TFYA67 · 6 credits · Basic level (G2F) · Teknisk fysik, Fysik, Medicinsk teknik
Modern Physics
Active · next start HT 2026
30%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN1 · 13 Jan 2026 · 10 students
68%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN1 · 101 students
Unusually hard in 2025/26
30% passed the ordinary exam in 2025/26 (10 students), against 70% on average in earlier years (91 students).
Part of 1 programme
Exam
TEN1 Written examination
- 5
- 4
- 3
- U
Ordinary exams
68% passed · 101 students
- 30%10
- 75%20
- 56%16
- 87%30
- 64%25
Re-exams
59% passed · 22 students
- 57%7
- 57%7
- 63%8
- Pass the re-exam: 59% (22 students), compared with 68% (101 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 33% (123 students)
Show small sittings (8)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 50%4
- 50%4
- 0%1
- 67%3
- 50%4
- 100%2
- 33%3
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
LAB1 Laboratory work
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 110 students
- 100%12
- 100%22
- 100%20
- 100%31
- 100%25
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Other module
KTR1 Optional assignments
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 76 students
- 100%9
- 100%14
- 100%10
- 100%26
- 100%17
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
About the course
Aim
The course will provide basic knowledge in quantum physics and theory of relativity and, based on this knowledge, provide a basic description of a large part of the modern physics. On completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- use and explain basic concepts, the main ideas and theories in the field and give examples of experimental support and applications
- apply theories by solving problems in the field and thereby selecting appropriate methods and assessing the reasonableness of the results obtained
- perform simple measurements of importance in quantum, nuclear and radiation physics and relate them to the corresponding theories
Content
Modern physics is essentially the new physics that emerged after 1900 and has a huge range, from the smallest building blocks of matter to the whole universe. The large accumulated body of knowledge naturally makes a delineation of the course necessary, which roughly looks like this:
- Relativity: The Lorentz transformation. The Doppler effect for electromagnetic waves. Relativistic mechanics. Rest mass and rest energy. Introduction to general relativity.
- Nuclear physics: The nuclear structure and binding, nuclear models. Nuclear magnetic resonance. E = mc2 applied to nuclear processes. Radioactive decay. Nuclear reactions, fission and fusion.
- Quantum Physics: Wave-particle duality. The uncertainty principle. The Bohr model of the atom. The Schrödinger equation. Bound and unbound states. Quantum-mechanical operators, expectation values and eigenvalues. Stationary and non-stationary state.
- Atomic physics: The Schrödinger equation applied to one-electron system. Energy levels, quantum numbers, orbitals, spectra. Spin, magnetic moment and the influence of magnetic fields. Multi-electron systems: the Pauli exclusion principle, the periodic table, approximate energy levels.
- Molecular Physics: Molecular orbitals, molecular bonds. Vibrations, rotations, molecular spectra.
- Statistical Mechanics: Classical distributions (the Boltzmann distribution, the Maxwell velocity distribution). Quantum Distributions (the Bose-Einstein distribution, the Fermi-Dirac distribution).
- Solid State Physics: Electronic structure. Band theory. Semiconductor physics and semiconductor devices.
- Introduction to elementary particle physics (Standard Model).
- Examiner
- Mats Eriksson
- Scheduled hours
- 60 h
- Main field of study
- Teknisk fysik, Fysik, Medicinsk teknik