BSC252/BSC232 - Modern Physics

The Modern Physics module is designed to cover in depth:

· The special theory of relativity

· Blackbody radiation and the photoelectric effect

· The Compton Effect, wave properties of a particles, and the uncertainty principle

· Bohr’s theory of atom and atomic spectra

· Quantum mechanical model of the Hydrogen atom

· The electron Spin, the Zeeman Effect, and Laser Physics