Lecture Description
At the beginning of the lecture, simple but fundamental experiments and measurement techniques relevant to atomic physics are discussed, and the Bohr model of the atom is briefly introduced. The significance of quantum numbers is then explained in detail through the solution of the Schrödinger equation for the hydrogen atom. The course subsequently covers multi-electron atoms and the effects of magnetic fields on atoms. A short chapter on molecular physics concludes the lecture.
The lecture is primarily intended for major and minor Physics students in their fourth semester. Prerequisites are the physics lectures of the first three semesters.
The course is accompanied by exercise sessions (1 hour per week), during which problem sets are solved with the support of teaching assistants.
