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Valid for year : 2006
 
TFYY55 Physics, 6 ECTS credits.
/Fysik TB/

For:   KeBi   TB  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 68
Rec. self-study hours: 92

  Area of Education: Science

Subject area: Physics

  Advancement level (A-D): B

Aim:
This course gives an introduction to the fundamentals of electromagnetics, wave motion and physical optics, quantum physics and atomic, molecular and nuclear physics.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
TFFM51 Principles of Physics, TFYY06 Engineering Mechanics D (TFFY60 Engineering mechanics)

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Supplementary courses:
TFFY64 Molecular physics, TFYY01 Chemical surface physics

Organisation:
The course will be given as lectures, classroom exercises and laborations.

Course contents:
Electromagnetics: Electrostatics, magnetostatics, time-dependent electromagnetic fields. Wave dynamics: The wave equation, refraction, interference, diffraction, polarization. Atomic and molecular physics: Atomic models, the Schrödinger equation, quantum numbers, the Pauli exclusion principle, molecular orbitals, molecular bonding, energy band diagrams. Nuclear physics: Models of nuclear structure, radioactivity, fission, fusion.

Course literature:
M. Alonso, E.J. Finn: Physics, (Addison-Wesley).

Examination:
Written examination
Laboratory work
3,5 p
0,5 p
 



Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Ragnar Erlandsson
Examiner: Peder Bergman
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Last updated: 01/25/2005