PHYS 4030 Modern Physics I

Spectroscopic and other representative phenomena that form experimental foundations of modern physics. Topics: special theory of relativity, dual properties of electromagnetic radiation. Young’s diffraction, blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect. Compton effect, specific heats. Frank-Hertz experiment. Rutherford scattering. Bohr’s atomic model, quantum mechanical description of a particle, elementary theory of nuclear structure and reactions. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3020
Credits: 4.0