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Physics Courses 700 - 999
First Year Seminars •
Astronomy •
Physics 100-299 •
Physics 300-699 •
Physics 700-999 (Graduate) •
Labs •
Classroom Demos
701 (203) Classical Dynamics (3). Prerequisite, advanced undergraduate mechanics. Variational principles, Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian mechanics. Symmetries and conservation laws. Two-body problems, perturbations, and small oscillations, rigid-body
motion. Relation of classical to quantum mechanics.
Fall. Engel.
711 (204) Electromagnetic Theory I (3). Prerequisite, Physics 631 (191) - 632 (192) or equivalent. Electrostatics, magnetostatics, time-varying fields, Maxwell's equations.
Fall. Champagne.
712 (205) Electromagnetic Theory II (3). Prerequisite, Physics 711 (204) or equivalent. Plane electromagnetic waves and wave
propagation, wave guides and resonant cavities, simple radiating systems, scattering and diffraction, special theory of relativity,
radiation by moving charges.
Spring. Evans.
715 (215) Visualization in Science (-).
721, 722 (260, 261) Quantum Mechanics (3 each). Prerequisite, Physics 321 (160) or equivalent. Review of nonrelativistic quantum
mechanics. Spin, angular momentum, perturbation theory, scattering, identical particles, Hartree-Fock method, Dirac equation,
radiation theory.
Fall and spring. Lu.
741 (221) Statistical Mechanics (3). Prerequisites, Physics 701 (203) and 721 (260). Classical and quantal statistical mechanics, ensembles, partition functions, ideal Fermi and Bose gases.
Spring. Wu.
771L, 772L (201,202) Advanced Spectroscopic Techniques (3 each). Prerequisite, Physics 301 (103), 312 (108), or permission of the instructor. Advanced spectroscopic techniques, including Rutherford backscattering-channeling, perturbed angular correlation,
Raman scattering, electron paramagnetic resonance, nuclear magnetic resonance, optical absorption and Hall effect. 771L (201) (fall) has
two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory a week, and 772 (202) (spring) has one hour of lecture and five hours of laboratory a
week.
Fall and spring. McNeil.
821 (262) Advanced Quantum Mechanics (3). Prerequisite, Physics 722 (261). Advanced angular momentum, atomic and molecular theory, many-body theory, quantum field theory.
(Alternate years.)
Fall. Dolan.
822, 823 (263, 264) Field Theory (3 each). Prerequisite, Physics 722 (261). Quantum field theory, path integrals, gauge invariance, renormalization group, Higgs mechanism, electroweak theory, quantum chromodynamics, Standard Model, unified field theories.
(Alternate years.)
Fall and spring. Dolan, Frampton.
824 (291) Group Theory and Application (-).
827 (288) Principles of Chemical Physics (-).
829 (290) Principles of Magnetic Resonance (-).
831 (274) Differential Geometry in Modern Physics (3). Prerequisite, Physics 701 (203), 711 (204), 712 (205). Applications to
electrodynamics, general relativity, and non-abelian gauge theories of methods of differential geometry, including tensors, spinors,
differential forms, connections and curvature, covariant exterior derivatives, and Lie derivatives. Either semester as announced.
Staff.
832 (275) General Theory of Relativity (3). Prerequisite, Physics 831 (274) or permission of the instructor. Differential
geometry of space-time. Tensor fields and forms. Curvature, geodesics. Einstein's gravitational field equations. Tests of Einstein's
theory. Applications to astrophysics and cosmology. Either semester, as announced.
Staff.
861, 862 (230, 231) Nuclear Physics (3 each). Prerequisites, Physics 543 (161) and 721 (260). Nuclear interactions at nonrelativistic energies.
Charge and spin dependence in nuclear reactions. Decay modes and electromagnetic properties. Collective and single particle
states. (Alternate years.)
Fall and spring. Engel.
871, 872 (270, 271) Solid State Physics (3 each). Prerequisites, Physics 711 (204), 741 (221), and 721 (260), or permission from the instructor. Survey of topics in Condensed Matter Physics: crystal structures and X-ray scattering, electron states in metals and insulators (also, semi conductors), response to applied EM fields and temperature gradients, cohesive energy models; Born-Oppenheimer separation of electrons and lattice vibrations; transport properties using the Bolzmann eq.; dielectric and magnetic properties, and BCS model of superconductivity.
Fall and spring. Wu.
873 (272) Theory of the Solid State (3). Prerequisite, Physics 722 (261). Calculation of one-electron energy band structure.
Electron-hole correlation effect and excitons. Theory of spin waves. Many-body techniques in solid state problems including
theory of superconductivity. As announced.
Lu.
883 (267) Current Advances in Physics (3). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. In recent years neutrino physics and astrophysics, transmission electron microscopy and nanotechnology have been among the topics discussed. Either semester, as announced.
Staff.
893 (370) Sem Solid State Physics (-).
895 (360) Sem Nuclear Physics (-).
896 (380) Sem Particle Physics (-).
897 (310) Sem Theoretical Physics (-).
899 (322) Sem Professional Practice (-).
901 (301) Research (-).
992 (392) Master's Research (-).
993 (393) Masters Thesis (-).
994 (394) Doctoral Dissertation (-).
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