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Oscillations, Waves and Modern PhysicsLaajuus (3 cr)

Course unit code: 5N00BG54

General information


Credits
3 cr
Teaching language
English
Responsible person
Jarmo Lilja, Lecturer

Objectives

After completing this course student:
- knows the fundamental laws
- can describe phenomenona by using quantities and their dependences and can make justified solutions of related problems
- can analyze periodic phenomena by using harmonic oscillation modelling
- knows the main properties of mechanical and electromagnetic waves
- can calculate distribution of waves based on point source modelling
- knows fundamentals of quantitation and how that is related to fundamental atomic phenomena
- knows fundamentals of nuclear structure, nuclear energy and radioactivity

Content

Harmonic oscillation and resonance
Mechanical waves
Sound and intensity level
Electromagnetic waves
Quantitation
Thermal radiation
Absorption, emission, laser, x-rays
Nuclear stucture
Radioactivity

Prerequisites

Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics and Thermophysics, Electrodynamics and magnetism

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