UPRM Modern Physics Notes (F4105)

  • Michelson Interferometer layout (3-D applet)
  • Michelson Morley principle (applet)

    The notes below make reference to a text by Bowler:

    Bowler, M. G. Gravitation and Relativity. Oxford, England: Pergamon Press, 1976

    This book is out of print but old copies can be obtained for about $5.00.

  • Supplement 1 (pdf) (djvu) (ps)
  • Supplement 2 (pdf) (djvu) (ps)
  • Supplement 3 (pdf) (djvu) (ps)
  • Supplement 4 (pdf) (djvu) (ps)
  • Supplement 5 (pdf) (djvu) (ps) <--- Class Lecture notes for relativity stop here.

  • Supplement 6 (pdf) (djvu) (ps)
  • Supplement 7 (pdf) (djvu) (ps)
  • Supplement 8 (pdf) (djvu) (ps)
  • After this point we start on atomic and molecular physics

  • The book I am following is Haken and Wolf, Physics of Atoms and Quanta, Springer
  • Note that the Tuft University's Open Courseware for Introduction to Modern Physics is a good, free resource to supplement and/or clarify issues. The material later in our course will slightly differ from these online notes.

  • Supplement 9 (pdf) Basics of Modern Physics at the atomic level and smaller
  • Supplement 10 (pdf) Particle Wave duality I
  • Supplement 11 (pdf) Particle/Wave duality II
  • Supplement 12 (pdf) Wave packets and Uncertainty Principle
  • Supplement 13 (pdf) Schrödinger Equation
  • Supplement 14 (pdf) Atomic Physics
  • Supplement 15 (pdf) Solid State Physics
  • Details for class midterm programming project : DUE FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER 2007 at 4:30pm
  • Practice Midterm Exam (pdf)
  • Problem Set related to final exam. The value of this Problem Set is 50% of the final exam total.