Download Module code SP-2301 Module Title Concepts in Modern Physics

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ModuleTitle
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ModularCredits
SP-2301
ConceptsinModernPhysics
BachelorofScience(AppliedPhysics)
MajorOption
4
TotalstudentWorkload
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None
SP-2202ConceptsinModernPhysics
8
4
hours/week
hours/week
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Aims
Thismoduleaimstointroducestudentstopost-Newtonianconceptsinphysicsthatinvolve
theoriesthatweredevelopedinthetwentiethcentury.
LearningOutcomes
Onsuccessfulcompletionofthismodule,astudentwillbeexpectedtobeableto:
Lowerorder: 30% -understandthebasicprinciplesrelatedtomodernphysics,whichincludes
relativity,matterwaves,energyquantisation,x-rayandalsolaser
generation,andthenuclearstructure
Middleorder:60% -evaluatetheeffectsofspecialrelativityontimeandlengthmeasurements
-explainandapplyequationsdevelopedtotheeffectsofrelativityon
momentumandenergy
-explainandapplytheconceptofmatterwaveandwave-particleduality
-applytheconceptofatomicenergyquantizationtotheelectronicstructure
ofatoms
-explaintheelectronictransitionprocessforx-raygenerationandatomistic
processforlasergeneration
-explainquantizedpropertiesofnucleicontents
Higherorder: 10% -communicateconceptseffectively
-workindependentlyandalsoparticipateasateammemberingroup
discussionsandproblemsolvingsessions
ModuleContents
- Einstein’sspecialtheoryofrelativity.
- Lorentz transformation equations to cover mechanics at all speeds, from which a basis for
developingeffectsofrelativityonotherphysicalquantitieslikevelocity,momentum,andenergy
willbeestablished.
- Development of the idea of rest energy and a new definition of kinetic energy leading to the
developmentandevaluationofEinstein’smass-energyrelationship(E=mc2).
- Anintroductiontotheconceptsphotons,matterwaves,andwave-particleduality.
- WavefunctionandtheconsiderationofSchrödinger’sequationtorepresentelectrontrap.
- Theconceptofquantizationofatomicenergiesandtheuseofquantumnumbersindescribing
energystatesaswellasadiscussionoftheperiodictable.
- Theelectronicandatomisticprocessforx-rayandlasergeneration.
- AnexplorationofthequantumnatureofthenuclearcontentsandtheirapplicationsinNMRand
MRI.
Assessment Formative
Discussions,tutorialsandfeedback
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Summative
Examination:60%
assessment
Coursework:40%
-2tests(20%)
-1reportand2assignments(20%)