This is a second course in the calculus based intro sequence for Physics Majors. It focuses on oscillations, sound waves, optics (geometric, optical instruments and wave optics), introduction to modern physics leading upto quantum mechanics, and special relativity.
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Course Outline/Summary and Lecture Notes
Simple Harmonic Oscillation
Damped Harmonic Oscillation
Forced Oscillations
Waves
Optics:
Introduction to Modern Physics and Quantum Mechanics
Blackbody Radiation and Light Quanta
Photoelectric Effect
Atomic Spectra
Matter Wave
Schrodinger Equation
Loretz Transformation
Time Dialation and Length Contraction
Space Time Diagram Approach
Relativistic Kinematics, Energy and Momentum