Physics
3455- Quantum and
Spring
2008
Lectures: 8 AM – 9:15 AM, T,TR, Robeson Hall 116
Recitation:
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM W Robeson Hall 116
Office Hours: Tues. 4:00-5:00 PM, Wed. 5-6 PM
You
must register for the lab component of this course separately
Link to the experiments: http://www.phys.vt.edu/~labs/
Instructor: Prof. Giti Khodaparast
Robeson Hall, Room
209A, Email: khoda@vt.edu, Tel:
540-231-8729
FOCUS:
Introduction to quantum
physics required to understand solid state physics, nano-science,….
REQUIRED
TEXT:
Modern
Physics, Paul Tipler and Ralph Llewellyn, Fourth
Edition
HOMEWORK:
Problem sets will be assigned regularly.
Late homework will not be accepted.
GRADING:
Grading will be based on homework (15%),
quiz (10%), two midterms (30%), final (25%), and Lab (20%). Attendance in
the class, recitation, and lab is important in the determination of
the final grade. The lab policy is different from the class policy.
DISABILITY-RELATED
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Any student with
a documented disability needing academic adjustments or accommodations is
requested to speak with me during the first two weeks of class. All
discussions will remain confidential. Students with disabilities should
also contact Disability Support Services in the university.
TENTATIVE
COURSE OUTLINE:
Chapter 3, Blackbody
Radiation, Photoelectric Effect, …..
Chapter 4,
Bohr Atomic Model, ….
Chapter 5, De
Broglie Hypothesis, Uncertainty Principle, ….
Chapter 6,
The Schrődinger equation, Operators, Eigenvalues, ….
Chapter 7:
Hydrogen Atom, Pauli Exclusion Principle, …
Chapter 8:
Statistical Physics, Boson, Fermion, …
Chapter 10:
Periodic Potential, Band Structure, Metal, Insulator, Semiconductor