PHYS 241 — Atomic Physics and Quantum Phenomena
Physics · University of Ghana
Quantum Phenomena Blackbody radiation and Planck‘s hypothesis, photons and electromagnetic waves, photoelectric effect, Compton Effect, double-slit experiment, wave properties of particles, uncertainty principle, Schrödinger equation, particle in a square well potential (particle in a box). Atomic Physics Atomic structure, the Bohr atom, line spectra and energy levels, angular momentum: orbital angular momentum, spin angular momentum, multiplets, spectroscopic terms; fine structure, hyperfine structure, Stark and Zeeman effects, x-ray production and scattering, continuous spectrum.
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 200
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- PHYS 206 — Practical Physics IV
- PHYS 242 — Oscillations and Waves
- PHYS 244 — Mathematical Methods I
- PHYS 245 — Electromagnetism I
- PHYS 246 — Nuclear Physics I
- PHYS 248 — Introduction to Physics of Materials
- PHYS 256 — Computational Methods in Physics I
- PHYS 106 — Practical Physics II
- PHYS 143 — Mechanics and Thermal Physics
- PHYS 144 — Electricity and Magnetism
- PHYS 305 — Practical Physics V
- PHYS 306 — Practical Physics VI
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).