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MP112

MECHANICS 2 & MODERN PHYSICS

Credits
7.5
Year
1
Semester
2
Department
PHYSICS

Overview

One and two dimensional dynamics of a system of particles, including collision and impulse. Centre of mass and moment of inertia. Rotational motion: angular velocity, torque, angular momentum. Simple harmonic motion, wave phenomena. Quantum Physics: Photoelectric effect, wave-particle duality, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Bohr atom.

Learning Outcomes

  • Use conservation of momentum to analyse simple collision problems
  • Describe and calculate the properties of systems undergoing simple harmonic motion
  • Define the centre of mass for a system of particles or an extended object, and use it to describe the motion of the system as a whole
  • Apply the concepts of angular velocity, moment of inertia and torque to solve problems involving rotational motion
  • Describe how the particle nature of light and the wave nature of matter manifest themselves