Standard syllabus
Modern physics · Undergraduate · Physics
Learning objectives from the Modern physics syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Special relativity
- Postulates and Lorentz transformations — Postulates and Lorentz transformations
- Time dilation and length contraction — Time dilation and length contraction
- Relativistic momentum and energy — Relativistic momentum and energy
- Mass–energy equivalence — Mass–energy equivalence
- Spacetime diagrams and simultaneity — Spacetime diagrams and simultaneity
Quantum phenomena
- Blackbody radiation and Planck's hypothesis — Blackbody radiation and Planck's hypothesis
- Photoelectric effect and Compton scattering — Photoelectric effect and Compton scattering
- de Broglie waves and electron diffraction — de Broglie waves and electron diffraction
- Bohr model and atomic spectra — Bohr model and atomic spectra
- Wave functions and probability interpretation — Wave functions and probability interpretation
Nuclear and particle overview
- Nuclear structure and binding energy — Nuclear structure and binding energy
- Radioactive decay and half-life — Radioactive decay and half-life
- Fission, fusion, and reactor basics — Fission, fusion, and reactor basics
- Fundamental forces and particle zoo — Fundamental forces and particle zoo
- Accelerators and detectors introduction — Accelerators and detectors introduction
What each unit includes
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- Study guide
- Exam Strategy
- Common Mistakes
- Worksheets
- Word problems
- Mixed Practice
- Multi-Unit Problems
- Review
- Practice test
- Answer key
Study units
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- Special relativity
Lorentz transformations, time dilation, and mass–energy equivalence
Coming soon - Quantum phenomena
Photons, de Broglie waves, and atomic models
Coming soon - Nuclear and particle overview
Nuclear structure, decay, and fundamental particles
Coming soon
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