TFFY19 Physics, 6,8 ECTS-points
/Fysik/

Advancement level:
B

Aim:
This course gives an introduction to the fundamentals of electromagnetics, physical and geometrical optics, solid state physics, atomic, molecular and nuclear physics.

Prerequisites:
TFFM 50 Principles of Physics, TFFY 60 Engineering mechanics

Supplementary courses:
TFFY64 Molecular physics, TFYY01 Chemical surface physics

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

Course content:
Elektromagnetics: Electrostatics, magnetostatics, time-dependent electromagnetic fields. Optics: Refraction, interference, diffraction, polarization, geometrical optics. Atomic and molecular physics: Atomic models, The Schrödinger equation, quantum numbers, the Pauli exclusion principle, molecular orbitals, molecular bonding. Nuclear physics: Models of nuclear structure, radioactivity, fission, fusion. Solid state physics: Crystal structure, reciprocal space, energy band diagrams, Brillouin zones.

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

TEN1One written examination, 4 p.
LAB1The laboratory exercises are assessed continuosly., 0,5 p.
Course language is swedish.