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[ TPBPBVOGRU4 ] VL Fundamentals of Physics IV (Atomic/Subatomic Physics)

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Workload Education level Study areas Responsible person Hours per week Coordinating university
6 ECTS B2 - Bachelor's programme 2. year Physics Peter Zeppenfeld 4 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Original study plan Bachelor's programme Technical Physics 2025W
Learning Outcomes
Competences
After successful completion of the course, students are able to describe basic and advanced concepts from the listed areas of atomic and subatomic physics. They can apply the reasoning and problem-solving methods of physics, and transfer them to specific physical systems.

This lecture is methodically supplemented by the exercise Grundlagen der Physik IV (Atomare und Subatomare Physik).

Skills Knowledge
Upon completing the course, students learn the following skills. They are able to

  • understand and explain basic concepts and phenomena of atomic and subatomic physics (k1/k2);
  • formulate and interpret physical laws and theories in a precise and analytical manner (k3);
  • transfer the principles of atomic and subatomic physics to other advanced physical problems (k3).
During the course, students acquire knowledge in the following areas and concepts of atomic and subatomic physics:

  • radiation laws;
  • fundamental experiments and basic concepts of quantum mechanics;
  • wave-particle dualism;
  • Schrödinger equation and its applications;
  • atoms with one and more electrons;
  • spin, Pauli principle, periodic table;
  • chemical bonding and molecules;
  • atomic and molecular spectra;
  • atoms in static and time-dependent fields;
  • optical transitions and selection rules;
  • fundamentals of nuclear and elementary particle physics.
Criteria for evaluation written and eventually additional oral examination
Methods lecture with demonstration experiments
Language German
Study material announced by the lecturer
Changing subject? No
On-site course
Maximum number of participants -
Assignment procedure Direct assignment