6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1001388CNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.
Possible content
- Electromagnetic radiation: Polarization
- Electromagnetic radiation: Interference and Diffraction
- e/m ratio
- Radioactivity: Decay laws, absorption laws, statistics
- Radioactivity: The Rutherford experiment
- Röntgen radiation: Bragg’s law, emission spectrum, determination of Planck’s constant
- Stefan’s law
- Planck’s law
- The Franck and Hertz experiment
- Photoelectric effect
- Double slit experiment (experiment of Young)
During this course in total about 7 workshops are organized covering divers topics in the field of radiation and quantum physics. During the workshops the themes will be discussed and via experimental reasoning the empirical tests will be proposed to study the concepts. Thereafter the students will effectively perform the experiment.
This course also includes the biannual visit to CERN for 2BA and 3Ba students.
http://w3.iihe.ac.be/~jdhondt/Website/WebsiteCourses.html Accompanying notes will be handed out.
Introduction to experimental aspects of radiation and quantum physics. The term “radiation” is used in a broad sense, and includes electromagnetic radiation, radioactivity, beams of particles etc.
Some experiments concern the wave properties of electromagnetic radiation.
Subjects treated in radioactivity include Poisson statistics, decay laws, scattering properties and absorption laws.
Quantum physical subjects include thermal radiation, Planck’s postulate and some aspects of the particle/wave duality.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Practical Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
PRAC Report determines 50% of the final mark.
Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the PRAC Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:
50% on reports on the experiments in the year
50% on an "exam" experiment
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Physics and Astronomy: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: biologie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: geografie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: chemie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: wiskunde (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: ingenieurswetenschappen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)