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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; extensive problem solving. Prerequisite: course 115A passed with a grade of C- or better or consent of instructor. Properties and classification of elementary particles and their interactions. Experimental techniques. Conservation laws and symmetries. Strong, electromagnetic, and weak interactions. Introduction to Feynman calculus. Not offered every year.-II, III. (II, III.)
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; extensive problem solving. Prerequisite: course 115A or the equivalent passed with a grade of C- or better or consent of instructor. Survey of fundamental ideas in the physics of solids, with selected device applications. Crystal structure, x-ray and neutron diffraction, phonons, simple metals, energy bands and Fermi surfaces, semiconductors, optical properties, magnetism, superconductivity.-IIIII. (II-III.)
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; project. Prerequisite: courses 9A, B, C, D or 9HA, HB, HC, HD, HE or consent of instructor. Topics vary, covering areas of contemporary research in physics. May be repeated for credit. Not offered every year.-I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; project. Prerequisite: courses 9A, B, C, D or consent of instructor. The chemical composition, structure, energy sources and evolutionary history of stars, with equal emphasis on both the observational data and theoretical models, including black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs and the formation of substellar masses. Offered in alternate years.-(I.) Becker, Boeshaar
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; project. Prerequisite: courses 9A, B, C, D and 105A concurrently or consent of instructor. The structure, contents, and formation of our Milky Way galaxy, viz. its shape and size, the nature of the interstellar medium, stellar populations, rotation curves, mass determination and evidence of dark matter. Offered in alternate years.-III. Boeshaar, Knox
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; project. Prerequisite: courses 9A, B, C, D, 104A and 105A or consent of instructor. Structure and evolution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, including distance and mass determination, galaxy types and environments, active galactic nuclei and quasars, gravitational lensing and dark matter, global cosmological properties. Not open to students who have completed course 127. Offered in alternate years.-(II.) Fassnacht
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; project. Prerequisite: course 105AB, 110A; 110B and 115A concurrently; 112 or consent of instructor. Applications of classical and quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and electricity and magnetism to astrophysical settings such as the Big Bang, degenerate white dwarf and neutron stars, and solar neutrinos. Not open to students who have completed this course previously as course 198. Offered in alternate years.-(III.) Knox
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; project. Prerequisite: course 104A and 105A; 105B and 110A or consent of instructor. Definition of the mathematical frame work for the description of the gravitational field, introduction of the dynamical equations of Einstein governing its evolution and review of the key solutions, including black holes and expanding universes. Offered in alternate years.-II. Kaloper
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; project. Prerequisite: courses 9A, B, C, D and 105A concurrently or consent of instructor. Contemporary knowledge regarding the origin of the universe, including the Big Bang and nucleosynthesis, microwave background radiation, formation of cosmic structure, cosmic inflation, cosmic acceleration and dark energy. Offered in alternate years. Not open to students who have completed course 126.-III. Albrecht
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-2 hours; laboratory-6 hours; project. Prerequisite:courses 9A, B, C, D. Experimental techniques, data acquisition and analysis involving stellar, nebular and galaxy digital imaging, photometry and spectroscopy. Analyzing time resolved changes in the solar atmosphere in the light of hyrdrogen alpha. Offered in alternate years.-III. Boeshaar, Tyson
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