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Nov 27, 2024
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2013-2014 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PH-UY 2344 Introduction to Modern and Solid State Physics4 Credits
Special theory of relativity, Michelson-Morley experiment. Planck’s quantum hypothesis, photoelectric effect, Compton effect, Rutherford scattering, Bohr’s atom, DeBroglie wavelength, electron diffraction, wave function, uncertainty principle, Schrodinger equation. Application to: square well potential, one electron atom. Atomic nucleus, fission and fusion. Energy bands in a periodic lattice, Kronig Penney model, valence, conduction bands, impurity states, electron mobility. Semiconductor properties. Introduction to superconductivity; electron pairs, energy gap, Josephson effect.
Prerequisite(s): PH-UY 2023 . Corequisite(s): PH-UY 2033 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 4 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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