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• Module 1:  Waves and Light
  Mechanical waves, electromagnetic waves, photons, QED
  • Mechanical waves
  • Electromagnetic waves
  • Photons
• Module 2:  Quantum Mechanics
  Quantum Mechanics and probability, the uncertainty principle, the Schroedinger equation
  • Matter waves and the uncertainty principle
  • Wave equations
  • The Schroedinger equation
  • One-dimensional problems
  • Three-dimensional problems
• Module 3:  Atoms
  Quantization of energy and angular momentum, the exclusion principle, atomic structure
  • The hydrogen atom
  • Electron spin
  • Multi-electron atoms
• Module 4:  Quantum effects in large systems
  Lasers, semiconductors, diodes and transistors, superconductors and superfluids
  • Lasers
  • Quantum effects in large systems
  • Semiconductors
• Module 5  Nuclear Physics
  The nucleus, radioactive decay, fission and fusion
  • Properties of nuclei
  • Nuclear decay
  • Nuclear models
  • Nuclear energy
• Module 6:  Particles
  Leptons and Quarks, the basic interactions, cosmology and the big bang
  • Particle classification
  • The standard model
  • Particles and cosmology