Quantum Physics I

photoelectric effect,

Compton scattering,

photons,

Franck-Hertz experiment,

the Bohr atom, electron diffraction,

de Broglie waves,and the wave-particle duality of matter and light.

Introduction to wave mechanics:

Schrödinger's equation,

wave functions,

wave packets,

probability amplitudes

stationary states,

the Heisenberg uncertainty principle,

and zero-point energies.

Solutions to Schrödinger's equation in one dimension: transmission and reflection at a barrier,

barrier penetration,

potential wells,

the simple harmonic oscillator.

Schrödinger's equation in three dimensions: central potentials and introduction to hydrogenic systems.