Physics 3300: Introduction to Modern Physics

Physics 3300: Introduction to Modern Physics Fall 2007

Lecture: 5:30PM-6:55PM MW, Physics 245

Lab: 7:05PM-8:55PM W, Physics 115

This is a three credit course open to students who have completed Physics 2180 or by consent of the instructor. Introduction to relativity, quantum phenomena, atomic structure, quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, quantum optics, nuclear physics, elementary particles, and anti-particles. Students can also co register for the accompanying lab course Physics 3310 for one credit.

Professor: Karur Padmanabhan (364 Physics, 313-577-3005, [email protected]) Office Hours: 3:30-4:30 MW

Laboratory TA: will be announced Office Hours: will be announced

Text: Modern Physics by Krane (Second Edition). Homework(40%) Weekly homework assignments. Homework is assigned each day and is collected in class on the Wednesday of the following week. Exams(30%) Two in class exams. See schedules below. Final(30%) Monday 17 December 5:30-8:00.PM. A comprehensive final.

HW Date Topic Reading Lab/Solutions Assignment 5 Introduction and Review 1.1-1.4 No Lab Sep 10 Relativity and Einstein’s 2.1-2.3 - Sep Postulates

Lorentz Transformation 2.4-2.6 -

12 Relativistic Dynamics and 2.7-2.8 e/m / Millikan Oil Sep Tests of Relativity Drop 17 Photoelectric Effect, 3.1-3.3 - Sep Blackbodies Compton Effect and 3.4-3.6 Photons 19 Particles as Waves and e/m / Millikan Oil 4.1-4.3 Sep Uncertainty Drop Wave Packets and 4.4-4.6 - Probability 24 Schrodinger Equation 5.1-5.4 Sep Elementary Quantum 5.5-5.7 Mechanics 26 Michelson Review 1-5 - Sep Inteferometer 01 Exam I 1-5 - Oct 03 Atoms and Spectra 6.1-6.4 Stefan-Boltzmann Oct

The Bohr Atom 6.5-6.8 -

08 The Hydrogen Atom 7.1-7.4 Oct 10 Spin, Energy Levels, Fine Photoelectric 7.5-7.7 Oct Structure Effect 15 Pauli Exclusion and the 8.1-8.3 - Oct Periodic Table The Elements, X-Rays, 8.4-8.6 and Atomic Spectra 17 Critical Potentials Oct Lasers 8.7-8.8 in He

22 Molecular Bonds 9.1-9.4 - Oct Molecular Spectra 9.5-9.7 24 Molecular spectra 9.5-9.7 - Balmer Series Oct review 6-9 05 Exam-II 6-9 - - Nov 07 Classical Statistical Frank-Hertz 10.1-10.4 Nov Physics experiment 12 Quantum Statistics 10.5-10.7 - Nov 14 Electron Solids 11.1-11.3 Nov Diffraction Band Theory 11.4-11.6 19 Superconductors and 11.7-11.9 Nov Semiconductors 21 No Class( treated as No lab Nov Friday) 26 Nuclear Constituents and 12.1-12.4 - Nov Force Radioactivity and Alpha 12.5-12.7 Decays 28 Beta and Gamma Decay 12.8-12.11 Nuclear Scattering Nov 03 Nuclear Reactions and 13.1-13.3 - Dec Kinematics Fission and Fusion 13.4-13.6 05 Elementary Forces, 14.1-14.3 Nuclear Decay Dec Antimatter, Families Conservation Laws and 14.4-14.6 Particle Kinematics 10 Quarks and the Standard 14.7-14.9 Dec Model 12 General Relativity 15.1-15.3 Dec ( last day of class) # Stellar Evolution 15.4-15.8 Cosmology and the # 16.1-16.4 Expanding Universe The Big Bang and Dark # 16.5-16.8 No Lab Energy 17 Final Exam Comprehensive Dec # schedule/topics may involve changes as required by the instructor.