PHYS 3310 Modern/Mathematical Physics
This course is an introduction to modern physics and mathematical physics. Topics will include photons (spectra, photoelectiric effect, blackbody radiation, Compton effect), atoms (Rutherford, Bohr), matter waves (Planck, deBroglie, probability interpretation, Schroedinger), nuclei, particles, special relativity, introductory differential equations, matrices, elements of vector analysis and calculus of functions of several variables.