PHYS 305: Quantum Mechanics I

Course Description

Reviews experiments demonstrating the atomic nature of matter, wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, the Schrödinger wave equation, properties of the electron, the nuclear atom, spin, atomic and molecular structure and spectra, statistical physics, solid state physics, and nuclear physics including nuclear structure, radioactive decay, and fission. Includes an introduction to the special theory of relativity. Four hours lecture. (Every third semester) (F, W).