Unit 1: Waves and Light
Mechanical waves, electromagnetic waves,
photons, QED
- Mechanical waves
- Electromagnetic waves
- Photons
Unit 2: Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics and probability, the
uncertainty principle, the Schroedinger equation
- Matter waves and the uncertainty principle
- Wave equations
- The Schroedinger equation
- One-dimensional problems
- Three-dimensional problems
Unit 3: Atoms
Quantization of energy and angular
momentum, the exclusion principle, atomic structure
- The hydrogen atom
- Electron spin
- Multi-electron atoms
Unit 4:
Quantum effects in large systems
Lasers, semiconductors, diodes and
transistors, superconductors and superfluids
- Lasers
- Quantum effects in large systems
- Semiconductors
Unit 5 Nuclear Physics
The nucleus, radioactive decay, fission
and fusion
- Properties of nuclei
- Nuclear decay
- Nuclear models
- Nuclear energy
Unit 6: Relativity
Unit 7: Particles
Leptons and Quarks, the basic
interactions
- Particle classification
- The standard model