| Course label : | Modern physics |
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| Teaching departement : | CMA / |
| Teaching manager : | Mister YANNICK DUSCH |
| Education language : | French |
| Potential ects : | 2 |
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| Code and label (hp) : | G1_S5_SC_CMA_PMO - Physique moderne |
Education team
Teachers : Mister YANNICK DUSCH / Madam CECILE GUILMIN / Madam Oumaima HAIDAR / Mister GEOFFREY LEZIER / Mister MARC GOUEYGOU / Mister NICOLAS TIERCELIN / Mister Niels CHAPUIS / Mister OLIVIER BOU MATAR-LACAZE
External contributors (business, research, secondary education): various temporary teachers
Summary
The beginning of the twentieth century has been marked by a succession of scientific discoveries hat deeply modified our vision of the Universe: Special relativity and quantum physics. Special relativity, which postulates that time is relative, would put an end to the debates on the existence of the ether, et would prove that Newtonian mechanics only had a limited framework. On the other hand, quantum mechanics is the domain pf physics dealing with the study and description of fundamental phenomena in physical systems at the atomic and subatomic scales. The lecture gives an introduction to these theories and to statistical physics. Statistical physics aims at explaining the behavior and evolution of physical systems comprising a large number of particles, based on the properties of their individual microscopic components. this macroscopic description has been partly obtained before the development of modern physics, essentially in the second half of the nineteenth century. These theories are fundamental for the understanding of numerous physical phenomena, but also for the design of innovative devices and systems using these phenomena. In this context, this course aims at providing the theoretical bases of the different themes as well as the physical and mathematical concepts and tools needed for the proper understanding . Part 1: Analytical Mechanics: Lagrangian mechanics, Hamiltonian mechanics Part 2: Electromagnetism : Maxwell's equation in vacuum, Maxwell's equation in media, Lagrangian of a charged particle Part 3: Statistical Physics: Introduction and formalism, Micro-canonical ensemble, Canonical ensemble, Relation to classical thermodynamics, Grand-canonical ensemble
Educational goals
Sustainable development goals
Knowledge control procedures
Continuous Assessment
Comments: Evaluation is based on 4 different activities:
* Weekly online quizzes on Moodle, to be completed individually
* Written tests, to be completed individually
* Homework, to be completed in pairs
The final grade corresponds to the average of the averages of each activity, with identical coefficients for each activity. There is no final exam.
Online resources
* Modern Physics textbook * Slides used during lectures * Exercise sheets * Reference books * Links to lectures/illustrations
Pedagogy
Sequencing / learning methods
| Number of hours - Lectures : | 12 |
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| Number of hours - Tutorial : | 12 |
| Number of hours - Practical work : | 0 |
| Number of hours - Seminar : | 0 |
| Number of hours - Half-group seminar : | 0 |
| Number of student hours in TEA (Autonomous learning) : | 8 |
| Number of student hours in TNE (Non-supervised activities) : | 0 |
| Number of hours in CB (Fixed exams) : | 0 |
| Number of student hours in PER (Personal work) : | 0 |
| Number of hours - Projects : | 0 |