F4050 Introduction to Microphysics

Faculty of Science
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
4/2/0. 5 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Aleš Lacina, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Eva Kutálková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Michal Lenc, Ph.D.
Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Aleš Lacina, CSc.
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:50 F4,03017, Tue 15:00–16:50 F4,03017, Thu 8:00–9:50 F4,03017
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( F1030 Mechanics and molecular physic && F2050 Electricity and magnetism )||( F1090 Mechanics and molec. physics && F2030 Electricity and magnetism )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to: understand and explain crucial experiments for the development of physical description of microcosm; understand and explain basic concepts and ideas of microphysics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Physical world and its description (reality, abstraction, model; concepts of structure of matter and their development; macroscopic and microscopic theories and their verification; objects of macrocosm - particles and waves).
  • 2. Electromagnetic radiation - particles ? waves ? photons (historical development of views on nature of light; blackbody radiation, the quantum hypothesis; photoelectric emission, Compton effect).
  • 3. Atomic structure (historical development of views on the atom; the discovery of the electron; early models of the atom; scattering experiments, the discovery of the atomic nucleus).
  • 4. The old quantum theory (the planetary model of the atom, problem of its stability; the Bohr's model of the hydrogen atom, the Bohr-Sommerfeld's model of the atom; the Mendeleev periodic system).
  • 5. Atomic spectra (emission and absorption optical spectra of the atom; emission and absorption X-ray atomic spectra; spectral analysis; interaction of radiation with periodic structures; physical, technological and medical applications).
  • 6. The wave-particle dualism and its physical interpretation (the de Broglie's hypothesis, Davisson-Germer's and Thomson's experiments; Young's double slit experiment with classical particles, waves and microobjects).
  • 7. Fundamentals of wave /quantum/ mechanics (the wave function and the vector of state; the superposition principle and its physical meaning; wave packet; Heisenberg's uncertainty principle for position and momentum; measurement in microcosm; the relation of classical and quantum mechanics).
  • 8. Fundamentals of nuclear and particle physics (nuclear properties; radioactive decay; nuclear reactions; nuclear models; nuclear fission and fusion; particle interactions; families of particles; conservation laws; the standard model of microcosm).
Literature
  • Halliday, David - Resnick, Robert - Walker, Jearl. Fyzika, část 5 - Moderní fyzika. Brno, Praha: Vutium, Prometheus, 2000.
  • BEISER, Arthur. Úvod do moderní fyziky. Translated by Josef Čada. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 1978, 628 s. info
  • ŠPOL'SKIJ, Èduard Vladimirovič. Atomová fysika. Translated by Jaroslav Pernegr - Josef Tuček - Jaroslav Pačes. Vyd. 2. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1957, 432 s. URL info
  • ŠPOL'SKIJ, Èduard Vladimirovič. Atomová fysika. 2. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1958, 603 s. URL info
  • Zajac, Rudolf - Pišút, Ján - Šebesta, Juraj. Historické pramene súčasnej fyziky, Zv.2. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 1997.
  • TRIGG, George L. Rešajuščije eksperimenty v sovremennoj fizike. Edited by I. S. Aleksejev, Translated by A. V. Davydov - G. V. Daniljan. Moskva: Mir, 1974, 159 s. info
  • Hořejší, Jiří. Historie standardního modelu mikrosvěta. Školská fyzika, Vol. VII, č. 3 (2001) str. 4-60.
Teaching methods
Lecture with a seminar.
Assessment methods
Examination consists of two parts: written and oral.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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