Physics and Astronomy - Course Details

PHYS461 (PHYS46100)

Offering:

Spring (starting in Spring 2010), Class 3, cr. 3.

Prerequisites:

PHYS 460. Admission by special permission.

Description:

Angular momenta, radial equation, operators, matrices, spin, time independent perturbation theory, electron-electromagnetic field interaction, hydrogen atom, structure of atoms, molecules, radiation; selected topics in radiative transitions, collision theory, solids, nuclei, elementary particles and their symmetries.