Chapter 1:  The Beginnings of Modern Physics  (Jan 15)

• Classical Physics
  
• Kinetic Theory of Gases
• Fundamental Forces
• Atoms

 Chapter 2:  Special Relativity  (Jan 17,22,24,29,31)

• Principles of Relativity, Galilean Invaraince
  
• Speed of Light, the Ether and Michelson-Morley Experiment
• Time Dilation, Length Contraction and Doppler Effect
• Lorentz Transformation
• Relativistic Momentum and Newton's Laws
• Total Relativistic Energy and Mass
  
• Energy-Momentum Conservation

----     Midterm Exam-1  (Tue, Feb 05)     ---- 

 Chapter 3:  Experimental Basis of Quantum Physics  (Feb 07,12,14,19)

• X-Rays and the Electron
• Blackbody Radiation and Planck's Quantum of Energy
• Photoelectric Effect and Light Quantization
• Compton Effect

 Chapter 4:  Structure of Atoms  (Feb 21,26,28,Mar 05) 

• Atomic Nature of Matter
• Rutherford Scattering and Atomic Nucleus
• Atomic Spectra and Bohr Model of the Atom
• Correspondence Principle and Quantization of Angular Momentum
• Franck-Hertz Experiment

----     Midterm Exam-2  (Thu Mar 07)     ---- 

 Chapter 5:  Wave Properties of Matter   (Mar 19,21,26,28) 

• de Broglie Waves
• Davisson-Germer Experiment
• Description of Matter Waves
• Fourier Decomposition
• Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
• Born Interpretation of Wave Function

 Chapter 6:  Quantum Mechanics   (Apr 02,04,09,11,16)

• Schroedinger Equation
• Particle in a Potential: Box, Square-Well, Oscillator
• Operators, Expectation Values and Observables
• Potential Barriers and Quantum Tunneling

----     Midterm Exam-3   (Thu Apr 18)     ---- 

Chapter 13:  Nuclear Physics   (Apr 23+25)

• Properties of Nuclei
• Nuclear Forces and Binding
• Models of the Nucleus
• Radioactivity

----     Final Exam   (Tue, May 07, 1:00-3:00pm)     ----