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Special relativity. Historical experiments and
theoretical foundations in quantum mechanics.
Quantum theory of light, blackbody radiation,
photoelectric effect, Compton effect. Bohr model
of atoms, Frank Hertz experiment. De Broglie
waves, the wave particle duality, uncertainty
principle. The Schrödinger equation. Tunneling
phenomena. Quantization of angular momentum,
electron spin. Pauli exclusion principle. Fundamentals
of statistical physics, Maxwell Boltzmann
distribution, indistinguishability and quantum statistics.
Selected topics from atomic and
solid state physics, complex systems. The course
includes demonstration experiments in which
the students are involved in performing as
well the data analysis.
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