PHS2062

Physics

Associate Professor Peter Wells

4 points
* Two 1-hour lecture/problem classes per week and one 4-hour laboratory class per fortnight
* Second semester
* Clayton

Objectives On the completion of this subject students will be able to calculate the energy levels for a simple harmonic oscillator, understand how spectroscopic notation is used in multi-electron systems; explain nuclear structure models and how radio-active decay schemes are characterised,; calculate thin lens properties using the thin lens formula, describe a range of optical instruments and their uses; perform a series of measurements on experiments related to the above topics; write up experimental reports presenting results and analysing and discussing them.

Synopsis This subject consists of the two units from PHS2022: `Atomic and nuclear physics' and `Optics'.

Assessment Examinations (2x1.5 hours): 67%
* Laboratory work: 33%

Prescribed texts

Hecht E Optics 2nd edn, Addison-Wesley, 1987
Serway R A and others Modern physics 2nd edn, Harcourt Brace, 1997