Lectures

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Lecture Notes Physics 311

Section Topic References Date Posted
Part I: Introduction Before Modern Physics posted May 20, 2011
Part II: Relativity Relativity - a Einstein1, Einstein 2, Einstein 3 posted May 20, 2011
Relativity - b Einstein1, Einstein 2, Einstein 3 posted May 20, 2011
Relativity - c Einstein1, Einstein 2, Einstein 3 posted May 27, 2011
Relativity - d Einstein4 posted May 20, 2011
Derivations Appendix C posted May 27, 2011
Part III: Quantum Mechanics The Quantum Hypothesis Thompson1, Millikan1 posted June 9, 2011
The Atom Plank1, Einstein4 posted June 9, 2011
Elements of Quantum Theory Compton1, deBroglie1, Heisenberg1, Schrodinger1 posted June 9, 2011
Atomic Structure posted June 9, 2011
Radiation posted June 9, 2011
The Standard Model posted June 9, 2011
Appendicies A and B posted June 9, 2011
Derivations Appendix C posted May 27, 2011

Presentation Resources

Presentation Rubric Posted June 7, 2011
List of Nobel Laureates

List of Papers

Abbreviation Author Title Reference Date
Einstein1 A. Einstein On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies Ann. Phys., 17, p. 891-921 1905
Einstein2 A. Einstein Does The inertia of a body depend upon its energy-content? Ann. Phys., 18, p. 639-641 1905
Einstein3 A. Einstein Elementary derivation of the equivalence of mass and energy Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 41, p. 223-230 1935
Einstein4 A. Einstein A Generalized Theory of Gravitation Rev. Mod. Phys. 20, 35-39 1948
Einstein5 A. Einstein, R.C. Tolman, B. Podolsky Knowledge of past and future in quantum mechanics Phys. Rev. 37, 780-781. 1931
Einstein6 A. Einstein, B. Podolsky, N. Rosen Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete? Phys. Rev. 47, 777-780. 1935
Thomson1 J.J. Thomson Cathode Rays Philos. Mag. 44, 293 1897
Millikan1 Robert Millikan On the Elementary Electrical Charge and the Avogadro Constant Physical Review, 2 (2). pp. 109-143 1913
Plank 1 Max Plank On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum Ann. Phys., 4, p. 553 1901
Einstein7 Albert Einstein On a Heuristic Point of View about the Creation and Conversion of Light? Ann. Phys., 17, p. 132 1905
Rutherford1 E. Rutherford The Scattering of a and b Particles by Matter and the Structure of the Atom Phil. Mag., Series 6, vol. 21, p. 669-688 1911
Bohr1 Neils Bohr On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules Phil. Mag. 26 1913
Rutherford2E. Rutherford The Structure of the Atom Phil. Mag., Series 6, vol. 27, p. 488 - 498 1914
Compton1Arthur H. Compton A Quantum Theory of Scattering of X-rays by Light Elements Phys. Rev. 21, 483 1923
deBroglie1Louis de Broglie Waves and Quanta Comptes rendus 177, p. 507-510, (1923). 1923
Heisenberg1Werner Heisenberg "Über quantentheoretische Umdeutung kinematischer und mechanischer Beziehungen." ZP 33, 879-893. Recd. 29 Jul. Reprinted: 1962b,1, 1969b Translated: 1967a.2, 1968a, 1968b (En); 1971a.1 (Hu); 1977a.1 (Ru) HGW: A1, 382-396. ZP 33, 879-893. 1925
Schrodinger1Erwin Schrodinger An undulatory theory of the mechanics of atoms and molecules Phys. Rev., 28, 6, 1049-1070 1926
Rutherford3Ernest Rutherford,James Chadwick, C.D. Ellis Radiations from Radioactive Substances [Book] Macmillan (USA) 1930
Chadwick2James Chadwick The Existence of a Neutron PRSL,. A136, 692 1932
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