Electromagnetic wave theory, interference, diffraction, dispersion. Interaction of light with matter. Offered even years. Offered odd years. Significant experiments chosen from electricity and magnetism, optics, atomic and nuclear physics.
Attention is given to laboratory techniques and data analysis.
Introduction to quantum theory and the physics of atoms and nuclei. The Schrodinger equation, the uncertainty principle, angular momentum, spin, the hydrogen atom and many electron atoms. Nuclear structure, models of the nucleus, nuclear decay, nuclear reactions, nuclear forces. Independent study or research by the student on a problem of special interest. Offered on demand.