archive.org/details/SimpleWaves
Were you surprised about something in the video? Did it present something that you would like to understand better?
The video presented two types of waves: transverse waves and twist waves. Explain briefly the difference, and identify where is the potential energy and the kinetic energy in both types of waves. For twist waves, how are potential and kinetic energy affected by changing the cross arm length (at constant twist angle amplitude)?
I suppose you have observed waves somewhere before. Tell me shortly some observation you have made. Concerning your observation, is there something that you would like to know more about it.