Upon completing the course, students learn the following skills. They are able to
- independently or collaboratively develop analytical or phenomenological solutions to physical problems in in the field of atomic and subatomic physics (k3);
- apply concepts and problem-solving strategies to new and unfamiliar questions, selecting and using appropriate mathematical methods (k3/k4);
- explain physical problems and concepts, as well as mathematical solutions (k2);
- present their solutions to the group and discuss different approaches (k3/k4).
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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.
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