What are you going to learn?

Understand the concept of reference point. Define the Special and General theories of relativity. Make Galileo conversions. Establish a relationship between mass and energy. Understand the Doppler Effect. Comprehend the particle properties of waves. Understand the wave properties of particles. Know and apply the uncertainty principle. Know the Atomic structure and development. Describe the series of spectra. Know Frank-Hertz experiment. Know the basic operating principle of the laser.

Content

Chapter 1. Theory of Relativity

  • Relativity. What’s it All About?
  • Galilean Relativity
  • Einstein’s Principle of Relativity
  • Events and Measurements
  • The Relativity of Simultaneity
  • Thime Dilation
  • Lenght Contraction
  • The Lorentz Transformations
  • Relativistic Momentum
  • Relativistic Energy

Chapter 2. Foundations of Modern Physics

  • Matter and Light
  • The Emission and Absorption of Light
  • Cathode Rays and X Rays
  • The Discovery of the Electron
  • The Fundamental Unit of Charge
  • The Discovery of the Nucleus
  • Into the Nucleus
  • Classical Physics at the Limit

Chapter 3. Quantization

  • The Photoelectric Effect
  • Einstein’s Explanation
  • Photons
  • Matter Waves and Energy Quantization
  • Bohr’s Model of Atomic Quantization
  • The Bohr Hydrogen Atom
  • The Hydrogen Spectrum

Chapter 4. Waves Functions and Uncertainty

  • Waves, Particles and the Double Slit Experiment
  • Connecting the Waves and Photon Views
  • The Wave Function
  • Normalization
  • Wave Packets
  • The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

Chapter 5. One Dimensional Quantum Mechanics

  • The Schrodinger’s Equation
  • A Particle in a Rigid Box
  • The Correspondence Principle
  • Finite Potential Wells
  • Wave Functions Shapes
  • The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
  • More Quantum Models
  • Quantum Mechanical Tunneling

Chapter 6. Atomic Physics

  • The Hydrogen Atom: Angular Momentum and Energy
  • The Hydrogen Atom: Wave Functions and Probability
  • The Electron’s Spin
  • Multielectron Atoms
  • The Periodic Table
  • Excited States and Spectra
  • Liftimes of Excited States
  • Stimulated Emission and Lasers

Chapter 7. Nuclear Physics

  • Nuclear Structure
  • Nuclear Stability
  • The Strong Force
  • The Shell Model
  • Radiation and Radiactivity
  • Nuclear Decay Mechanisms
  • Biological Applications of Nuclear Physics

Bibliography

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