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Course Name	Turkish	Modern Fizik
	English	Modern Physics
Course Code	FIZ 201	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	4	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Mehmet Murat Sunar
Course Objectives		1. Learning the concepts of the modern physics. 2. Building the connection between modern physics and quantum mechanics and learning the application of basic quantum mechanics problems. 3. Building the connection between quantum mechanics and many particle systems, such as statistical physics.
Course Description		Relativity, Particle Properties of Waves, Wave Properties of Particles, Atomic Structure, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Theory of the Hydrogen Atom, Many-Electron Atoms, Molecules, Statistical Mechanics
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will be able to gain basic knowledge about: I. Getting the knowledge of Relativity Theory and using its concepts II. Explanation of the Particle – Wave duality principle, and radiation emitted by transitions in atoms. III. Concepts of atom and atomic structure IV. Solving problems using the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and the Bohr atom model V. Principles of the Hydrogen Atom VI. Learning the Angular momentum and spin momentum algebra VII. Solving the 1-dimensional Schrödinger Equation VIII. Solving the 3-dimensional Schrödinger Equation IX. Statistical Mechanics fundamental
Pre-requisite(s)		Yok/None
Required Facilities		Some problems of the home works may require the use of computer programs for numerical solution or visual modeling.
Other
Textbook		Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers, John Taylor, Chris Zafaritos, Prentice Hall ,1991
Other References		Concepts of Modern Physics ,A. Baiser, 6th ed., McGraw-Hill (2003) Modern Physics, Kenneth Krane

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