Modern Physics I

Catalog description

A course in special relativity and elementary quantum mechanics. Topics include relativistic description of space-time, relativistic energy and momentum, the uncertainty principle, Schrödinger's equation, observables and operators, bound states, potential barriers, and the quantum description of the hydrogen atom. This course is offered through the Texas Physics Consortium (TPC).  See their website (http://www.tarleton.edu/tpc/) for details. Fall, Spring.