PCS 300

Modern Physics

Special Relativity: simultaneity, time dilation, length contraction, Lorentz transformations, velocity addition, rest mass, energy. Blackbody radiation: Boltzmann's and Wien's Laws, Planck's quantization. Photoelectric effect. Compton effect. Atomic spectra. Rydberg's formula. Thompson's and Rutherford's atomic models. Bohr's model of the atom.

Weekly Contact: Lecture: 3 hrs. Tutorial: 1 hr.

GPA Weight: 1.00

Course Count: 1.00

Billing Units: 1

Prerequisites

(MTH 231 and PCS 130) or (PCS 125 and PCS 211 and MTH 141 and MTH 240) or (PCS 130 and MTH 310)

Co-Requisites

None

Antirequisites

None

Custom Requisites

None

Mentioned in the Following Calendar Pages

*List may not include courses that are on a common table shared between programs.

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Biomedical Sciences Core Elective Table I
Chemistry
Medical Physics
Minor in Physics
PCS 401 - Quantum Mechanics I
PCS 521 - Mathematical Physics
PCS 724 - Condensed Matter Physics/Materials