Physics 215 - Light, Relativity, and Quantum Physics
Light, Relativity and Quantum
Spring
2023
01
4.00
Gary Neil Felder
M W F 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Smith College
PHY-215-01-202303
McConnell 204
gfelder@smith.edu
The special theory of relativity; the wave equation and mathematics of waves; optical phenomena of interference and diffraction; particle and wave models of matter and radiation, Bohr model of atomic structure; introduction to fundamental principles and problems in quantum mechanics; introduction to nuclear physics. Prerequisite: (PHY 118 or PHY 119) and MTH 112.
[CE] MTH 112 & (PHY 118 or 119)