Physics (PHYS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

PHYS 1012

Provides backup instruction for PHYS 1112. Recommended for students who either feel insecure about taking PHYS 1112 or simply want to develop their problem-solving skills. Emphasis is on getting the student ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  6108 PHYS 1012   SEM 101

  • A&S students receive transcript credit only; cannot be used toward graduation

PHYS 1102

 PHYS 1101 and PHYS 1102 emphasize quantitative and conceptual understanding of the topics and tools of introductory physics developed without use of calculus. The course offers individualized instruction. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6106 PHYS 1102   LEC 001

  • In PHYS 1102, you work on your own and at your own pace. Time-management skills are an important factor. For those students who have completed PHYS 1101 attendance to the opening lecture Thursday, January 22 at 7:30 pm in Rockefeller 203 is not necessary.

PHYS 1112

First course in a three semester introductory physics sequence. Covers the mechanics of particles with focus on kinematics, dynamics, conservation laws, central force fields, periodic motion. Mechanics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture, one discussion, and one laboratory.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6133 PHYS 1112   LEC 001

  •  6134 PHYS 1112   LEC 002

  •  6140 PHYS 1112   DIS 201

  •  6141 PHYS 1112   DIS 202

  •  6142 PHYS 1112   DIS 203

  •  6143 PHYS 1112   DIS 204

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  •  6172 PHYS 1112   DIS 210

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  •  6178 PHYS 1112   DIS 216

  •  7927 PHYS 1112   DIS 217

  •  6179 PHYS 1112   LAB 401

  •  6180 PHYS 1112   LAB 402

  •  6181 PHYS 1112   LAB 403

  •  6182 PHYS 1112   LAB 404

  •  6183 PHYS 1112   LAB 405

  •  6184 PHYS 1112   LAB 406

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  •  6187 PHYS 1112   LAB 409

  •  6188 PHYS 1112   LAB 410

  •  6189 PHYS 1112   LAB 411

  •  6190 PHYS 1112   LAB 412

  •  6191 PHYS 1112   LAB 413

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  •  6193 PHYS 1112   LAB 415

  •  6194 PHYS 1112   LAB 416

  •  6195 PHYS 1112   LAB 417

PHYS 1116

First in a three semester introductory physics sequence. Explores quantitative modeling of the physical world through a study of mechanics. More mathematical and abstract than a typical mechanics course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture, one discussion, and one laboratory.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6467 PHYS 1116   LEC 001

  • PHYS 1116 has only 1 section and 1 lab open during pre enrollment.

  •  6468 PHYS 1116   DIS 201

  •  6469 PHYS 1116   DIS 202

  •  6470 PHYS 1116   LAB 401

  •  6471 PHYS 1116   LAB 402

PHYS 1190

Students perform the laboratory component of one of the introductory courses (PHYS 1112, PHYS 2207, PHYS 2208, PHYS 2213, PHYS 2214) to complement the lecture-related course credit acquired elsewhere. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  6472 PHYS 1190   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Staff

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  7495 PHYS 1190   LAB 402

    • TBA
    • Staff

PHYS 1203

Shows how the unification of apparently distinct areas of physics leads to an explosion in the growth of our knowledge and understanding. The material is divided into three parts: the physics of motion ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6479 PHYS 1203   LEC 001

  •  6480 PHYS 1203   DIS 201

  •  6481 PHYS 1203   DIS 202

  •  6482 PHYS 1203   DIS 203

  •  6483 PHYS 1203   DIS 204

  •  6484 PHYS 1203   DIS 205

  •  6485 PHYS 1203   DIS 206

  •  6486 PHYS 1203   DIS 207

  •  6487 PHYS 1203   DIS 208

PHYS 1204

Explores musical sound from a physics point of view. Topics include how various musical instruments work; pitch, timbre, scales, intervals, and tunings; hearing; human voice and room acoustics. This course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MUSIC 1466

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6474 PHYS 1204   LEC 001

  •  6477 PHYS 1204   DIS 201

  •  6478 PHYS 1204   DIS 202

  •  8381 PHYS 1204   DIS 203

  •  8382 PHYS 1204   DIS 204

PHYS 2208

PHYS 2207-PHYS 2208 is a two-semester introduction to physics with emphasis on tools generally applicable in sciences. Provides a structured learning environment with significant contact hours to help ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture, one discussion, and one laboratory.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6489 PHYS 2208   LEC 001

  •  6490 PHYS 2208   LEC 002

  •  6491 PHYS 2208   DIS 201

  •  6492 PHYS 2208   DIS 202

  •  6493 PHYS 2208   DIS 203

  •  6494 PHYS 2208   DIS 204

  •  6495 PHYS 2208   DIS 205

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  •  6500 PHYS 2208   DIS 210

