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Introduction:

This course will bring students to retrace the thinking paths of physicists in the early 20th century to unravel the mysteries of atoms. The course includes lectures, experiments, and a visit. Students will glimpse through the basic concepts of quantum physics, such as wave particle duality, quantization, wave function and its probabilistic interpretation, spin, and their applications to understand some atomic and nuclear phenomena, including energy levels in atoms, atomic spectra, formation of molecules, as well as a more advanced topic on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which is now widely applied to medical imaging.

Students will gain hands-on experience in using modern laboratory equipments to measure atomic spectra, and determine the charge mass ratio of electron. A visit to a company in Hong Kong Science and Technology Park will also be included to let students see the operation of a medical MRI machine.

本課程帶領學生重溫二十世紀初物理學家探索原子奧秘的過程。課程包括講座、實驗，和參觀三部分。學生將瞥見量子物理的基本概念，包括波粒二象性、量子化、波函數及其或然率詮釋，自旋；這些概念如何應用於了解原子和核子的現象，包括原子的能階、光譜、分子的形成，以及一個較深入、目前廣泛應用於醫療造影的現象：磁力共振。

學生也會學習如何利用現代科學儀器測量原子的光譜，以及電子的電荷質量比。課程也包括到香港科學技術園參觀一間儀器公司，以觀察醫學磁力共振儀器的運作。