TFYA74 · 4 credits · Basic level (G2F) · Teknisk fysik, Fysik
Modern Physics II
Active · next start VT 2027
68%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN1 · 4 Jun 2026 · 34 students
78%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN1 · 186 students
68%
Harder than 68% of courses at basic level
Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 66 students.
Part of 1 programme
Exam
TEN1 Written examination
- 5
- 4
- 3
- U
Ordinary exams
78% passed · 186 students
- 68%34
- 69%32
- 86%42
- 83%29
- 82%49
Re-exams
75% passed · 48 students
- 100%10
- 80%5
- 38%8
- 100%5
- 80%5
- 88%8
- 43%7
- Pass the re-exam: 75% (48 students), compared with 78% (186 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 44% (234 students)
Show small sittings (2)
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%4
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 with written assignment
- G
- U
Main rounds
99% passed · 117 students
- 98%48
- 100%30
- 100%39
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Hand-in or lab
LAB2 Laboratory work with written assignment
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 77 students
- 100%38
- 100%39
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Other module
KTR1 Optional Assignment
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 84 students
- 100%45
- 100%39
Later rounds
100% passed · 17 students
- 100%17
- Pass a later round: 100% (17 students), compared with 100% (84 students) on the ordinary exam
About the course
Aim
In Modern physics II applications of the foundations of relativity and quantum physics given in Modern Physics I are included. After completion of this course the student will be able to:
- outline the main ideas and theories in the more applied areas of modern physics
- solve problems in modern physics by choosing appropriate methods and assess the plausibility of the results obtained
- formulate and evaluate mathematical models describing physical problems
- explain the significance of the Swedish and English terms used in the field
- perform computer simulations of importance in modern physics
Content
Modern physics is essentially the physics of the twentieth century, and has a huge range, from the smallest building blocks of the universe and everything in between. In this course we focus on the more applied parts of quantum physics and to some extent the theory of relativity and apply them to:
- Molecular physics: chemical bonds, molecular orbitals, hybridization, rotation and vibration, molecular spectra
- Solid State Physics: crystal structures and bonding, electronic structure, semiconductor physics and semiconductor devices
- Exotic materials and states of matter: fullerenes, laser, superconductivity, Bose-Einstein condensate
- Numerical solution of quantum mechanical problems: the principle of variation, computational materials science, quantum chemistry
- Quantum information theory: qubits, quantum computers and quantum cryptography
- Elementary particle physics: the standard model and beyond
- Cosmology: the Big Bang theory, the expansion of the universe, black holes
- Laboratory exercises in quantum physics and nuclear physics
- Examiner
- Rickard Armiento
- Scheduled hours
- 52 h
- Main field of study
- Teknisk fysik, Fysik