物理与天体物理学理科硕士荣誉学士

课程模块Modules

• 年一Year one
• 年二Year two
• Year three
• 年四Year four

5 modules

• Complex numbers
• Differentiation and Taylor Series representations
• Stationary points of two-dimensional functions
• Integration techniques for functions of single and multiple variables
• Partial derivatives of functions of multiple variables
• Conic sections in plane geometry
• Fourier representation of functions and the Fourier transform
• Matrices and eigenvalue problems
• Solving first-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs)
• Solving homogeneous and inhomogeneous linear constant coefficient ODEs
• 古典力学classical mechanics
• relativity
• vibrations and waves
• 量子物理quantum physics
• thermal physics
• 专业传播professional communication
• teamworking
• 专业行为与反思实践professional behaviour and reflective practice
• academic integrity and ethics
• giving, receiving and reflecting on feedback
• 公平多样性与包容物理equity, diversity and inclusion in physics
• 量子vs古典州Quantum vs classical states
• Fourier series and transforms: translating from position to momentum space
• The Heisenberg uncertainty principle (particularly from a Fourier perspective)
• The time-dependent and time-independent Schrödinger equation
• Bound and unbound states, scattering and tunnelling
• Wavepackets
• The subtleties of the particle in a box
• Operators, observables, and the thorny measurement problem
• Matrix mechanics and Dirac notation
• The quantum harmonic oscillator
• Conservation and correspondence principles
• Angular momentum
• Stern-Gerlach experiment
• Spin
• Zeeman effect, Rabi oscillations
• 2D与3D系统2D and 3D systems
• Degeneracies
• Hydrogen atom and the radial Schrödinger equation
• Entanglement and non-locality
• and, of course, that ever-frustrating feline
• observational evidence for the Big Bang
• how the expansion of the Universe depends on its contents and geometry
• how the contents of the Universe evolve as it expands and cools
• dark matter and dark energy: observational evidence and the latest theoretical models
• inflation, a proposed period of accelerated expansion in the very early Universe