PHYS 255Quantum Physics
- Faculty
- Science
- Offered
- Winter, Spring
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1981–82
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1970–71 to 1981–82; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Background to quantum physics: special relativity, Bohr atom, wave-particle properties, uncertainty and wave packets. Introduction to quantum mechanics: equation for travelling wave, Schrédinger equation, solutions with potentials, correspondence principle, brief description of transitions and radiation processes.
As printed in the 1970–71 to 1981–82 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: First year physics and calculus. Recommended for students in Hons. programmes.
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1970–71 to 1981–82, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1970–71 to 1981–82 10 calendars
Background to quantum physics: special relativity, Bohr atom, wave-particle properties, uncertainty and wave packets. Introduction to quantum mechanics: equation for travelling wave, Schrédinger equation, solutions with potentials, correspondence principle, brief description of transitions and radiation processes.
Prereq: First year physics and calculus. Recommended for students in Hons. programmes.
Offered Winter, Spring · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit