90693 - Elements and Applications of Modern Physics (2018/2019)

General information

90693 - Elements and Applications of Modern Physics (EAFM, 7 CFU), second semester, years: 1° LM.

Course content

  1. Introduction to Special Relativity

    Classical relativity and the wave equation for electromagnetic fields
    The Michelson and Morley experiment
    Einstein postulates
    Lorentz transformations
    Relativistic dynamics
    Applications

  2. Quantum mechanics

    2.1 Light as particles, matter as waves 
    Blackbody radiation
    Photoelectric effect
    The Bohr atomic model
    The De Broglie hypotesis
    The Heisenberg uncertainty principle
    Wave packets
    Examples of quantum interference of matter waves

    2.2 The Schroedinger equation
    General and stationary equation
    Probabilistic interpretation of the wave function
    Particle in a box
    Harmonic oscillator
    Tunnelling

    2.3 Atomic models and particle statistics
    Hydrogen atom, spin, transitions
    Many-electrons atoms
    The Pauli exclusion principle
    The Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics (in brief)

    2.4 Lattice structures
    X-ray diffraction
    Band theory (in brief)
    Metals, insulators, semiconductors

    2.5 Applicazioni 
    Scanning tunnel microscope (STM)
    Atomic force microscope (AFM)
    Semiconducting devices
    Laser
    Quantum computation (in brief)

Language

Italian

Teacher

Fabio Cavaliere

Maura Sassetti

Teaching style

In presence

Attendance

Not required