PHYS 3310 Modern Physics and Mathematical Physics

This course is an introduction to modern physics and mathematical physics.  Topics will include photons (spectra, photoelectiric effect, blackbody radiation, Compton effect), atoms (Rutherford, Bohr), matter waves (Planck, deBroglie, probability interpretation, Schrödinger), nuclei, particles, special relativity, introductory differential equations, matrices, elements of vector analysis and calculus of functions of several variables.

Prerequisite

PHYS 2301, PHYS 2105, PHYS 2306, and PHYS 2106