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B012947 - ELEMENTS OF MODERN PHYSICS
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Academic Year 2014-15
Coorte 2013 - Second Cycle Degree in MATHEMATICS
Course year
Second year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Mathematics and Computer Science "Ulisse Dini" (DIMAI)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
FIS/02 - THEORETICAL PHYSICS, MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND METHODS
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
22/09/2014 ⇒ 23/12/2014
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B020976 - ELEMENTI DI FISICA MODERNA
Second Cycle Degree in MATHEMATICS
B020976 - ELEMENTI DI FISICA MODERNA
Second Cycle Degree in MATHEMATICS
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Einstein's principle of relativity . The Lorentz transformations. Equivalence of energy and mass . Electrodynamics in the vacuum. The principles of statistical mechanics. The black-body radiation and the discovery of Planck' s constant. The photoelectric effect. The Compton effect. Bohr Model of the Atom. Wave-particle dualism. Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
1) A. P. French, Special Relativity, Van Nostrand Reinhold, U.K., 1987
2) K. Huang, Statistical Mechanics, John Wiley and Sons, New York 1987
3) A. Fasano e S. Marmi, Meccanica Analitica con Elementi di Meccanica Statistica e dei Continui, Bollati Boringhieri, 1994
4) L. Lerner, Fisica ? Fisica Moderna, Zanichelli, 2002
5) D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker, Fondamenti di Fisica ? Fisica Moderna, CEA, 2002
2) K. Huang, Statistical Mechanics, John Wiley and Sons, New York 1987
3) A. Fasano e S. Marmi, Meccanica Analitica con Elementi di Meccanica Statistica e dei Continui, Bollati Boringhieri, 1994
4) L. Lerner, Fisica ? Fisica Moderna, Zanichelli, 2002
5) D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker, Fondamenti di Fisica ? Fisica Moderna, CEA, 2002
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired: Special Relativity and its applications to the particle motion. The principle of statistical mechanics. The limits of applicability of classical theory. The discovery of Planck' s constant.
Competence acquired:Special Relativity calculations. Description of some experiments that led to the birth of Quantum Mechanics.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): Ability to solve complex problems of relativistic Kinematics and dynamics.
Competence acquired:Special Relativity calculations. Description of some experiments that led to the birth of Quantum Mechanics.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): Ability to solve complex problems of relativistic Kinematics and dynamics.
Prerequisites
Courses to be used as requirements: General Physics I, General Physics II, Analytical Mechanics, Adequate basic knowledge of mathematics. (Courses required)
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 170
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 100
Hours for lectures: 70
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 100
Hours for lectures: 70
Further information
Attendance of lectures, practice and lab: Not mandatory
Office hours:
Wednesday: 15:00 – 17:00; Friday: 15:00 – 17:00
Contact:
Via Sansone, 1 - 50019 Sesto Fiorentino
Tel: 055 4572314
Fax: 055 4572121
E-mail: andrea.barducci@unifi.it
barducci@fi.infn.i
Other contatcs:
Tel. 3396144494
Fax. 055 4572364
Office hours:
Wednesday: 15:00 – 17:00; Friday: 15:00 – 17:00
Contact:
Via Sansone, 1 - 50019 Sesto Fiorentino
Tel: 055 4572314
Fax: 055 4572121
E-mail: andrea.barducci@unifi.it
barducci@fi.infn.i
Other contatcs:
Tel. 3396144494
Fax. 055 4572364
Type of Assessment
Oral Examination
Course program
Einstein's principle of relativity . Simultaneity of events. The Lorentz transformations. Contraction of bodies in motion.The retardation of moving clocks. Relativistic dynamics. Equivalence of energy and mass. Electrodynamics in the vacuum. Covariance of the Maxwell equations. The principles of statistical mechanics. The limits of applicability of classical theory. The black-body radiation and the discovery of Planck' s constant. The photoelectric effect. The Compton effect. The problem of the stability and size of atoms. Bohr Model of the Atom. The de Broglie waves. Wave-particle dualism. Heisenberg' s uncertainty relations.