Physics 330 Syllabus

Spring 2021

M. Gold

Special Relativity

Lorentz Transformation lec1.pdf

Space-time lec2.pdf frisch-time-dilation.pdf

Energy-momentum lec3.pdf

Quantum Mechanics

Oigins of Quantum Mechanics lec4.pdf
Uncertainty principle lec5.pdf buckyball-decoherence.pdf
Elements of probability lec6.pdf
Schrodinger equation lec7.pdf
1D bound states lec8.pdf
Tunneling lec9.pdf

Atomic physics

H atom lec10.pdf
quantization of angular momentum lec11.pdf
spin lec12.pdf
structure of Hydrogen lec13.pdf
Identical particles lec14.pdf

Fermions and Bosons

Maxwell-Boltzmann, classical statistical mechanics lec15.pdf
Quantum Statisics: Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac lec16.pdf

Elementary Particles

Weak Interactions: beta decay, W,Z, Higgs
Strong Interactions: quarks and partons
neutrinos

Cosmology

Expanding universe
General Relativity--a theory of gravity
Observations: CMB, dark energy, dark matter