  •  6501 PHYS 2208   DIS 211

  •  6503 PHYS 2208   DIS 212

  •  6504 PHYS 2208   DIS 213

  •  6505 PHYS 2208   DIS 214

  •  6506 PHYS 2208   DIS 215

  •  8474 PHYS 2208   DIS 216

  •  6513 PHYS 2208   LAB 401

  •  6514 PHYS 2208   LAB 402

  •  6515 PHYS 2208   LAB 403

  •  6516 PHYS 2208   LAB 404

  •  6517 PHYS 2208   LAB 405

  •  6518 PHYS 2208   LAB 406

  •  6519 PHYS 2208   LAB 407

  •  6520 PHYS 2208   LAB 408

  •  6521 PHYS 2208   LAB 409

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  •  6523 PHYS 2208   LAB 411

  •  6524 PHYS 2208   LAB 412

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  •  6526 PHYS 2208   LAB 414

  •  6527 PHYS 2208   LAB 415

  •  8475 PHYS 2208   LAB 416

PHYS 2213

Second in a three semester introductory physics sequence.  Topics include electrostatics, behavior of matter in electric fields, DC circuits, magnetic fields, Faraday's law, AC circuits, and electromagnetic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture, one discussion, and one laboratory.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6550 PHYS 2213   LEC 001

  •  6551 PHYS 2213   LEC 002

  •  6552 PHYS 2213   DIS 201

  •  6553 PHYS 2213   DIS 202

  •  6554 PHYS 2213   DIS 203

  •  6555 PHYS 2213   DIS 204

  •  6556 PHYS 2213   DIS 205

  •  6557 PHYS 2213   DIS 206

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  •  6560 PHYS 2213   DIS 209

  •  6561 PHYS 2213   DIS 210

  •  6562 PHYS 2213   DIS 211

  •  6765 PHYS 2213   DIS 212

  •  7928 PHYS 2213   DIS 213

  •  8476 PHYS 2213   DIS 214

  •  8480 PHYS 2213   DIS 215

  • 18047 PHYS 2213   DIS 216

  •  6569 PHYS 2213   LAB 401

  •  6570 PHYS 2213   LAB 402

  •  6571 PHYS 2213   LAB 403

  •  6572 PHYS 2213   LAB 404

  •  6573 PHYS 2213   LAB 405

  •  6574 PHYS 2213   LAB 406

  •  6575 PHYS 2213   LAB 407

  •  6597 PHYS 2213   LAB 408

  •  6598 PHYS 2213   LAB 409

  •  6599 PHYS 2213   LAB 410

  •  6600 PHYS 2213   LAB 411

  •  6601 PHYS 2213   LAB 412

  •  7936 PHYS 2213   LAB 413

  •  8477 PHYS 2213   LAB 414

  •  8482 PHYS 2213   LAB 415

  • 18048 PHYS 2213   LAB 416

PHYS 2214

For majors in engineering (including biological, biomedical, and biomolecular engineering), computer science, physics, earth and atmospheric science, and other physical and biological sciences who wish ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture, one discussion, and one laboratory.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6534 PHYS 2214   LEC 001

  •  6535 PHYS 2214   LEC 002

  •  6536 PHYS 2214   DIS 201

  •  6537 PHYS 2214   DIS 202

  •  6538 PHYS 2214   DIS 203

  •  6539 PHYS 2214   DIS 204

  •  6540 PHYS 2214   DIS 205

  •  6541 PHYS 2214   DIS 206

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  •  6544 PHYS 2214   DIS 209

  •  6545 PHYS 2214   DIS 210

  • 18045 PHYS 2214   DIS 211

  •  6546 PHYS 2214   LAB 401

  •  6547 PHYS 2214   LAB 402

  •  6548 PHYS 2214   LAB 403

  •  6549 PHYS 2214   LAB 404

  •  6563 PHYS 2214   LAB 405

  •  6564 PHYS 2214   LAB 406

  •  6565 PHYS 2214   LAB 407

  •  6566 PHYS 2214   LAB 408

  •  6567 PHYS 2214   LAB 409

  •  6568 PHYS 2214   LAB 410

  • 18046 PHYS 2214   LAB 411

PHYS 2216

Introduction to Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity, including Galilean and Lorentz transformations, the concept of simultaneity, time dilation and Lorentz contraction, the relativistic transformations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  6582 PHYS 2216   LEC 001

PHYS 2217

Second in a three semester introductory physics sequence. Explores quantitative modeling of the physical world through a study of electricity and magnetism. More mathematical and abstract than a typical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture, one discussion, and one laboratory. Combined with: AEP 2170

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6702 PHYS 2217   LEC 001

  •  6703 PHYS 2217   DIS 201

  •  6704 PHYS 2217   DIS 202

  •  6705 PHYS 2217   DIS 203

  • 18049 PHYS 2217   DIS 204

  •  6706 PHYS 2217   LAB 401

  •  6707 PHYS 2217   LAB 402

  •  6708 PHYS 2217   LAB 403

  • 18051 PHYS 2217   LAB 404

PHYS 2218

This course is divided into two parts. The larger segment of the course typically focuses on wave phenomena: deriving wave equations, solving wave equations, superposition, Fourier series and transforms. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture, one discussion, and one laboratory.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6584 PHYS 2218   LEC 001

  •  6585 PHYS 2218   DIS 201

  • PHYS 2218 has only 1 section and 1 lab open during pre enrollment.

