Physics 6140 Fundamentals of Modern Physics Fall 2005

T Th 8:30 – 9:45 AM MH4012

Text: Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei and Particles, by Eisberg & Resnick

Grade: Midterms 22.5% each, Homework 25%, Final 30%,

Instructor: J.G. Amar, MH5006, 530-2259, jamar@physics.utoledo.edu

Office Hours: T Th 3 - 5 or by appointment.

This course is offered to give beginning graduate students additional experience in utilizing and applying modern physics, especially quantum mechanics. It is also intended to improve students' qualitative grasp of atomic and nuclear physics, and should be valuable experience for the Qualifying Exam.

Week: Topics Chapter___

Aug. 22 Relativity, Lorentz transformation Appendix A

Aug. 29 Photons, Blackbody radiation, Compton effect 1,2

Sep. 5 X-rays, Bohr Atom & Atomic Spectra 2

Sep. 12 Schrodinger equation, Potentials (1D) 4, 6, App. N

Sep. 19 Angular momentum, Hydrogen atom: exact solution 6, 7

Sep. 26 Spin, Stern-Gerlach experiment 8

Oct. 3 Exam 1 (Appendix A, Chapters 1-8)

Oct. 10 Spin-orbit interaction, Transition rates 8, App. K

Oct. 17 The Exclusion Principle, Helium atom 9

Oct. 24 Periodic Table, Zeeman effect, LS Coupling 10

Oct. 31 Molecular spectra 10

Nov. 7 Exam 2 (Chapters 8-10,12)

Nov. 14 Classical and Quantum Statistics, Einstein A & B Coefficients 11

Nov. 21 Bose Condensation & Fermi energies 11

Nov. 28 Nuclear Stability, Binding Energy, nuclear forces 15, (16)

Dec. 5 Quarks & Standard Model 18

Dec. 13 Final Exam