Lecture Notes on Modern Physics

Overview & Synopsis

This note explains the following topics Special relativity, Minkowski space time diagram, Doppler effect, Relativistic mechanics, Relativity of magnetic and electric fields, Compton effect, Davisson and Germer electron diffraction, Understanding of DavissonGermer experiment, Rutherford scattering, xray diffraction, Crystal structure and reciprocal lattice, Black body problem, Radiation, Heisenbergs principle of uncertainty, One dimensional barrier problems, Bohr model, Schrodinger equation, Wave packets, One dimensional bound states, Simple harmonics, Quantum box, Hydrogen atom, Real hydrogen atom, SternGerlach experiment, Periodic table and Hunds law, Boltzmann theory of gas, BoseEinstein condensation, BEC in alkali atoms, FermiDirac distribution function, White dwarf and neutron star, Superconductivity, Josephson effect, Laser physics, Maser physics, Bloch theorem and energy band, Electrical conductivity in metals, Charge density wave, Ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism.