This material to be covered is not set in stone, but may vary as the semester progresses. As we go along, specific readings from the text will be posted on the syllabus page.
| Text Chapter | Topics |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1, intro texts | Wave Review |
| Chapter 1, intro texts | Physical Optics |
| BFG Chapters 2,3 | Special Relativity |
| BFG Chapter 4 | Waves and Particles |
| BFG Chapter 5 | The Bohr Atom |
| BFG Chapter 6 | The Schrödinger Equation |
| BFG Chapter 7 | The Uncertainty Principle |
| BFG Chapter 8 | Potential Barriers and Wells |
| BFG Chapter 8 | Quantum Tunneling | BFG Chapter 9 | Angular Momentum |
| BFG Chapter 9 | The Hydrogen Atom |
| BFG Chapter 9 | The Zeeman Effect |
| BFG Chapter 9 | Spin |
| BFG Chapter 10 | Many Particle Systems |
| BFG Chapter 12 | Classical Gases |
| BFG Chapter 12 | Quantum Statistics |
| BFG Chapter 13 | Lasers |