Physics 2 for EEM - Syllabus of Lectures
Week

Topic of the lecture

1.   Fundamentals of theory of relativity, Lorentz transformation, relativistic kinematics and dynamics.
2.   Temperature, heat, kinetic theory of gases, ideal gas law.
3.   Work, internal energy, 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics, entropy.
4.   Fundamentals of waves (phase velocity, group velocity, dissipation and dispersion of waves, dispersion relationship).
5.   General wave equation and its solution (traveling and standing waves, plane, surace and cylindrical waves).
6.   Superposition of waves, Huygens´ principle, diffraction of waves, Doppler effect, rays approximation.
7.   Acoustic waves, fundamental quantities, linear wave equation of acoustics, intensity level and acoustic pressure level.
8.   Geometrical optics - light ray, Fermat´s principle, reflection and refraction, critical refraction, thin lenses.
9.   Wave optics - diffraction, Fresnel´s and Fraunhofer´s diffraction, interference of light.
10.   Fundamentals of photometry (luminous flux, luminous intensity, illuminance, luminous emittance, adsorption of light).
11.   Holography. Luminescence (photoluminescence, electroluminescence and triboluminescence).
12.   Polarization and dispersion of light. Anisotropic media, application of polarization, liquid crystals.
13.   Fundamentals of nuclear physics, radioactivity, sub-nuclear particles.
14.   Accelerators. Fusion and fission.