Physics exam topics

• Section A (Classical Mechanics)
  1. The spherical pendulum
  2. The small oscillations approximation and normal modes
  3. The two-body problem
  4. Equivalence of mass and energy in special relativity
• Section B (Electromagnetism and Thermal Physics)
  1. Motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields
  2. Electromagnetic waves in vacuum
  3. Statistical origins of the laws of thermodynamics
  4. Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions
• Section C (Quantum Mechanics)
  1. The Schrödinger equation and the interpretation of the wave function
  2. Observables in quantum mechanics and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle
  3. Quantum description of the hydrogen atom
  4. The quantum harmonic oscillator