Department of Physics, University of Utah

REPRESENTATIVE TEXTBOOK

Modem Physics, Paul Tipler

OTHER REFERENCE TEXTS

Modern Physics, Sproull and Phillips

Modern Physics, Serway, Moses, Moyer

Modem Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Taylor and Zafiratos
 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Most of Ch. 1 (Relativity) of Tipler will be skipped, since it is covered in Physics 5110 in the Spring Semester. However, a little later in this course, we will cover the last few sections of Ch. 1, which are related to the velocity dependence of mass and energy in the relativistic limit. Chapters 2-4 (where we will start) deal with the foundations and background of Modem Physics and Quantum Mechanics, and Quantum Mechanics is presented in Chapters 5-7. The second half of Tipler's book deals with applications of Quantum Mechanics, and we will cover Ch. 8 on molecules (important for chemistry). Some particular applications of Quantum Mechanics (e.g., nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) or band theory of solids (in Ch. 9)) will then be covered. If sufficient time exists, Ch. 10 on Quantum Statistics and Liquid Helium will be covered. Chapters 11 and 12 on nuclear physics and particle physics will definitely not be covered in this course since their subject matter is included in Physics 5110.
 

CO-REQUISITE

 

OTHER COMMENTS

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