| Area of Matthematics: | Physics (EPh) |
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| Semester: | 4o | ||
| Course ID: | 42505 | ||
| Course Type: | Elective | ||
| Teaching hours per week: | Theory: 4 | Practice: 0 | Laboratory: 0 |
| ECTS : | 5 | ||
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Description
- The quantum description of light: Black body Radiation, Rayleigh-Jeans law, Planck’s law, photoelectric effect, Compton effect, particle-wave complementarity.
- The quantum description of matter: The planetary model of the atom, Bohr theory, de Broglie waves, Davisson-Germer experiment, waves and scatter, uncertainty principle of position-momentum and time-energy , wave-particle dualism, quantization Bohr- Sommerfeld.
- Foundation of quantum physics: Born Interpretation, free particle wave-function and Schrödinger equation, particle in box, statistical interpretation of wave function and observables, expected values, potential barriers, tunneling rates.
- Atoms with one electron: Hydrogen atom, quantization of angular momentum, energy levels, Zeeman effect and Stern-Gerlach experiment, electron spin, spin-orbit interaction.
- Atoms with many electrons: Helium atom, Pauli principle, atom structure, L-S coupling, periodic table, X-rays.
- Statistical Physics: Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution, Bose-Einstein quantum statistics and photon gas, Fermi-Dirac quantum statistics and free electrons of metals.
- Laser: Absorption, spontaneous and triggered emission, Laser operation, applications.
Bibliography
- Quantum Mechanics: A Paradigms Approach 1st Edition, by David McIntyre, Corinne Manogue, Janet Tate
- Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 3rd Edition, by David J. Griffiths
