Modern Physics

University of West Georgia

CoursePHYS 3503

A study of the failure of classical mechanics to describe experiments like Black Body Radiation, the Photoelectric Effect, the Michelson-Morley experiment and others which led physics into the worlds of special relativity and wave mechanics. Topics in wave mechanics include the Bohr Theory and its extension into the Schrodinger Equation with applications.

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

PHYS 3503