PHYSICS 330 -- Spring 2021

INTRO TO MODERN PHYSICS

Syllabus

Semester Schedule

Lecture: Tu Th 9:00-10:15 AM
Recitation:  Tu 2:00-2:50 PM

Now Room 1140 and ZOOM

  Professor Michael Gold

My Office Hours: by appointment - or drop by
Teaching Assistant Lin YU-CHIA

STM image   bec_transition.jpg
In this scanning tunneling microscope (STM) image,electron density waves are seen to be breaking around two atom-sized defects on the surface of a copper crystal. The resultant standing waves result from the interference of the electron waves scattering from the defects. Courtesy, Don Eigler, IBM.

 Professor Carl Wielnan and Michael Matthews
classic "photo" of Bose-Einstein condensation in gaseous rubidium.


  • Remote Classes with ZOOM
    • Tuesday https://unm.zoom.us/j/99992127094
    Thursday https://unm.zoom.us/j/93222779170

    Textbook :  Required:    NONE

                        Suggested: 
                            Spacetime Physics, Taylor and Wheeler (link to free online version)
                            Modern Physics from alpha to Z0, Rohlf
                            Quantum Physics Eisberg and Resnick
                            Quantum Physics Townsend
                            Modern Physics and Quantum Mechanics,  Anderson
                            The Quantum Physicists: And an Introduction to Their Physics, Cropper

    What's new and cool in physics?

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