Syllabus:  Physics 390      Fall 2003
Introduction to Modern Physics

Time: 12:10-1:00 pm    Monday & Wednesday & Friday
Location: 1068 E Hall
Instructor: Prof. Wolfgang Lorenzon
Office: 330 W Hall
Telephone: (64)7-6825
Office Hours: Tuesday, 1:30-3:30 pm or by appointment (330 W Hall)
E-mail address: lorenzon@umich.edu
GSI: Everett Holmes
E-mail address: eih@umich.edu 


Required Text

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Modern Physics 
Bernstein, Fishbane & Gasiorowicz (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2000)


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  Course Structure:

This course is a quantitative introduction to modern physics and includes a review of electromagnetic waves, the relationship of particles and waves, the Schrödinger equation applied to barrier problems, atomic structure and the interpretation of quantum numbers, the exclusion principle and its applications, structure of solids. This course includes a survey of the topics and techniques in several sub fields of physics, including Solid State, Atomic, Nuclear, and Particle Physics. The class will meet as a lecture group. Applications of the principles will be considered in the lecture section on a regular basis.

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