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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 450. Mathematical and postulational basis of quantum mechanics, one-dimensional problems, two-level systems, angular momentum, central potentials, time independent and time dependent perturbation theory. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 550A. Scattering, rotation group and irreducible tensor operations, identical particles, semi-classical radiation theory, atoms, path integral formalism, and other selected topics. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 550A. Deuteron problem, nucleon-nucleon potential, shell model, nuclear models, nuclear reactions, elementary particles, weak interactions, strong interactions. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.)
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Prerequisites: PHYS 310, 340B, 450. Feynman diagram language of scattering and decay, space-time symmetries, relativistic kinematics, hadron quantum numbers and quark models, QED, QCD and gluons, weak interactions. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MATH 370A,B or equivalent. Linear vector spaces, eigenvalue problem, functions of complex variable, special functions, properties and methods of solving partial differential equations of physics, integral equations, tensor analysis, and group theory. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 4,3 hrs.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 310 and PHYS 450. (Undergraduates enroll in PHYS 462, graduate students enroll in PHYS 562). Symbolic (e.g. Maple/Mathematica) and numerical (e.g. Fortran 95/C++) programming, and their applications: e.g. classical mechanical Hamilton equations, quantum mechanical bound and scattering-state problems, Schrodinger equation, Lippmann-Schwinger equation, Dirac equation. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3hrs.)
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Prerequisite: PHYS 450. (Undergraduates enroll in PHYS 470; graduates enroll in PHYS 569.) Study of the properties of solids from a quantum theoretical viewpoint. Topics include lattice vibrations, elastic constants, and thermal, electric and magnetic properties. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.)
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Prerequisite: PHYS 340A. (Undergraduates enroll in PHYS 475; graduates enroll in PHYS 575.) Propagation of electromagnetic waves, optical resonators, laser spectroscopy and operation, optical phase conjugation, nonlinear optics and selected applications. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.)
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Prerequisite: PHYS 340A. (Undergraduates enroll in PHYS 476; graduates enroll in PHYS 576.) Propagation of electromagnetic waves, optical resonators, laser spectroscopy and operation, optical phase conjugation, nonlinear optics and selected application. Experiments illustrating principles and techniques of electro-optics and laser physics. Applications include optical methods in communications, atomic spectroscopy, and nonlinear optics. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hrs laboratory 3 hrs)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 380 or consent of instructor. (Undergraduates enroll in PHYS 480; graduates enroll in PHYS 580.) Modern data acquisition and analysis methods using computer-based equipment and high level software. Physics experiments performed with standard personal computers, research-quality data acquisition hardware, and programmable instruments. Computer use as tool in execution and interpretation of experiments. Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hrs., laboratory 3 hrs.)
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