PřF:F4100 Introduction to Microphysics - Course Information
F4100 Introduction to Microphysics
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2. 4 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: graded credit.
- Teacher(s)
- prof. Mgr. Vít Kudrle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Michal Lenc, Ph.D.
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Petr Dub, CSc. - Timetable
- Tue 8:00–9:50 F2 6/2012
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
F4100/02: Mon 12:00–13:50 F4,03017 - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ( F1040 Mechanics and molecular physic && F2070 Electricity and magnetism )||( F1030 Mechanics and molecular physic && F2050 Electricity and magnetism )
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Biophysics (programme PřF, M-FY)
- Physics (programme PřF, B-FY)
- Course objectives
- The course is concerned with atomic structure of matter, relation of observations in real and reciprocal space, particle character of light (photons), particle and wave character of electrons and particles (atoms, molecules, etc.), fundamentals of quantum mechanics, atoms and their spectra, electronic structure of many atom systems – molecules and solids, fundamentals of nuclear physics. The course objective is to provide students with basic ideas of modern physics in order to be capable of understanding microscopical nature of matter and principles, which the advanced materials technologies and modern experimental methods are based on. The course also forms the necessary prerequisite for studying quantum mechanics.
- Syllabus
- 1. Atomic structure of matter Evolution of the atomic theory. Indirect evidence from chemistry and crystallography. Direct evidence: diffraction and microscopic methods: XRD, LEED, STM/AFM. Observation of atoms, molecules, surfaces and volume of matter. 2. Photons and matter waves The photon - the quantum of light (photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, the double-slit experiment with photons). Electrons and matter waves (the double-slit experiment with electrons). Diffraction of 3. Fundamentals of quantum mechanics The wave function and Schroedinger equation, probability density. Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Barrier tunnelling. One-dimensional electron traps – quantisation. Quantum jumps – absorption and emission of photon. Two- and three dimensional electron traps. 4. Atom Nuclear atom, atomic spectra. One-electron approximation. Three pillars of electronic structure: quantization of energy and angular momentum, spin and Pauli principle. Atoms in magnetic field (Zeeman effect and Stern-Gerlach experiment). Walk through the periodic system and its interpretation. Atomic spectroscopy (the absorption and emission spectroscopy as a fingerprinting). Photoelectron spectroscopy. Lasers. Magnetic properties of atoms. 5. Molecules and solids Main types of the chemical bonds (ionic, covalent, metallic, van der Waals). The structure of small molecules and their spectra. The structure of solids. The electronic bandstructure of solids – metal and insulator. Semiconductors. Conductivity of metals and semiconductors. 6. Fundamentals of nuclear and particle physics Proton and neutron. Nuclear properties. Nuclear binding energies. Radioactive decay. Nuclear reactions; nuclear models; nuclear fission and fusion. … and particles, particles, particles.
- Literature
- Halliday, David - Resnick, Robert - Walker, Jearl. Fyzika (anglický originál Fundamentals of Physics), část 5 - Moderní fyzika. Brno, Praha: Vutium, Prometheus, 2000, dotisk, 2006.
- BEISER, Arthur. Úvod do moderní fyziky. Translated by Josef Čada. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 1978, 628 s. info
- Úlehla, Ivan - Suk, Michal - Trka, Zbyšek. Atomy, jádra, ástice. Praha: Academia, 1990.
- Teaching methods
- Lecture with a seminar.
- Assessment methods
- Attendance at seminars is required and recorded by the tutor. Missed seminars have to be compensated. The exam is combined (written and oral).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- F4050 Introduction to Microphysics
F1030 && F1050 && (!F4050E) && !NOWANY(F4050E,F4100,F4100E) - F4050E Introduction to Microphysics
F1030 && F1050 && (!F4050) && !NOWANY(F4050,F4100,F4100E) - F4100E Introduction to Microphysics
((F1030||F1040)&&(F2050||F2070)) && (!F4050) && (!F4050E) && (!F4100) && !NOWANY(F4050,F4050E,F4100) - F5170 Introduction to Plasma Physics
(F2050 || F2070) && (F4100 || F4050) - F6040 Thermodynamics and statistical physics
(F4120&&F4090)||(F4100)||(F4050) - F7661 School experiments laboratory 1
F4050||F4060||F4100
- F4050 Introduction to Microphysics
- Teacher's information
- http://physics.fme.vutbr.cz/ufi.php?Action=0&Id=56
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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