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3.00 Credits
Three Credits Spring Semester Structure and evolution of the Universe. Topics include: a brief history of our ideas about the size of the Universe, from the Greeks to Copernicus; the Newtonian revolution and the defeat of the anthropocentric view of the cosmos; Einstein and the geometry of space-time; the Milky Way and the discovery of other galaxies; stellar evolution; supernovae; white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes; pulsars; how stars produce the atomic building blocks of life; Big Bang and the expansion of the universe; discovery of microwave background radiation; and the mystery of dark matter. The course will include class activities, such as labs, and repeated visits to our astronomical observatory.
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Three Credits Offered Alternate Years An introduction to the macroscopic view of thermodynamics: temperature, heat, work, entropy, equations of state, engines and refrigerators. Introduction to the microscopic or statistical view: Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution; microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical distributions; quantum statistics of bosons and fermions; black body radiation; electronic and thermal properties of quantum liquids and solids. Prerequisites: PY 121-122, PY 221, LC 235 or consent of the Instructor.
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Three Credits Fall Semester Introduction to the structure of stars and hydrostatic equilibrium; stellar nuclear fusion; stellar evolution, the ultimate fate of stars, stellar super-winds and supernovae; stellar remnants: white dwarfs, neutron stars and degeneracy pressure; x-ray sources; black holes and accretion disks; how relativity predicts the expansion of the universe; quasars and gamma ray bursts; modern cosmology: microwave background radiation; dark matter; vacuum energy; the formation of galaxies from gravitational instability; primordial synthesis of the elements; the Big Bang as a test of our high energy physics theories. Prerequisites: PY 121-122, PY 221, LC 235 or consent of the Instructor.
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Three Credits Offered Alternate Years Schroedinger wave equation and the statistical interpretation of the wave function; the time independent equation in one dimension - free particle, square wells, barriers, tunneling; the equation in three dimensions - hydrogen atom and angular momentum; identical particles and spin; multiparticle states and entanglement; introduction to solids and Block theorem. Prerequisites: PY 121-122, PY 221, LC 235.
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Three Credits Offered Alternate Years The sources, the properties and the waves of electromagnetic fields and potentials; Boundary value problems in electrostatics; Magnetostatics and Faraday's law; Electromagnetic Properties of media: dialectrics, diamagnetic, paramagnetic and ferromagnetic materials; Maxwell's equations in differential form; Relativistic basis of electromagnetism; Electromagnetic basis of geometric and wave optics: lenses, mirrors, diffraction, polarization. Prerequisites: PY 121-122, PY 221, LC 235 or consent of the Instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Four Credits Offered Alternate Years Analog electronic circuits, from RL, RC, RLC filters to transistors and operational amplifiers; introduction to digital circuits. The course includes both theory and a strong lab component. Prerequisites: PY 121-122.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits Fall and Spring Semesters Available experiments include: Cavendish experiment for the gravitational constant, Young's two-slit interference experiment, Fizeau's rotating mirror experiment for the speed of light, Maxwell's speed of light via electrical measurements, Thomson's experiment for the electron charge/mass ratio, Millikan's experiment for the electron charge, Einstein-Perrin's for Boltzmann's constant,Planck's constant via photoelectric effect, Planck's constant via hydrogen spectrum, Rutherford's experiment for nuclear size, Frank-Hertz experiment on inelastic electron-atom collisions. PY 401 may be elected without PY 402; however, to complete all of the experiments students will need both semesters. See Program Director. Prerequisites: PY 121-122, PY 221.
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Three Credits Fall and Spring Semesters This is an umbrella title to accommodate any physics offering not included in the above list. The specific topics covered will be listed in pre-registration materials and will appear in the student's transcripts; for example, PY 403, Topics in Physics - Medical Physics. Student may take several semesters of PY 403, because of a change in topic: e.g. Topics in Physics- Optics. See pre-registration listing for current topic or see Program Director. Prerequisites: PY 121-122, PY 221, LC 235 or consent of the Instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits Fall and Spring Semesters The mechanism for PY 404 is the same as for PY 403: examples are PY 404 - Research in Extrasolar Planets, PY 404 - Stellar Evolution or PY 404 - Cosmology. See pre-registration listing for current topic or see Program Director. Prerequisites: PY 121-122, PY 221, LC 235 or consent of the Instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits Fall and Spring Semesters This is an opportunity for upper level students to do advanced work in a specialized area of physics or astronomy.
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