Introductory Modern Physics

PHYS1102 General Physics 2

3 hours One requisite

1 Relativity / Special Relativity, Time Dilation, Doppler Effect, Length Contraction, Twin Paradox, Electricity and Magnetism, Relativistic Momentum, Mass and Energy, Energy and Momentum and General Relativity

2 Particle Properties of Waves / Electromagnetic Waves, Blackbody Radiation, The photoelectric effect, XRays, X-Ray Diffraction, Compton Effect, Pair Production and Photons and Gravity

3 Wave Properties of Particles / De Broglie waves, describing a Wave, Phase and Group Velocities, Particle Diffraction, Particle in a Box, Uncertainty Principle I, Uncertainty Principle II and Applying the Uncertainty Principle

4 Atomic Structure / The Nuclear Atom, Electron Orbits, Atomic Spectra, The Bohr Atom, Energy Levels and Spectra, Correspondence Principle, Nuclear Motion, Atomic Excitation and The Laser

5 Molecules / The Molecular Bond, Electron Sharing, The H2 + Molecular Ion, The Hydrogen Molecule, Complex Molecules, Rotational Energy Levels, Vibrational Energy Levels, and Electronic Spectra of Molecules

6 PRACTICAL PART / Students will conduct various experiments in the practical part of the / course. Each student will perform the experiment, collect data, extract / result, and prepare a written report every week

1.1 Mapped to: K1

Define relativity.