  •  6586 PHYS 2218   DIS 202

  •  6587 PHYS 2218   LAB 401

  •  6588 PHYS 2218   LAB 402

PHYS 3314

Topics include Lagrangian mechanics; Newtonian mechanics based on a variational principle; conservation laws from symmetries; two-body orbits due to a central force.  Also includes additional topics such ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6589 PHYS 3314   LEC 001

  •  6590 PHYS 3314   DIS 201

PHYS 3316

Topics include breakdown of classical concepts in microphysics; light quanta and matter waves; Schrödinger equation and solutions for square well, harmonic oscillator, and the hydrogen atom; wave packets, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6577 PHYS 3316   LEC 001

  •  6578 PHYS 3316   DIS 201

  •  6579 PHYS 3316   DIS 202

PHYS 3318

Covers Newtonian mechanics of particles and systems of particles, including rigid bodies, oscillating systems, gravitation and planetary motion, moving coordinate systems, Euler's equations, Lagrange and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6580 PHYS 3318   LEC 001

  •  6581 PHYS 3318   DIS 201

PHYS 3360

Practical electronics as encountered in a scientific or engineering research/development environment. Analyze, design, build, and test circuits using discrete components and integrated circuits. Analog ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: AEP 3630

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7448 PHYS 3360   LEC 001

  •  6611 PHYS 3360   LAB 401

  •  6612 PHYS 3360   LAB 402

PHYS 4400

Experiments of widely varying difficulty in one or more areas, as listed under PHYS 4410, may be done to fill the student's special requirements. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6592 PHYS 4400   LAB 401

PHYS 4410

Over 50 available experiments on various topics including atomic and molecular spectroscopy, optics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, electrical and microwave circuits, x-rays, and magnetic resonance. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: PHYS 6510

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6593 PHYS 4410   LEC 001

  •  6594 PHYS 4410   LAB 401

PHYS 4433

An introduction to theoretical and observational cosmology aimed at interested science and engineering majors. Topics include an introduction to general relativity as applied to the cosmos; the cosmic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASTRO 4433

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15710 PHYS 4433   LEC 001

PHYS 4443

Provides an introduction to concepts and techniques of quantum mechanics, at the level of An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by Griffiths. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6696 PHYS 4443   LEC 001

  •  6697 PHYS 4443   DIS 201

PHYS 4444

Covers the standard model of particle physics; behavior of high-energy particles and radiation; elementary particles; basic properties of accelerators and detectors; and general symmetries and conservation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6728 PHYS 4444   LEC 001

PHYS 4480

Covers numerical methods for ordinary and partial differential equations, linear algebra and eigenvalue problems, integration, nonlinear equations, optimization, and fast Fourier transforms. Find out how ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASTRO 7690PHYS 7680

  • 3 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  5562 PHYS 4480   LEC 001

PHYS 4482

This course will cover a topic in the philosophy of physics, such as the existence of time and space, the philosophy of quantum mechanics, or the direction of time. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 4850PHIL 6850PHYS 7686

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Philosophy of Space and Time

  •  9316 PHYS 4482   SEM 101

PHYS 4483

Designed to give qualified undergraduate students with an interest in teaching and leadership an introduction to facilitating successful group work.  This experience includes attending and participating ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  • 17961 PHYS 4483   TA 650

    • TBA
    • Thom-Levy, J

PHYS 4484

This 1.5-hour weekly seminar provides undergraduate and graduate students with an introduction to core concepts in physics education. Participants discuss articles and videos drawn from physics and science ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHYS 7684

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  6739 PHYS 4484   LEC 001

  • Teaching assignments begin the second week of class.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  • 17470 PHYS 4484   LEC 002

  • Teaching assignments begin the second week of class.

PHYS 4485

Designed to give qualified undergraduate students with an interest in teaching careers a structured introduction to teaching physics.  This experience includes attending and participating in weekly course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  7980 PHYS 4485   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Thorne, R

  • Teaching assignments begin the second week of class.

