PHY 143 Waves and Modern Physics (Honors)

Semester: Spring
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite: PHY 141 or permission of the instructor; MTH 162 (may be taken concurrently)

Second semester of a three-course honors sequence, recommended for prospective departmental concentrators and other science or engineering students with a strong interest in physics or mathematics. Topics are the same as PHY 123 but in greater depth. Introductory examinations of Bohr's atomic model; Broglie waves; momentum and energy quantization; Heisenberg's uncertainty relation; Schrodinger's cat; electron spin; photon interferenc;, and Bell's inequalities; selected applications to solid-state, nuclear, particle, and astrophysics. In addition to Two 75-minute lectures each week, One workshop/recitation each week and One three-hour laboratory every other week is required. The laboratories registration is at the same time as the course registration. Workshop/recitation times are determined by the instructor.

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