TFYA73 · 4 credits · Basic level (G2F) · Teknisk fysik, Fysik
Modern Physics I
Active · next start VT 2027
54%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN2 · 3 Jun 2026 · 94 students
71%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN2 · 484 students
Unusually hard in 2025/26
54% passed the ordinary exam in 2025/26 (94 students), against 78% on average in earlier years (390 students).
Part of 1 programme
Exam
TEN2 Written examination
- 5
- 4
- 3
- U
Ordinary exams
71% passed · 484 students
- 54%94
- 86%86
- 65%54
- 61%84
- 89%81
- 74%85
Re-exams
50% passed · 169 students
- 61%31
- 20%5
- 46%13
- 31%13
- 38%21
- 59%34
- 67%9
- 67%12
- 25%8
- 48%23
- Pass the re-exam: 50% (169 students), compared with 71% (484 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 43% (653 students)
Show small sittings (3)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 50%4
- 100%1
- 100%1
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
LAB2 Laboratory work
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 409 students
- 100%90
- 100%76
- 100%78
- 100%83
- 100%82
Later rounds
100% passed · 5 students
- 100%5
- Pass a later round: 100% (5 students), compared with 100% (409 students) on the ordinary exam
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Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 100%1
Hand-in or lab
LAB1 Laboratory work
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 81 students
- 100%81
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Other module
KTR1 Optional Assignment
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 340 students
- 100%76
- 100%72
- 100%51
- 100%70
- 100%71
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Show small sittings (1)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
About the course
Aim
The course will provide basic knowledge in quantum mechanics and relativity theory as well as, based on these knowledge, provide a basic description of atomic physics and nuclear physics. On completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- use and explain the 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 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 entire universe and everything in between. In this course we focus on the basics of relativity and quantum physics and apply them in atomic physics and nuclear physics.
- Theory of Relativity: The Lorentz transformation. The Doppler effect for electromagnetic waves. Relativistic mechanics. Rest mass and rest energy. Introduction to general relativity.
- Quantum Physics: The 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 states.
- Atomic physics: The Schrödinger equation applied to one-electron systems. 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.
- Nuclear Physics: Structure and binding, nuclear models. Nuclear magnetic resonance. E = mc2 applied to nuclear processes. Radioactive decay. Nuclear reactions, fission and fusion.
- Examiner
- Mats Eriksson
- Scheduled hours
- 44 h
- Main field of study
- Teknisk fysik, Fysik