Modern Physics

The one-semester course aims at developing the foundation of relativity and microscopic physics. Students will learn about the foundation of relativistic kinematics and dynamics, light as particles, electron as waves and elementary quantum mechanics. When time permits, we will also discuss nuclear and particle physics.

Textbook: University Physics (Young and Freedman) Vers. 13+

Reference books:

Modern Physics (Felder and Felder)

Modern Physics for Engineer and Scientists (Rex, Thornton)

Course Outline

Course content:

Chapter 1: Relativity

Chapter 2: Light as particles

Chapter 3: Electrons as waves

Chapter 4: Quantum mechanics in 1D

Chapter 5: Quantum mechanics in 3D

Chapter 6: Further topics