Physics 301
Readings


Knight, Chapter 25, Modern Optics and Matter Waves
25.1 – Spectroscopy: Unlocking the Structure of Atoms
25.2 – X-Ray Diffraction
25.3 – Photons
25.4 – Matter Waves
25.5 – Energy is Quantized
Summary

Knight, Chapter 37, Relativity
37.1 – Relativity: What's It All About?
37.2 – Galilean Relativity
37.3 – Einstein's Principle of Relativity
37.4 – Events and Measurements
37.5 – The Relativity of Simultaneity
37.6 – Time Dilation
37.7 – Length Contraction
37.8 – The Lorentz Transformations
37.9 – Relativistic Momentum
37.10 – Relativistic Energy
Summary

Knight, Chapter 39, Quantization
39.1 – The Photoelectric Effect
39.2 – Einstein's Explanation
39.3 – Photons
39.4 – Matter Waves and Energy Quantization
39.5 – Bohr's Model of Atomic Quantization
39.6 – The Bohr Hydrogen Atom
39.7 – The Hydrogen Spectrum
Summary

Knight, Chapter 40, Wave Functions and Uncertainty
40.1 – Waves, Particles, and the Double-Slit Experiment
40.2 – Connecting the Wave and Photon Views
40.3 – The Wave Function
40.4 – Normalization
40.5 – Wave Packets
40.6 – The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Summary

Knight, Chapter 41, One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics
41.1 – Schrφdinger's Equation: The Law of Psi
41.2 – Solving the Schrφdinger Equation
41.3 – A Particle in a Rigid Box: Energies and Wave Functions
41.4 – A Particle in a Rigid Box: Interpreting the Solution
41.5 – The Correspondence Principle
41.6 – Finite Potential Wells
41.7 – Wave-Function Shapes
41.8 – The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
41.9 – More Quantum Models
41.10 – Quantum-Mechanical Tunneling
Summary