Week - 1 |
Reference point, Definitions of special and general relativity theories of relativity. |
Week - 2 |
Special theory of relativity, Galileo transformations |
Week - 3 |
The Michelson-Morley Experiment |
Week - 4 |
Length contraction, Lorentz transformations |
Week - 5 |
Doppler Effect, relativistic mass, Mass and Energy |
Week - 6 |
I. Midterm |
Week - 7 |
Particle properties of waves, the photoelectric effect, quantum theory of light. |
Week - 8 |
X-rays, X-ray diffraction and Bragg's law |
Week - 9 |
Compton effect, Pair formation, Photons and gravity |
Week - 10 |
The wave properties of particles, the wave function |
Week - 11 |
Particle diffraction (Davisson-Germer experiment) particles in the box uncertainty principle |
Week - 12 |
Applications |
Week - 13 |
Atomic structure: timeline, the Thomson model of the atom, Rutherford model of the atom, electrons orbit the atomic spectra, Spectra series |
Week - 14 |
Bohr model of the atom, the nucleus of the movement, Atomic excitation, Frank-Hertz experiment, the laser. |