FY2BP_F4A Atom Physics

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Vratislav Kapička, DrSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jindřiška Svobodová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Vladislav Navrátil, CSc.
Department of Physics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Gabriela Vohradská
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FY2BP_MAF1 Mathematics for Physics
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course deals with concepts in atomic and nuclear physics. The course will be weighted approximately 2/3 atomic and 1/3 nuclear. Emphasis in this course is placed on the physically-historical context. At the end students should be able to interpret scinetific development in this difficult part of physics
Quantum Physics
H. Hertz, M.Planck, Einstein, Compton, De Broglie, C. J. Davisson
Atomic and nuclear physics Thompson, E. Rutherford, J. Franck, G. Hertz, L. Meitnerová etc.
Syllabus
  • Atomic Physics. Historical Introduction, Early Atomic Models
  • Atom Separation of Variables, Solutions to the Radial and Angular Equations
  • The Zeeman effect
  • Spin, The Stern-Gerlach Experiment Spin-Orbit Coupling and the Addition of Angular Momentum. Fine Structure
  • Laser
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Binding Energy
  • Radioactivity
  • Alpha Decay Beta Decay and the Neutrino Gamma Decay.
  • Carbon Dating Gamma Decay and Multipolarity
  • Nuclear Reactions: the Cross Section
  • Rutherford Scattering
Literature
  • Špolskij, E. V. Atomová fyzika. 1, Úvod do atomové fyziky. 2. vyd. Praha : Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1957. 432 s. info
  • Beiser, Arthur. Úvod do moderní fyziky [Beiser, 1978] : Perspectives of modern physics (Orig.). Translated by Josef Čada. 2. vyd. Praha : Academia, 1978. 628 s. r78U. r78. r84. info
  • Halliday, David - Resnick, Robert - Walker, Jearl. Fyzika, část 5 - Moderní fyzika. Brno, Praha: Vutium, Prometheus, 2000.
Bookmarks
https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/PedF:FY2BP_F4A!
Assessment methods
Lectures
Homework will be assigned roughly once per month. Lecturer will choose several problems on each homework set to be graded.
Oral Exam
Homeworks: 20% Final Exam: 80%
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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