Topics in Modern Physics II
Spring 2011
I. Statistical Physics
- Classical distributions
- Quantum mechanical distributions
- Condensation
[ Concise Overview/History ] [ Basic Principles ] [ Thermal and Stat Physics ]
II. Nuclear Physics
- The neutron
- nuclear structure
- Radioactivity and nuclear stability
- Nuclear reactions
- Interaction of radiation with organic and inorganic matter
- Nuclear fission and fusion
- Applications - neutron interferometry and radiography, nuclear medicine, archeology, and art
[ Detecting and Measuring Radiation ] [ Nuclear Data Center ] [ Table of the Nuclides ]
[ Fusion Info ] [ Binding Energy ]
[ Cross Sections ]
[ Nuclear Weapon Design ] [ Oklo, natural reactor ]
III. Elementary particles
- Accelerators - natural and man-made
- Accelerators - natural and man-made
- Descriptions
- Models
- Feynman Diagrams
[ Accelerators ]
[ List of Particles ]
[ Quarks ]
[ Quark Decays ]
[ Quark Applet ]
[ Particle Data Group ]
[ Feynman Diagrams ]
[ Feynman Diagrams Video ]
IV. Plasma Physics
- Plasmas
- Energetics
- Production of plasmas
- Astrophysics and Plasmas
- Interaction with E/M Fields
- Interaction with matter
[ Plasma Overview ]
[ Plasma Physics ]
[ MIT OCW Intro to Plasmas ]
[ Texas Plasma ]
[ Saha Equation ]
[ Plasmas.org ]
[ Plasmas.com ]
[ Internet Plasma Experience ]
[ Plasma Glow]
V. Vacuum Physics
- What is a vacuum?
- Why do we want them?
- How do we produce them?
- How do we measure them?
- Applications - thin films, semiconductor production, mbe, auger, sims...
[ General Intro ]
[ Vacuum Pumps ]
[ Vacuum Gauges ]
[ Vacuum Resources ]
[ Vacuum system at the Large Hadron Collider ]
[ Assorted Vacuum Animations ]
[ Lesker's Vacuum Basics ]
[ Vacuum Concepts ] [ Vacuum Hardware ]
[ More basics ]
VI. Magnets
- What do we need magnetic fields for?
- How do we produce them?
- Superconductivity and applications
- How do we measure them?
- Applications - MRI, mass spectroscopy, beam manipulation
[ National High Magnetic Field Lab ]
[ Meet the Magnets ]
[ Permanent Magnets ]
VII. Lasers
- What it takes to lase
- Implementations of laser physics - gas, solid state, FEL, cw, pulsed...
- Applications - remote sensing, medical, holography
[ Sam's Laser FAQ ]
[ National Ignition Facility ]
[ Free Electron Lasers ]
[ Laser Intro ]
[ Simple How They Work ]
IIX. Condensed Matter
- How and why they form
- Structures - solid state physics
- Semiconductors and applications: photovoltaics
- Crystal growth
- High pressure physics
[ Crystal Structures ]
[ Crystal Structures - 3D ]
[ Making Diamond ]
[ Diamond Anvil Cells ] [ More Diamond Anvil Cells ]
[ GaAs production ]
IX. Cryogenics
- Defined
- Achieved
- What happens at low temperatures?
- Applications
[ Tom Peterson's Fermilab stuff ]
[ QD's Helium temp/press calculator ] [ QD's Thermal Conductance Calculator ]
[ NASA intro to Cryogenics ] [ Cryogenic Applications ]
updated: 20 Apr 11 - jlw
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