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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 152. Prerequisite/Corequisite, PHYS 254. Laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic potentials, kinetic theory methods, phase transitions, equilibrium ensembles and related formalism with applications to classical and quantum systems. (Lecture 3 hrs.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHYS 254, 255. Interference, diffraction, polarization and elementary spectroscopy. (Lecture 2 hrs., laboratory 3 hrs.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHYS 152, 310. Prerequisite/Corequisite: MATH 370A or 364A. Vector calculus, electrostatics, and magnetostatics. Formulation of Maxwell's equations in vector analytic form. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-discussion 3 hrs.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 340A. Special relativity. Applications of Maxwell's equations: Plane electromagnetic waves, guided waves, radiation, interaction of electromagnetic waves and matter. (Lecture-discussion 3 hrs.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHYS 310; MATH 370A or 364A. Physical phenomena and models leading to development of quantum mechanics. Schroedinger equation, one-dimensional quantum mechanical problems, uncertainty principle, one-electron atoms, elementary applications of quantum mechanics. (Lecture-discussion 3 hrs.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 152. Prerequisite/Corequisite: MATH 370A or 364A. Learning symbolic algebra programming (e.g. Mathematica) to enhance the problem-solving abilities of students in physics, engineering and mathematics. Interpolation and fitting of experimental data. Sophisticated graphics, animations, analytic calculations, and numerical solutions for a variety of physics problems. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-discussion 3 hrs.)
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 152. Network analysis and complex impedance, transistor circuits, operational amplifiers, active filters and oscillators, digital electronics, analog-digital interfacing, microprocessors. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs., laboratory 3 hrs.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 340A. Prerequisite/Corequisite: MATH 370A or 364A. (Undergraduates enroll in PHYS 410; graduates enroll in PHYS 515.) Lorentz transformation, relativistic kinematics and dynamics, 4-vectors and tensors, transformation of electric and magnetic fields, covariant form of Maxwell's equations, introduction to general relativity. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-discussion 3 hrs.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHYS 310, 320, 350. (Undergraduates enroll in PHYS 422; graduates enroll in PHYS 522.) Entropy and temperature, Boltzmann distribution and Helmholtz free energy, thermal radiation, chemical potential, Gibbs distribution, ideal gas, Fermi and Bose gases, heat and work, Gibbs free energy and chemical reactions, phase transformations and kinetic theory. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lec-discussion 3 hrs)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHYS 310, 320, and 340A or consent of the instructor. (Undergraduates enroll in PHYS 434; graduates enroll in PHYS 534.) Topics in astrophysics. A particular semester schedule might include one or two topics from: Stellar interiors and evolution, radiative transfer and stellar atmospheres, relativistic cosmology, galaxy formation, accretion disk physics and quasars. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs)
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