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- This course is meant to provide a full overview of quantum physics and
its impact on our understanding of the physical world. The course will
cover aspects of modern physics for non-physics majors who will most
probably not encounter these concepts in their major years, and will
cover introductory quantum mechanics for physics majors, who will do
more specialized courses later on.
- The birth of quantum theory will be explored from a historical point
of view. Black body radiation, Photoelectric effect, photons, Compton
scattering, Franck-Hertz experiment, Bohr atom and electron
diffraction, deBroglie waves and the Wave particle duality of matter
and light. An introduction to wave mechanics and Schroedinger's
equation in one, two and three dimensions.
- An appreciation of the quantum world at an informal level will be
taken up across systems and across scales. Examples from particle
physics, collective quantum phenomena, possibilities of building
quantum computers etc will be discussed at a non-technical level.
- R. M. Eisberg and R. Resnick, Quantum physics of atoms,
molecules, solids, nuclei and particles, Wiley (1974).
- R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton and M. L. Sands, The Feynman
Lectures on Physics Vol. 3 Addison-Wesley (1989).
- S Gasiorowicz, Quantum Physics , Wiley (2003).
- A. P. French and E. F. Taylor, Introduction to quantum physics,
Norton Publishing (1978).
