PHYS 5970-1

Brief

The lectures will be in Chinese. The development of physics theories is usually ba<x>sed on guessing. This course “tries” to explore the reasoning behind guessing, with the study of original articles. The contents mainly cover some of the development in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Prerequisite: There is no prerequisite, but the understanding of original papers and the lectures depends on student's background on the physics core courses (CM, EM, SM, QM, SR, GR). Einstein (1916) ------- “It is not my purpose in this discussion to present the general theory of relativity as a system that is as simple and logical as possible, and with the minimum number of axioms; but my main ob<x>ject is to develop this theory in such a way that the reader will feel that the path we have entered upon is psychologically the natural one, and that the underlying assumption

Description

Course keywords: Development of Physics, Quantum Physics, Relativity, The lectures will be in Chinese. The development of physics theories is usually based on guessing. This course “tries” to explore the reasoning behind guessing, with the study of original articles. The contents mainly cover some of the development in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Prerequisite: There is no prerequisite, but the understanding of original papers and the lectures depends on student's background on the physics core courses (CM, EM, SM, QM, SR, GR). Einstein (1916) ------ “It is not my purpose in this discussion to present the general theory of relativity as a system that is as simple and logical as possible, and with the minimum number of axioms; but my main object is to develop this theory in such a way that the reader will feel that the path we have entered upon is psychologically the natural one, and that the underlying assumptions will seem to have the highest possible degree of security.” 一、課程說明(Course Description) 此課程包括近代物理之發展. 將透過討論重要原始論文, 瞭解重要物理概念之發展過程. 內容主要包括量子力學 之發展. 無先修課限制. 但學生的收獲將會與其在物理基礎課(古典力學, 電磁學,熱統計力學, 量子力學,相對論)的知識 有關. Original papers: 1. Pre-Quantum Mechanics: Planck (1900, 1901), Einstein (1905, 1916), Ehrenfest (1916), Bohr (1917), Ladenburg (1921), Bohr, Krammer & Slater (1924), Krammer (1924), Born (1924), Krammer & Heisenburg (1925) 2. Matrix Mechanics: Heisenburg (1925), Born & Jordan (1925), Dirac (1925, 1926, 1927), Born, Jordan & Heisenburg (1925) 3. Wave Mechanics: Hamilton (1828, 1930, 1937), de Broglie (1923, 1924), Schrodinger (1926) 4. Path Integral: Dirac (1933), Feynman (1942) 5. Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: (a) Probability – Born (1926); (b) Transformation Theory – Dirac (1927); (c) Uncertainty Principle – Heisenberg (1927); (d) Measurement – Bohr (1929), von Neumann (1932), Bohm (1951) 6. Spin-Statistics: Bose (1924), Einstein (1924), Pauli (1925), Fermi (1926), Dirac (1926), Pauli (1936) 7. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics: Dirac (1928) 8. Quantum Field Theory: Dirac (1927) 9. Gauge Theory: Weyl (1918, 1929), Yang (1954) 二、指定用書(Text Books) 無教科書. 三、參考書籍(References) 原始論文. 四、教學方式(Teaching Method) 上課. 五、教學進度(Syllabus) 六、成績考核(Evaluation) 無考試, 期末報告 (研讀一篇原始論文, 心得報告) 七、可連結之網頁

Timetable

Scores

Average GPA 2.89

Std. Deviation 1.06

Remarks

16週課程，限已修電磁學一、二，理論力學一、二。

Restrictions

排除大學部1年級2年級

Compulsory

Elective

Cross Discipline

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Second Specialization