James Arrison

James W. Arrison
Assistant Professor
Physics
Mendel 263A
(610) 519-4884

Experimental Nuclear Physics
Medium Energy Physics
Gamma Ray Spectroscopy
james.arrison@villanova.edu

If you are looking for information about one of my classes, scroll down until you find the class you are interested in . . .

Physics 1020, 1021

Here are the back questions on Units, History through Aristotle, Modern Standard Model; History: Ptolemy through Galileo; Kinematics; Newton, Circular Motion; Momentum; Fluids and Buoyancy; Static Equilibrium

Here are some materials that will help with the final exam Back questions on , Fluids, Some example math problems with Static Equilibrium; Conservation of Energy

Power Point Presentations: Units; Bible, Science, and Greeks; Modern Standard Model I; Modern Standard Model II; Archimedes, Aristotle, Ptolemy; Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler; Galileo; Kinematics; Newton History; Newton's Laws; Circular Motion (for 10/23)

Data Studio Files: Executable ; Registration

Physics 1022,1023

Here are the transparencies for Plate Tectonics; First law and weather patterns;

Here are my notes for the material for exam two. (Spring 2009: this is what I alluded to in the email from Monday March 23).

Here are back questions on Waves and Sound; Heat, Temperature, and Calorimetry; Heat as Energy; Thermal Expansion; Evaporation, Condensation, and Boiling; Heat Transfer; EM scattering; First Law and Adiabatic Weather Patterns; Global Weather Patterns; Second Law

Here are some PPs: Gravity; Stars and Galaxies

Physics 1100

General Stuff: Syllabus for Fall 2009; Screed on Partial Credit; A copy of the exam title page that contains the rules for all of our exams.

Serway 4th ed, vol 1, even answers ; Serway, 4th ed, vol 1 problems to avoid;

chapter 1 problems ; chapter 2 problems ; chapter 3 problems ; Odd answers to chapters one through three only.

Solutions: p1, p2a, p2b, p3a, p3b, p4a, p4b, p5a, p5b, p6, p7a, p7b, p8; p10b; p12; pWav1; pWav2

General Physics Homework problems (my own)

Here are the problems: 1-D horizontal kinematics; Free Fall; Vectors and relative velocity; Projectile Motion; Newton 1; Newton 2; Friction; Circular Motion; Work Energy Power; Conservation of Energy; Impulse and Momentum; Simple Harmonic Motion; Static Equilibrium

Here are figures (where necessary): Newton 1; Newton 2; Friction; Circular Motion; Conservation of Energy; Impulse and Momentum; Static Equilibrium

Here are the solutions for: 1-D horizontal Kinematics, Free Fall, Vectors and relative velocity; Projectile Motion, Newton 1, Newton 2; Friction; Circular Motion; Work Energy Power; Conservation of Energy; Impulse and Momentum; Simple Harmonic Motion; Static Equilibrium

Physics 3300, 3310

Here is the syllabus for Fall 2009

Problems and answers from Benson for the first few topics: DC circuits ; AC circuits

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Personal Courses Research

Here is your electronics final.

Here is the formula sheet that will get you through the first 3 exams. As well as a formula sheet directly aimed at exam 1.

Here are some back questions on Radioactivity and Relativity, with their Radioactivity solutions and Relativity solutions.

Here is last year's second exam and solutions. Note that there is no "#3"; in looking at it again today, it was a really dreadful problem. I'll see if I can scare up a circuit problem from a different exam.

Here are formula sheet 1 and formula sheet 2 for exam 3a.

Physics 101 (Penn)

Here is the syllabus for Physics 101, Fall 2007, a screed on partial credit, and a copy of the exam title page that contains the rules for all of our exams. New Item: check to see what you need on the final to get certain letter grades. This is only an approximation, and only works after the third exam!

Here are some things from Serway and Jewett, Principles of Physics, 4th edition, Volume 1, for those of you who have not yet been able to get the book: Back of chapter problems for chapters 1, 2, and 3.

Even answers for all of Volume 1. Problems to avoid for volume 1; this will be periodically updated throughout the semester. Right now, chapters 1 through 3 are in the file.

My HW Solutions: p1; p2a; p2b; p3a; p3b; p4a; p4b; p5a; p5b; p6; p7a; p7b; p8; p10a; p10b; p12; pWav1; pWav2; p15a; p15b

Here is the syllabus for physics 102, spring 2008; a screed on partial credit; and a copy of the exam title page that contains the rules for all of our exams.;

Here are the solutions to the assigned problems from Serway and Jewett's Principles of Physics: p15; p25; p26a; p26b

Here are the solutions to the assigned problems in the new Serway/Faughn College Physics book: p15a; p15b; p16a; p16b; p16c; p17; p18abc; p19ab; p20ab; p29; p26ab;

Here is a list of the problems to avoid from Serway, 4th edition, volume 2, and the even answers.

Here are the problems, with odd and even answers, for chapters 25 and 26.

Here are summaries of the optics rules from Wednesday, and the rules we will see on Monday. We did not cover prisms and dispersion. There is also a table of indices of refraction in the file.

More problems: Electrostatics and Electrical Energy; Capacitors and Circuits; Magnetism (note in #5, the actual area of the magnetic field is 8 cm by 10 cm, not 4 cm by 10 cm); Magnetic Induction; Radioactivity; Relativity

Here are figures (where necessary):

Here are the solutions (to be updated soon): Electrostatics and Electrical Energy; Capacitors and Circuits; Magnetism; Magnetic Indcution; Radioactivity; Relativity

General Physics Homework problems (my own)

Here are figures (where necessary): Newton 1; Newton 2; Friction; Circular Motion; Conservation of Energy; Impulse and Momentum; Static Equilibrium

Physics 151 (Penn)

Here are the solutions for p33; p34a; p34b; p21a; p21b; p21c; p22; p23a; p23b; p24a; p24b; p25; p26a; p26b; prad; p27a; p27b; p28; p29a; p29b; p30; p32; p37a; p37b; pser rel

Here are the problems for chapter 34; chapter 21