PHYS 353: Modern Physics I

Galileo transformations, Michaelson-Morley experiment, Postulates of special relativity, Lorentz transformations, relativity of space and time, relativistic collisions.
Particle‐like properties and radiation: The photoelectric effect, Black body, Compton effect.
The wave‐like properties of matter: De Broglie waves, the uncertainty principle, wave packets.
Probabilities and randomness.
Wave behavior when crossing boundaries, confining particles, the one‐dimensional Schrodinger equation, applications of Schrodinger equation: the harmonic oscillator, steps and barriers.
Overview of the basic properties of the atom, Thomson model, Rutherford experiment, line spectra, Bohr model.

Atom in one‐dimension, Angular momentum, Spin, Zeeman effect.