Physics MTRN01004B

Course content:
Physical quantities and units. Elements of mathematical analysis and calculus of vectors.
Kinematics of a mass point. Newton's laws of motion. Work, power, energy. The conservation of momentum, angular momentum and energy.
Harmonic, damped and driven oscillator. Wave motion. Acoustics. Doppler effect.
Relativistic mechanics.
Elements of quantum mechanics and structure of matter. Photoelectric effect. Compton's effect. Wave properties of particles. The Rutherford–Bohr model of hydrogen atom. Quantum numbers.
Nuclear physics. Natural and artificial radioactivity.

Learning outcomes:
A student knows and can interprete the principle laws of physics.

Course coordinators

Ewa Mrozek

Bibliography

a) basic references:
1. Halliday D., Resnick R., Walker J., Podstawy fizyki, t. 1-5, PWN Warszawa 2003
2. Jeżewski M., Fizyka, PWN Warszawa 1972.
3. Massalski J., Massalska A., Fizyka dla inżynierów cz. I i II, WNT Warszawa 1971.

b) supplementary references:
1. Cummings K., Understanding physics, New York : John Wiley and Sons, 2004