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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 4C. Shop techniques and safety instructions. Basic concepts in condensed matter physics. Measurements of conductivity, energy gap in semiconductors, drift mobility, Hall coefficients, photoconductivity, magnetic susceptibilities, exciton spectra, dielectric loss. Experience in X-ray diffraction, vacuum technology, thin-film deposition, and low temperature techniques. (1 lecture, 9 lab hours) S
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 4C; MATH 81 (may be taken concurrently). (A) Analytical and vector treatment of the fundamental principles of statics, kinematics, and dynamics. (B) Prerequisite: PHYS 105A. Advanced dynamics; harmonic motion, central force fields, and Lagrange's equations. 105A - F; 105B - S
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3.00 Credits
(A) Prerequisites: PHYS 105A, MATH 81. Mathematical analysis of electrostatics and magnetostatics, Gauss' law, solutions of Laplace's equation, images, theory of conduction, magnetic potentials. (B) Prerequisite: PHYS 107A. Motion of ions in electric and magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, Maxwell's equations and wave propagation, electron theory, and magnetic properties. 107A - F; 107B - S
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHYS 4C, MATH 81. Theory of optical phenomena; wave theory of light with applications to optical instruments; interference and diffraction phenomena, dispersion, polarization, coherence, and laser phenomena. Practical experience in using lasers and optical instruments. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours) F
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHYS 102, 105A, MATH 81; PHYS 170A strongly recommended. Historical background, postulates, meaning, and methods of quantum mechanics; applications to atomic phenomena. S
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 4A, 4AL, 4B, 4BL, and 4C. Introduction to fundamentals of nuclear magnetic resonance and application in imaging and spectroscopy in-vivo. T1, T2, PD-weighted images; spin echo sequence; artifacts in images; and clinical applications of cerebral metabolites in id neurospectroscopy. Lab at VACCHCS. (3 lecture, 3 lab hours) F ( Formerly PHYS 175T)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 102. The interaction of radiation with matter: photoelectric, Compton and pair production processes, neutron and charged particle interactions, linear energy transfer, quality factor, attenuation coefficients, shielding. Biological effects, RBE, internal dose, permissible exposures, beneficial application. Instrumentation. F
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 136. Advanced experiments in atomic and nuclear physics. Radiation safety. Gamma ray, X-ray, and particle detection and spectroscopy. Applications of gas-filled detectors, scintillators, and high-purity germanium detectors. Statistics, error analysis. (1 lecture, 4 lab hours) S (Formerly PHYS 130)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 102, MATH 81. Fundamental concepts and laws of classical thermodynamics. Rudiments of kinetic theory and statistical thermodynamics with application to physical and chemical systems.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 4C (may be taken concurrently.) Introduction to celestial mechanics, spectral classification, stellar atmospheres and interiors, star formation and evolution, variable stars, neutron stars, pulsars, black holes, the nature of galaxies, and the expansion of the universe. S
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