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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 PHYS 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 interference, and Bell's inequalities; selected applications to solid-state, nuclear, particle, and astrophysics. The laboratories and workshop registration is required at the same time as the course registration. Textbooks: (1) - 'SIX IDEAS THAT SHAPED PHYSICS - UNIT Q: Particles Behave Like Waves' (*please note that the 2nd edition of this book is recommended vs the newer 3rd edition), (2) - 'Quantum Theory - a Graphic Guide' MCEvoy and Zarate (3) - 'Quantum Physics - Illusion or Reality' (Cambridge Univ. Press) Alistaire Rae Prerequisites: PHYS 141 or permission of the instructor; MATH 162 (MATH 162 may be taken concurrently) |