General physics II

Teacher(s)

Bertrand Bruno;

Language

French

Prerequisites

LPHY1113B  Physique gén I
LPHY1113C  Physique gén 1 (2)

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

The first aim is to discover the beauty of the coherent explanation of the variety of electromagnetic manifestations through the Maxwell equations. The demonstration of the electromagnetic nature of light will follow. Modern Physics completes this unification with the special theory of relativity where energy an time is grouped in one four-dimension world, where energy and masse are equal. It follows in a common vision of the quantification of matter and light and of the four fundamental interactions interpreted through a propagator concept for each of them. Nuclear physics resumes the lectures describing the chart of nuclei, the decays, the energy balance in fission and fusion processes, and the numerous applications. This unified view of the physics world should sharpen the student curiosity and improve their skills and critics for the following years, in their study as well as in their professional carrier.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	To understand the time dependent electric and magnetic phenomenon. To be able to explain them thanks to the Maxwell equations. To show that the Maxwell equations also describe light as an electromagnetic wave. To compute voltages and currents in electric circuits powered with an alternate power supply. To explain and solve waves problems: interference, standing waves, polarisation, reflection, refraction, and diffraction. To use graphical method and compute mirror and lens problems. To debate and compute space-time properties in the special relativity framework, as well as the concept of mass-energy with the related relations. Be able to explain the quantification of matter. To comment the variety of nuclei, the disintegration modes, and the various applications. To compute nuclear masses, their binding energy and their radioactivity evolution.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Bibliography

Manuels :
- Physique - Volume 2 - Électricité et magnétisme
Harris Benson, Editions de Boeck
- Physique - Volume 3 ' Ondes, optique et physique moderne, Harris Benson, Editions de Boeck
Diapositives support de cours
Syllabus d'exercices et de laboratoires

Faculty or entity

AGRO