| Code |
13418
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| Year |
3
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
PL(30H)/T(30H)
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| Scientific area |
Biomedical Sciences
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Entry requirements |
None.
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Mode of delivery |
Face to face.
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Work placements |
Not applicable.
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Learning outcomes |
To acquire knowledge of quantum physics underlying structures of atoms and nuclei. As a result, the successful student should be able to apply the acquired knowledge to the resolution of typical problems in its own field of study, and to correctly interpret processes involving quantum phenomena, combining the acquired knowledge with contents of previous Physics and Mathematics courses.
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Syllabus |
1. Thermal radiation.
2. Photoelectric and Compton effects.
3. Bohr atomic model.
4. Wave-particle duality.
5. Schrödinger equation: Wave Function and its Interpretation.
6. Treatment of the free particle and the potential well.
7. Harmonic Oscillator.
8. Angular Momentum and Spin.
9. Pauli Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table.
10. The nucleus.
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Main Bibliography |
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Wolfson and Pasachoff (Addison Wesley)
Modern Physics, F. Blatt, (McGraw Hill)
Introdução à Física Atómica e Nuclear, L. Salgueiro and J. Ferreira (ed. Univ. Lisboa)
Physlet Quantum Mechanics, Christian, Belloni and Cox (Pearson) [with interactive CD]
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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