PHY102 - Waves and Quanta

Prof John Cockburn

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Phone: 0114 22 23507
Room: E15

email: j.cockburn@sheffield.ac.uk

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Module description

Timetable

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Examination papers

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Course material

Topic 1 - Waves and Quanta

Topic 2 - Travelling Waves

Topic 3 - Energy in Wave Motion

Topic 4 - Standing Waves

Topic 5 - Sound

Topic 6 - Interference

Topic 7 - Diffraction I

Topic 8 - Diffraction II

Tutorial Sheet I

Tutorial Sheet 2

Tutorial Sheet 3

Quantum Mechanics

Topic 1 - The Nature of Light

Topic 2 - EM Radiation from Atoms

Topic 3 - De Broglie Waves

Topic 4 - Introduction to Quantum Theory

Topic 5 - The Uncertainty Principle