PHY142: ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Wave-Particle Duality of Light

Matter Waves

Photoelectric Effect

Compton Scattering

Summary of Photon Properties

Heisenberg Microscope and the Uncertainty Principle

Photoelectricity

Photoelectric Cell and its Mode of Operation

Work Function

Application of PhotoElectric Emission

Life and Atoms

The Atom

When the atom gets excited or NOT

Energy Levels

Energy of the Photon

Energy Level Diagrams

Energy levels Application: Spectroscopy

Different Elements = Different Emission Lines

Emission Line Spectra

Nuclear Physics - Radioactivity

Nuclear Physics – Notation & Isotopes

Einstein – Energy/Mass Equivalence

Energy Unit Check

Mass Defect

Radioactivity

Radioactive Decay

Alpha Decay

Alpha Decay Applications

Beta Decay

Beta Plus Decay - Positron

Beta Plus Decay Application - Positron emission tomography (PET) 

Gamma Decay

Gamma Decay Applications

Significant Nuclear Reactions - Fusion

Fusion Applications - IFE

Significant Nuclear Reactions - Fission

Fission Bomb