DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES COLLEGE OF SCIENCE University of the Philippines Baguio Baguio City, Philippines

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PHYSICS 104 (Modern Physics) 1st Sem AY 2012-2013 4.0 unit Physics 103 / Physics 121; Physics 104.1 An introduction to the foundations of modern physics, which includes special relativity and quantum mechanics The course aims to develop the students physical intuition and ability to systematically solve a wide variety of problems on the fundamentals of relativity and quantum physics Modern Physics by Paul A. Tipler and Ralph Llewellyn Spacetime Physics by Edwin F. Taylor and John Archibald Wheeler Quantum Mechanics by Walter Greiner 3 Long Exams 60 % Final Exam 30 % Recitation Grade (problem sets; quizzes) 10 % TOTAL 100 % Ian Jasper A. Agulo ian.agulo.physics@gmail.com TTh 1:00-3:00; WF 1:00-4:00 IB 110

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POLICIES AND GUIDELINES: 1. You are expected to read the assigned sections in your book before Grading System GRADE coming to class. from to less 2. A student may be exempted from taking the final exam if all of the 0 45 5 following conditions are satisfied: 45 50 4 (1) passed all long exams 50 55 3 (2) has an average long exam score of 60% or better 55 60 2.75 (3) has a total recitation score that is 75% or better of the maximum 60 65 2.5 possible score 65 70 2.25 An exempted students final exam grade will be the average of the long 70 75 2 exams 75 80 1.75 3. In case of one (1) missed exam for a valid reason, the student must 80 85 1.5 take a make-up exam. (Submit your medical certificate on the following 85 90 1.25 class meeting.) 4. A grade of 4.0 means conditional and that you will have to take the 90 100 1 removal exam within a year. The removal exam is a problem solving type exam. (Note: Please check removal exam schedules. The students must bring his/her approved removal permit, pen and calculator for the removal exam. No removal permit, no exam.) 5. Attendance will be checked. As per university rule, a students unexcused absences should not exceed 12 hours. If violated, the instructor will give a final grade of 5.0 6. There is NO FORCED DROP. The lecturer will only give the student a grade of DRP upon receiving the processed dropping or Leave of Absence (LOA) form. Otherwise, a grade of 5.0 is given. 7. The deadline for Dropping is on FRI, 7 September 2011 and for Leave Of Absence (LOA) is on FRI, 21 September 2011. A student granted a LOA will only be given a grade of either DRP or 5.0. A grade of 5.0 is given if the LOA is granted after of the semester has lapsed and the student's class standing is failing; otherwise a grade of DRP is given. 8. Cheating is punishable by suspension of at least one year or expulsion from the University. 9. Assigned readings are specified in the course outline. 10. Chapter 1, Chapter 1 Exercises, and Answers to the Chapter 1 Exercises of Spacetime Physics can be downloaded from www.eftaylor.com. 11. Please show courtesy during class hours and examinations by turning off your cellular phone.

COURSE COVERAGE Topics Class policies, guidelines, syllabus Newtonian Relativity Einsteins Postulates

Reference(s) Syllabus, handout Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Spacetime Physics

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Natural Units Events and Measurements Invariance of the Interval World Lines Spacetime Diagrams Proper Time Lorentz Transformation Relativity of Simultaneity Length Contraction Time Dilation Two Observer Spacetime Diagrams Velocity Transformation Relativistic Doppler Effect Relativistic Energy-Momentum Relativistic Work and Force Planck hypothesis (reading assignment, Ex 72 Spacetime Physics) Lorentz Transformation of Energy-Momentum Invariance of Mass EXAM 1 Quantization of Electric Charge Blackbody Radiation Photoelectric Effect X-rays and Compton Effect Atomic Spectra Rutherfords Nuclear Model Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom X-ray spectra Franck-Hertz experiment The de Broglie Hypothesis Measurements of Particle Wavelengths Wave Packets Probabilistic Interpretation of the Wave Function Uncertainty Principle Wave-Particle Duality Schrdinger Equation on One Dimension The Infinite Square Well The Finite Square Well Expectation Values and Operators Simple Harmonic Oscillator Reflection and Transmission of Waves Schrdinger Equation for Two (or More) Particles EXAM 2 Schrdinger Equation in Three Dimensions Quantization of Angular Momentum and Energy in the Hydrogen Atom Hydrogen Atom wave Functions Electron Spin Total Angular Momentum and Spin-Orbit Effect Ground States of Atoms Excited State and Spectra of Atoms Classical Statistics Quantum Statistics Bose-Einstein Condensation Photon Gas Fermion Gas EXAM 3

Sections 4 to 5 of Spacetime Physics Sections 6 and 7 of Spacetime Physics Section 8 of Spacetime Physics Section 8 of Spacetime Physics

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Spacetime Physics Section 9 Spacetime Physics Sec 10, 11, and 12 pp 101-113 Modern Physics Section 2.1 and 2.2 Spacetime Physics Sec 12. pp 113-121, pp 134-138 Spacetime Physics Sec 13. pp 134-138 Modern Physics section 2.4 Modern Physics sections 3.1-3.3 Quantum Mechanics sections 1.1-1.2 Modern Physics section 3.4 Quantum Mechanics section 1.3 Modern Physics sections 4.1-4.2 Modern Physics section 4.3 Modern Physics sections 4.4-4.5 Quantum Mechanics section 1.5 Modern Physics sections 5.1-5.2 Quantum Mechanics sections 3.1-3.2 Modern Physics sections 5.3-5.7 Quantum Mechanics sections 3.3-3.4, 3.7 Modern Physics section 6.1 Quantum Mechancics chapter 6 Modern Physics sections 6.2-6.3 Modern Physics sections 6.4-6.5 Quantum Mechanics chapter 7 Modern Physics section 6.6 Modern Physics section 6.7 Modern Physics section 7.1 Modern Physics section 7.2 Modern Physics section 7.3 Modern Physics section 7.4 Modern Physics section 7.5 Modern Physics sections 7.6-7.7 Modern Physics section 8.1 Modern Physics section 8.2 Modern Physics section 8.3 Modern Physics sections 8.4-8.5

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