Modern Physics

Notebook

Notes

 

• Quantum Physics describes small things like photons

 

• Photons have both wave and particle attributes

 

• All objects emit black body radiation

 

• The UV Catastrophe was resolved by constraining energy into discrete packets called “quanta” or “photons”

 

 

 

For more information, check out the following web sites.

 

SR

 

Relativity Q & A

 

Relativity: Twins and Trains

 

 

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