Advanced Physics 2

• Solid state physics: structural, electronic and optical properties, material classes, cooperative phenomena like magnetism and superconductivity
• nuclear physics: atomic nuclei, mesons, decay processes, fundamental interactions, particle accelerators and detectors
• symmetry of elementary particles, hadrons, ß-decay
• principles in physics and technical realisation of selected experiments in solid state physics, nuclear physics and particle physics
• current advances in physics science

After the successful participation in the module the student is able to:

1. comprehend and illustrate the quantum physics aspects of solid state physics
2. understand and explain the physics characteristics of material classes and band structures
3. reproduce the optical properties of different solid state matter from a quantum physics view
4. comprehend and explain the electric conductivity of solid state matter depending on temperature
5. know specific semiconductor devices
6. describe magnetic and superconductive properties as cooperative phenomena
7. understand and sketch experimental setups which are important for scientific measurements in solid state physics, nuclear and particle physics
8. comprehend and describe the structure of the atomic nucleus
9. reproduce the different classes of elementary particles and decay processes
10. understand and explain the fundamental interactions and the corresponding energy / length scales

Knowledge in physics at the level of the successful completed bachelor course "vocational education" with school subject "physics"

Advanced Physics 1 (PH9105)

thematically structured lecture with cross references between different topics to show universal concepts in physics

scientific discussions, participation of students

writing on blackboard, presentations, videos, computer animations, visiting of laboratory

freely available lecture notes

exercise problems

Any standard physics textbook covering the field of nuclear and particle physics.

For concepts of solid state physics: P. Hofmann, Solid State Physics – An Introduction or C. Kittel - Introduction to Solid State Physics

F. Embacher, Mathematische Grundlagen für das Lehramtsstudium Physik

The learning outcome is tested either in a written exam consisting of comprehension questions and short arithmetic problems or in an oral exam consisting of comprehension questions and short quantitative estimations. The student has to prove that she/he has comprehended the fundamental topics of solid state physics as well as nuclear and particle physics and that she/he is able to deal with the corresponding physical values.