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Section 1: Particle Properties of Waves (5 lectures)
[Beiser, 4th ed] [[5th ed]]
E+M Waves lecture notes [or Beiser 2.1] [[2.1]]
Photons F+T start of 1.6 [Beiser 2.2 - 2.4] [[2.3, 2.4]]
X Rays F+T rest of 1.6 [Beiser 2.5, 2.6 ] [[2.5, 2.6]]
Compton effect lecture notes [Beiser 2.7, 2.8 ] [[2.7, 2.8]]
Blackbody Radiation lecture notes [Beiser 9.5-9.7] [[2.2, 9.5, 9.6]]
Section 2: Models of the Atom (7 lectures)
Intro to the classical atom F+T 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 [Beiser 4.1] [[4.1]]
Thomson atom F+T 1.4
Rutherford Scattering F+T 1.7 [Beiser 4.2-4.4] [[Ch. 4 app.]]
Line Spectra, Electron orbits F+T 1.5 [Beiser 4.5, 4.6] [[4 .2, 4.3, 4.5]]
Bohr Atom F+T 1.7, 1.8 [Beiser 4.7, 4.8] [[4.4]]
Correspondence lecture notes [Beiser 4.9] [[4.6]]
Experimental evidence F+T 1.9-1.11 [Beiser 4.11, 7.13] [[4.8, 7 .9]]
Section 3: Wave Properties of Particles (5 lectures)
de Broglie waves F+T 2.1 [Beiser 3.1, 3.2 ] [[3.1, 3.2]]
Phase/group velocity F+T 2.2, 2.3 [Beiser 3.3, 3.4] [[3.3, 3.4]]
Davisson-Germer exp't F+T 2.4, 2.5 [Beiser 3.5] [[3.5]]< p> More experiments F+T 2.6-2.8
Wave-particle duality, double slits F+T 2.9-2.11
Section 4: Quantum Mechanics (15 lectures)
More on wave particle duality F+T 3.1 [Beiser 3.6] [[3.6]]
Uncertainty principle F+T 3.6 [Beiser 3.7-3.9] [[3.7-3.9]]
To a particle-wave equation F+T 3.2 [Beiser 5.1, 5.2 ] [[5.1, 5.2]]
The Schrödinger equation F+T 3.3 [Beiser 5.3] [[5.3]]
Stationary States F+T 3.4 [Beiser 5.4, 5.5 ] [[5.4, 5.5]]
Particle in a box F+T 3.5, 3.6 [Beiser 5.6] [[5.6]]
Interpretations F+T 3.7
Square wells, qualitative F+T 3.8-3.11
Square wells, quantitative F+T 4.1, 4.2
Harmonic oscillators F+T 4.3-4.5 [Beiser 5.9] [[5.9]]
Section 5: Applications (12 lectures?)
Barriers F+T 9.1-9.3 [Beiser 5.7] [[5.7]]
Scattering and tunneling F+T 9.4, 9.5 [Beiser 5.8] [[5.8]]
3-d Schrödinger equation F+T 5.1-5.5 [Beiser 6.1, 6.2] [[6.1, 6.2]]
Probabilities and expectations F+T 5.6, 5.7
Cool topics of modern physics -- we'll see!
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