F4050 Introduction to Microphysics

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
4/2/0. 5 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Aleš Lacina, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Eva Kutálková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Michal Lenc, Ph.D.
Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Aleš Lacina, CSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( F1030 Mechanics and molecular physic && F2050 Electricity and magnetism )||( F1090 Mechanics and molec. physics && F2030 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
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to: understand and explain crucial experiments for the development of physical description of microcosm; understand and explain basic concepts and ideas of microphysics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Physical world and its description (reality, abstraction, model; concepts of structure of matter and their development; macroscopic and microscopic theories and their verification; objects of macrocosm - particles and waves).
  • 2. Electromagnetic radiation - particles ? waves ? photons (historical development of views on nature of light; blackbody radiation, the quantum hypothesis; photoelectric emission, Compton effect).
  • 3. Atomic structure (historical development of views on the atom; the discovery of the electron; early models of the atom; scattering experiments, the discovery of the atomic nucleus).
  • 4. The old quantum theory (the planetary model of the atom, problem of its stability; the Bohr's model of the hydrogen atom, the Bohr-Sommerfeld's model of the atom; the Mendeleev periodic system).
  • 5. Atomic spectra (emission and absorption optical spectra of the atom; emission and absorption X-ray atomic spectra; spectral analysis; interaction of radiation with periodic structures; physical, technological and medical applications).
  • 6. The wave-particle dualism and its physical interpretation (the de Broglie's hypothesis, Davisson-Germer's and Thomson's experiments; Young's double slit experiment with classical particles, waves and microobjects).
  • 7. Fundamentals of wave /quantum/ mechanics (the wave function and the vector of state; the superposition principle and its physical meaning; wave packet; Heisenberg's uncertainty principle for position and momentum; measurement in microcosm; the relation of classical and quantum mechanics).
  • 8. Fundamentals of nuclear and particle physics (nuclear properties; radioactive decay; nuclear reactions; nuclear models; nuclear fission and fusion; particle interactions; families of particles; conservation laws; the standard model of microcosm).
Literature
  • Halliday, David - Resnick, Robert - Walker, Jearl. Fyzika, část 5 - Moderní fyzika. Brno, Praha: Vutium, Prometheus, 2000.
  • BEISER, Arthur. Úvod do moderní fyziky. Translated by Josef Čada. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 1978, 628 s. info
  • ŠPOL'SKIJ, Èduard Vladimirovič. Atomová fysika. Translated by Jaroslav Pernegr - Josef Tuček - Jaroslav Pačes. Vyd. 2. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1957, 432 s. URL info
  • ŠPOL'SKIJ, Èduard Vladimirovič. Atomová fysika. 2. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1958, 603 s. URL info
  • Zajac, Rudolf - Pišút, Ján - Šebesta, Juraj. Historické pramene súčasnej fyziky, Zv.2. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 1997.
  • TRIGG, George L. Rešajuščije eksperimenty v sovremennoj fizike. Edited by I. S. Aleksejev, Translated by A. V. Davydov - G. V. Daniljan. Moskva: Mir, 1974, 159 s. info
  • Hořejší, Jiří. Historie standardního modelu mikrosvěta. Školská fyzika, Vol. VII, č. 3 (2001) str. 4-60.
Teaching methods
Lecture with a seminar.
Assessment methods
Examination consists of two parts: written and oral.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.