PHYS241: Atomic Physics and Quantum Phenomena
Credits:
2
Quantum Phenomena
Blackbody radiation and Planck’s hypothesis, photons and electromagnetic waves, photo-electric effect, Compton Effect, double-slit experiment, wave properties of particles, uncertainty principle, Schrödinger equation, particle in a square well potential (particle in a box).
Atomic Physics
Atomic structure, the Bohr atom, line spectra and energy levels, angular momentum: orbital angular momentum, spin angular momentum, multiplets, spectroscopic terms; fine structure, hyperfine structure, Stark and Zeeman effects, x-ray production and scattering, continuous spectrum.