- Module 1: Waves and Light
Mechanical waves, electromagnetic waves, photons, QED
- Mechanical waves
- Electromagnetic waves
- Photons
- Module 2: Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics and probability, the
uncertainty principle, the Schroedinger equation
- Matter waves and the uncertainty principle
- Wave equations
- The Schroedinger equation
- One-dimensional problems
- Three-dimensional problems
- Module 3: Atoms
Quantization of energy and angular momentum,
the exclusion principle, atomic structure
- The hydrogen atom
- Electron spin
- Multi-electron atoms
- Module 4:
Quantum effects in
large systems
Lasers, semiconductors, diodes and transistors,
superconductors and superfluids
- Lasers
- Quantum effects in large systems
- Semiconductors
- Module 5 Nuclear Physics
The nucleus, radioactive decay, fission and
fusion
- Properties of nuclei
- Nuclear decay
- Nuclear models
- Nuclear energy
- Module 6: Particles
Leptons and Quarks, the basic interactions
- Particle classification
- The standard model