I. Topical Outline:
A. Relativity
1. Space and time in relativity
2. Einstein’s postulates
3. Lorentz transformations
4. Momentum and energy in relativity
B. Particle Nature of Light
1. The photoelectric effect
2. Compton scattering
3. Photon model of light
C. Wave Properties of Particles
1. DeBroglie’s hypothesis
2. Uncertainty relationships
3. Wave packets
4. The probability amplitude
D. Rutherford Bohr Model of the Atom
1. Bohr’s assumptions
2. Hydrogen spectra
3. Spectral lines
E. Schroedinger Equation
1. Particle in a box
2. Harmonic oscillator
3. Properties of bound state wave functions
4. Tunneling
F. Structure of Atoms
1. Radial and angular waves
2. Spin and angular momentum
3. Selection rules
4. The periodic table
