Module ME2060-KP04, ME2060
Fields and Quanta (FQ)
Duration
1 Semester
Turnus of offer
each summer semester
Credit points
4
Course of studies, specific fields and terms:
- Bachelor MES 2020, compulsory, physics
- Bachelor MES 2014, compulsory, physics
Classes and lectures:
- Fields and Quanta (exercise, 1 SWS)
- Fields and Quanta (lecture, 2 SWS)
Workload:
- 55 hours private studies
- 45 hours in-classroom work
- 20 hours exam preparation
Contents of teaching:
- Scalar and vector fields
- electric charge, electr. Potential, electr. field
- Current density, continuity equation
- magnetic field
- electromagnetic induction
- Maxwell equations
- Wave-particle duality
- Uncertainty
- Wave functions, operators and measurement
- Schrödinger equation
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
- Students are able to calculate the propagation of electromagnetic waves in homogeneous media.
- They can enumerate the main axioms of quantum mechanics.
- They can explain the terms operator, wave function, quantum numbers and measurements, and the relationships between them.
- They can calculate the eigenstates of simple quantum mechanical systems.
- They can describe the stationary states of the hydrogen atom and calculate the associated energy values.
- They are using the terms and concepts of theoretical physics such an extent that you can acquire further representations on their own.
Grading through:
- Written or oral exam as announced by the examiner
Responsible for this module:
Literature:
- D. J. Griffiths : Elektrodynamik: Eine Einführung Pearson, Hallbergmoos 2011
- D. J. Griffiths : Quantenmechanik: Lehr- und Übungsbuch Pearson, Hallbergmoos 2012
Language:
- offered only in German
Notes:
Prerequisites for attending the module:- None (The competences of the required modules are required for this module, but the modules are not a prerequisite for admission).
Prerequisites for the exam:
- Preliminary examinations can be determined at the beginning of the semester. If preliminary work has been defined, it must have been completed and positively assessed before the initial examination.
Last Updated:
05.09.2021