PHYS 4486

Teaching experience for qualified undergraduate students in PHYS 1101/PHYS 1102.  Contact time will be in the course's Learning Center, in a team environment with graduate student TAs and faculty. Activities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7981 PHYS 4486   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Giambattista, A

PHYS 4490

Individual project work (reading or laboratory) in any branch of physics.  Products vary, but may include a thesis. Evaluation criteria are decided between student and faculty member. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6650 PHYS 4490   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Flanagan, E

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7484 PHYS 4490   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Franck, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7485 PHYS 4490   IND 603

    • TBA
    • McEuen, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7486 PHYS 4490   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Liepe, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7487 PHYS 4490   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Alexander, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7488 PHYS 4490   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Thorne, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7489 PHYS 4490   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Grossman, Y

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7490 PHYS 4490   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Ralph, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7491 PHYS 4490   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Niemack, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7492 PHYS 4490   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Shen, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7493 PHYS 4490   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Rubin, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7494 PHYS 4490   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Perelstein, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7536 PHYS 4490   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Eichhorn, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7537 PHYS 4490   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Lawler, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7538 PHYS 4490   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Teukolsky, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7541 PHYS 4490   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Ryd, A

PHYS 6500

Experiments of widely varying difficulty in one or more areas, as listed under PHYS 6510, may be done to fill special requirements. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0-2 Credits Graded

  •  6651 PHYS 6500   LAB 401

PHYS 6510

Over 50 available experiments on various topics including atomic and molecular spectroscopy, optics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, electrical and microwave circuits, x-rays, and magnetic resonance. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: PHYS 4410

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6652 PHYS 6510   LEC 001

  •  6653 PHYS 6510   LAB 401

PHYS 6520

Projects of modern topical interest that involve some independent development work by student. Opportunity for more initiative in experimental work than is possible in PHYS 6510. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0-3 Credits Graded

  •  6654 PHYS 6520   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

PHYS 6554

A continuation of PHYS 6553 and ASTRO 6509 that covers a variety of advanced topics and applications of general relativity in astrophysics, cosmology, and high-energy physics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASTRO 6510

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15850 PHYS 6554   LEC 001

PHYS 6562

Starts with Hamiltonian mechanics of a single degree of freedom and its extension to many body system, ultimately arguing for probabilistic description of statistical mechanical system. Derives the Boltzmann ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6666 PHYS 6562   LEC 001

PHYS 6574

Possible topics include identical particles, many electron atoms, second quantization, quantization of the electromagnetic field, scattering of complex systems, radiative transitions, and introduction ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6669 PHYS 6574   LEC 001

PHYS 7617

Covers the fundamentals of fluid dynamics that rises in biological fluid dynamics such as the motion of the microscope cells in low Reynolds number flows and unsteady aerodynamics of flapping flight and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MAE 6210

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17545 PHYS 7617   LEC 001

PHYS 7645

This course is an introduction to the Standard Model of particle physics. Familiarity with Feynman rules, Lagrangians, and relativistic wave equations at the level of PHYS 7651 is assumed. Topics covered ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6671 PHYS 7645   LEC 001

PHYS 7652

A continuation of PHYS 7651. Introduces more advanced methods and concepts in quantum field theory. Topics include functional integral methods, quantization of spin-1 fields, Quantum Electrodynamics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  6672 PHYS 7652   LEC 001

PHYS 7661

Presents advanced topics of current research interest. Subject matter varies from year to year. Some likely topics are models of electroweak symmetry breaking, collider physics, flavor physics, topics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 15946 PHYS 7661   LEC 001

PHYS 7665

Topics in condensed matter, atomic, nuclear and particle astrophysics will be treated, with examples from domains ranging from planets to white dwarfs and neutron stars. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASTRO 7699

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Seminar: Stellar Structure & Evolution

  • 15815 PHYS 7665   SEM 101

PHYS 7680

Covers numerical methods for ordinary and partial differential equations, linear algebra and eigenvalue problems, integration, nonlinear equations, optimization, and fast Fourier transforms. Find out how ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASTRO 7690PHYS 4480

  • 3 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  8533 PHYS 7680   LEC 001

PHYS 7684

This 1.5-hour weekly seminar provides undergraduate and graduate students with an introduction to core concepts in physics education. Participants discuss articles and videos drawn from physics and science ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHYS 4484

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  6740 PHYS 7684   LEC 001

PHYS 7685

Offerings are announced each semester. Typical topics are group theory, analyticity in particle physics, weak interactions, superfluids, stellar evolution, surface physics, Monte Carlo methods, low-temperature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  9339 PHYS 7685   LEC 002

    • TBA
    • Staff

PHYS 7686

This course will cover a topic in the philosophy of physics, such as the existence of time and space, the philosophy of quantum mechanics, or the direction of time view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 4850PHIL 6850PHYS 4482

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Philosophy of Space and Time

  •  9317 PHYS 7686   SEM 101

PHYS 7690

Special graduate study in some branch of physics, either theoretical or experimental, under the direction of any professorial member of the staff. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6528 PHYS 7690   IND 601

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15877 PHYS 7690   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Staff