Courses - Spring 2025
PHYS400
Advanced Modern Physics (Honors)
Credits:
4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Grades of A in PHYS272, PHYS273, MATH241, and MATH243 or MATH246, and permission of CMNS-Physics Department.
Corequisite: PHYS313.
Credit only granted for: PHYS371, PHYS400, or PHYS401.
Introduces students to special relativity and quantum mechanics. Topics include relativistic spacetime and 4-momentum, historical origins of quantum mechanics, single particle bound states and scattering in one dimension, the hydrogen atom, spin-1/2, and quantum information theory. Students completing PHYS400 will gain proficiency in Modern Physics (PHYS371) and Quantum Physics 1 (PHYS401).
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