• Semester 1 (Day)

Pre-requisite: 65602+64612
Pre-requisite: 65015/65901

Synopsis

The first part of this unit discusses topics necessary for the student
to  gain  an understanding of the experimental foundations of  quantum
physics  along with the necessary theory to explain the  behaviour  of
atoms and sub-atomic particles and how this relates directly to larger
scale  phenomena  and applications. The second section  of  this  unit
examines  the  properties of matter in the solid state  and  seeks  to
understand them in terms of the concepts of physics that students will
have encountered in their previous studies.

A  series of practical exercises are undertaken to demonstrate some of
the principles involved.