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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Physics
Physics 8.04 Fri Feb 9 14:03:46 EST 1996
Quantum Physics I, Spring 1996
Agenda and readings for the weeks of Feb. 6 and 13:
(Note: The abbreviations for the readings are RH = Resnick and
Halliday, K = Kroemer, FT = French and Taylor, CN = class
notes given out in lecture and provided on the web.)
- L1, 02/06: Intro; Experiments showing basic building blocks of the
world: JJ Thomson, Millikan, Rutherford, (1/2) photoelectric effect.
Readings: FT 1.3-1.4; RH 5.1-5.2, 7.1-7.3
- L2, 02/08: (1/2) Photoelectric effect and inverses, GI Taylor (Shot)
Counting Statistics, Correspondence Principle and photon momentum.
Readings: RH 5.1-5.3, 5.6; K 1.2.3
- L3, 02/13: Compton Scattering, Davisson-Germer, de Broglie and packets.
Readings: RH 5.4, 6.2; CN ``de Broglie''
- L4, 02/15: Double Slit Expt, Quantum Probabilities,
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle [HUP]
Readings: RH 6.4-6.7
Problem Set 1
(Due Friday, February 15 at 5:00 pm sharp.)
Work requested of the students is highlighted by either a question
mark (?) or underlining.
Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Fri Feb 9 14:03:37 EST 1996