Review of Modern Physics

Concepts from modern physics which form a foundation for the study of nuclear and particle physics.

• Energy measurements in electron volts
• Scale model of the atom and nucleus
• Size of the nucleus
• Nuclear notation
• Nuclear terminology
• Number of nuclei per unit volume
• Special relativity:
  • Relativistic mass
  • Length contraction
  • Time dilation
  • Muon experiment
  • Relativistic energy
  • Relativistic momentum
  • Relativisitc kinetic energy
• Photoelectric effect
• Planck relationship
• Compton scattering
• Wave-particle duality
• DeBroglie hypothesis
• Schrodinger equation
• Uncertainty principle