nuclear physics, atomic and molecular spectra, plasma technology

Introduction, mainly through laboratory sessions, to the advances in physics during the last century that have led to the discovery of the structures (interactions and elementary building blocks) of matter. Also a number of technical applications of these new insights will be highlighted.
Starting with more complex systems (plasmas, molecules, atoms) we proceed, via the nucleus, to the world of elementary particles where the fundamentel interactions can be observed in their purest form.

• Ionised matter: Workshop 1: low-pressure gas discharge, Workshop 2: mass spectroscopy, Workshop 3: gas purification
• Atomic and molecular physics: Workshop 4: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Workshop 5: EPR of magnetic resonance, Workshop 6: UV-Vis-NIS Absorption and luminescence spectroscopy, Workshop 7: IR spectroscopy
• Sub-atomic physics: Overall properties of the nucleus, Workshop 8: radioactive decay, Workshop 9: nuclear tomography, Workshop 10: cosmic radiation

Physics, Quantum Mechanics

* Syllabus available * Notes for lab excercises available

• "Quantum Mechanics", B.H. Bransden and C.J. Joachain,
• Longman Scientific & Technical, ISBN 0-582-44498-5

Classroom lectures; Lab sessions

Evaluation throughout semester

During semester: graded lab sessions. Second chance: Possible