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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY-BANGLADESHFaculty of Science and Information Technology

Department of Basic Sciences Program: B. Sc (EEE/ !E"

OURSE OUTLINE Semester : Spring 2015

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I - Course Code and Title !HY "#$% Modern !&'si(sII - Credit %III - !rere)uisite !HY #"$% !&'si(s "

IV- Course Des(ri*tion

Special theory of relativity; Planck’s quantum theory of light, Photoelectric effect & Compton scattering;

Wave-particle duality, e !roglie’s hypothesis and "eisen#erg’s uncertainty principle; $uantum

mechanics, particle in a #o%, Schrodinger equation and its applications; tomic e%citation and the laser,

three level and four level laser, semiconductor laser; 'uclear energy and radioactivity, #inding energy,

nuclear fission & fusion; 'uclear po(er plants, nuclear fuel, moderator, control rod, coolant, radiation

shielding, containment structure, Cherenkov radiation; "ealth physics, units of radiation, effect of radiation

on human, annual limit on intake ) *+ ; Structure of solids, crystal lattices & iller indices, free electron

model of metals; +ntrinsic and doped semiconductors, .ermi level and carrier concentration,

semiconductor statistics/

V + O, e(ti.es• 0he ma1or goal of this course is to instill in the student an appreciation of the concepts and

methods of t(entieth-century physics popularly kno(n as 2 odern Physics3/

• .e( aspects of contemporary science - indeed, of contemporary life - are unaffected #y odern

Physics/ Students of 444 and C54 are increasingly finding need for odern Physics in their

disciplines to #roaden their perspective as they prepare for career paths/• 6elativity and quantum ideas are considered first to provide a frame(ork for understanding the

physics of atoms and nuclei/

• Wherever possi#le, important su#1ects are introduced on an elementary level, (hich (ould ena#le

even relatively unprepared students to understand (hat is going on from the start and also (ould

encourage the development of physical intuition in students in (hom mathematics inspires no

terror/• 4%ercises, included at the end of each topic, are on all levels, from the quite easy to those for

(hich real thought is needed/

• +t is e%pected that students, #y solving these pro#lems, (ill gain a #etter understanding of the

concepts they support/

• 4%perimental tests of phenomena are discussed throughout/ pplications of #asic phenomena are

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Special theory of relativity, 4instein’s postulates, the *orent:transformation, time dilation, length contraction, relativistic momentumand energy, invariant mass, mass-energy equivalence, relativistic

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VII - Course Requirements

7/ ust appear at least at t(o qui::es #efore the midterm e%amination and also#efore the final term e%amination/

@/ ust attempt and solve pro#lems individually in the class on a regular #asis toform an idea a#out their performance in the course/

8/ ust appear at the idterm and the .inal term e%amination/=/ Students must have AB attendance to pass the course/>/ 'o make-ups for the missed e%aminations and class qui::es/9/ nyone adopting unfair means in any of the e%aminations (ill #e severely

punished/

VIII – Evaluation

Midter/ $ui: )!est 0(o =B

Class attendance 7B

Class performance 7B

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Class attendance 7B

Class performance 7B

.inal term 4%am/ =B

0otal 7BB

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