Main Menu Announcements Syllabus Quizes and Exams Links	Course Details Instructor Dr. Chia-Ling Chien clc@pha.jhu.edu Bloomberg 307 6-8092 TA Jeffrey Wasserman jeffwass@pha.jhu.edu Bloomberg 341 6-7386 Lectures MTW 11:00 Bloomberg 361 Section Th 12:00 Bloomberg 278 Office Hours Prof. Chien Mon. 2:00 - 4:00 Jeff Tue. 3:00 - 5:00 Primary Text   Modern Physics J. Bernstein P. Fishbane S. Gasiorowicz Supplementary Text Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles (aka Bob & Rob) Robert Eisberg Robert Resnick The course grade will be determined as follows: 20% Homework 20% Midterm I 20% Midterm II 40% Final Exam Modern Physics is the fourth course in the four-semester introductory sequence for physics majors.  Its purpose is to provide an introduction to modern physics, the development of quantum mechanics and its applications in atomic physics, nuclear physics, solid-state physics, particle physics and other topics.
Announcements	Jan. 30
Syllabus	Week Week Topics Chapters Assignment 0 Special Relativity BFG 1-3 1 Jan. 30 Wave-Particle Duality BFG 4&5 Due Feb. 16 BFG Chap. 4 : 6, 12, 16, 20, 28 2 Feb. 6 Schrödinger Eq. BFG 6 Due Feb. 23 BFG Chap. 5 : 12,13,17,21 3 Feb. 13 Uncertainty Principle BFG 7 Due Mar. 2 BFG Chap. 6 : 2, 25 BFG Chap. 7 : 5,10,24 4 Feb. 20 Barriers and Wells BFG 8 Due Mar. 9 BFG Chap. 8 : 2, 7, 18, 22, 29 5 Feb. 27 Quantum Mechanics in 3D BFG 9 Due Mar. 27 BFG Chap. 9 : 1, 10, 12, 21, 28, 33 6 Mar. 6 Hydrogen Atom BFG 9 7 Mar. 13 Multi-Electron Atoms BFG 10 8 Mar. 20 Spring Break SPF 15 9 Mar. 27 Atoms and Molecules BFG 11 due Apr. 6 BFG Chap 10 : 5, 7 BFG Chap 11 : 10, 11, 12 10 Apr. 3 Statistical Mechanics BFG 12 Due Apr. 13 BFG Chap 10 : 14, 16 BFG Chap 12 : 9, 22, 26, 31, 33 11 Apr. 10 Decay, Radiation, Lasers BFG 13 12 Apr. 17 Solid State Physics BFG 14 13 Apr 24 Nuclear Physics BFG 15 Due May. 4 BFG Chap 13 : 9, 10 BFG Chap 14 : 9, 14, 20 14 May 1 Frontier Due May 11 BFG Chap 15 : 4, 6, 12, 16 15 May 8 Reading Period Homework will be assigned in class or posted on the web.  You have about two weeks to complete before handing them in on Thursdays in conference.  Solution sets will be available in conference and on the course’s website.   You may wish take advantage of computer resources using Mathematica or Maple, which are available on the machines in the Physics Undergraduate Computer lab in Bloomberg.  When such needs arise and if you do not have access to this lab, please see the Bloomberg building manager, Brian Schriver (Office: Bloomberg 366G -- Dept office) to get a key and an application for an account. Policy on Collaboration:  Doing the homework is crucial to learning the material in this class.  Working together can be useful and productive, and hence is not forbidden, provided that all parties put in equal efforts.  It is strongly recommended that you not collaborate until you have each thought about and tried the homework.  Outright copying of other's homework is not allowed.  If you do not put this effort in on your own, you will not learn the material, and it will be readily apparent on the exams.   The strength of the university depends on academic and personal integrity.  In this course, you must be honest and truthful.  Ethical violations include cheating on exams, plagiarism, reuse of assignments, improper use of the Internet and electronic devices, unauthorized collaboration, alteration of graded assignments, forgery and falsification, lying, facilitating academic dishonesty, and unfair competition.        Report any violations you witness to the instructor.  You may consult the associate dean of students and/or the chairman of the Ethics Board beforehand.  See the guide on “Academic Ethics for Undergraduates” and the Ethics Board web site (http://ethics.jhu.edu) for more information.
Quizes and Exams	Exam Date Covered Material 1st Midterm Thursday March 16 (In Section) BFG Chapters 4 - 8 2nd Midterm Thursday April 20 BFG Chapters 4 - 13 Final Tuesday May 16 (9 AM - Noon) BFG Chapters 4 - 15
Relevent and Interesting Links	Virtual Quantum Mechanics A collection of Java applets I wrote as part of the Technology Fellowship for the Center for Educational Resources Quantum Physics Online A cool collection of interactive java simulations which visually demonstrate many of the fundamentals of quantum mechanics.  Very good collection of 1-D systems.  You can grab the potential barriers and move them around, seeing the change in energy eigenstate wavefunctions in realtime. Time Development of Quantum Mechanical Systems A collection of movies demonstrating time evolution of various quantum mechanical systems.  The movie depicting the Electron Tunneling Microscope interacting with a nanotube is pretty interesting. Physics 2000 Lots of interesting demos and explanations from the folks at the University of Colorado, Boulder. A history of Quantum Mechanics Pretty detailed history of the development of quantum mechanics, from 1859 onwards.