Department of Physics

10ΥΚΟ04 Physics IV

Course webpage:  https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS183

Course outline

Course content

• Relativistic energy and momentum of particles. Four-vector momentum-energy. Invariant mass. Black body radiation. Photoelectric effect. Compton effect. Pair production. Breaking radiation.
• de Broglie waves. Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Two-slit experiments. Wave function. Probability amplitude. Schrödinger equation.
• Simple one-dimensional problems: Infinite and finite square well potentials, reflection from and transmission through barriers, tunneling effect.
• The Bohr atomic model. Quantum mechanical model of the atom. The hydrogen atom. Angular momentum and spin.  Fine structure.  Many-electron atoms.
• Selected topics from molecular, nuclear and particle physics.