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4.00 Credits
A classical treatment of electrodynamics in vacuum and matter. Electrostatic and magnetostatic fields. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves in conductors and non-conducting media. An introduction to the mathematics of vector calculus. Meets: Four hours lecture. Prerequisite: PHYS 11, 12, and MATH 17. Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years.
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4.00 Credits
A study of Newton's laws applied to the motion of particles and systems of particles. Forced and damped harmonic oscillators. Central-field motion, collisions, conservation laws, Lagrangian mechanics, and Hamilton's equations. Also rigid body dynamics and topics in computational physics. Meets: Four hours lecture. Prerequisite: PHYS 11, 12, and MATH 17. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
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A study of the wave equation, properties of wave motion, and electromagnetic waves. The propagation of light, dispersion, and absorption. Geometrical optics, lenses, optical systems. Superposition, interference, and Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction. Topics in modern optics. Meets: Four hours lecture. Prerequisite: PHYS 11, 12, and MATH 17. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years.
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4.00 Credits
PHYS 11 is the normal introductory physics courses recommended for all science majors; also recommended for other students interested in physics. Because many students take calculus and PHYS 11 in the same semester, calculus is introduced gradually and discussed as needed. Offers topics in mechanics: motion, Newton's laws, energy, conservation laws, collisions, gravitation, oscillations, and waves. Thermodynamics. Meets: Three hours lecture, one hour recitation, three hours laboratory. Corequisite: PHYS 3L. Corequisite or Prerequisite: Calculus (MATH 7, or equivalent) Offered fall semester.
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A study of the fundamental concepts of classical thermodynamics and the thermal behavior of gases, liquids, and solids. The kinetic theory of gases. Statistical thermodynamics, including Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, and Fermi-Dirac statistics.Applications to an ideal diatomic gas, electrons in metals and monatomic crystals. Connection between statistical thermodynamics and information theory. Meets: Four hours lecture. Prerequisite: PHYS 11, 12, and MATH 17. Offered fall semester in even-numbered years.
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4.00 Credits
PHYS 12 is the normal introductory physics courses recommended for all science majors; also recommended for other students interested in physics. Includes electricity, magnetism, and electrical circuits. Light and optics: lenses, mirrors, diffraction and interference of light. Meets: Three hours lecture, one hour recitation, three hours laboratory. Prerequisite: PHYS 11 or equivalent. MATH 8 or equivalent. Corequisite: PHYS 4L Corequisite or Prerequisite: Prerequisite or corequisite; MATH 8, or equivalent. Offered spring semester.
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4.00 Credits
A study of the formalism and applications of quantum theory. Wave mechanics, interpretation of the quantum wave function, one-dimensional bound states, scattering and tunneling. Quantum mechanics in three dimensions. Two-particle systems, bosons and fermions, exchange forces. Approximation methods. Applications to atomic and molecular configurations. Meets: Four hours lecture. Prerequisite: PHYS 11, 12, and MATH 104. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
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4.00 Credits
Experimental physics at an advanced undergraduate level. Includes working in an increasingly independent format on a series of selected projects from a variety of physics areas. Lectures and laboratory work give specific attention to experimental design, laboratory techniques, computer data acquisition and analysis, and error propagation and analysis. Also serves as preparation for possible subsequent experimental research such as might be undertaken in PHYS 135. Meets: One hour lecture, six hours laboratory. Prerequisite: PHYS 11, 12, 14, 103 and MATH 17. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years.
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4.00 Credits
Experimental physics at an advanced undergraduate level. Includes working in an increasingly independent format on a series of selected projects from a variety of physics areas. Lectures and laboratory work give specific attention to experimental design, laboratory techniques, computer data acquisition and analysis, and error propagation and analysis. Also serves as preparation for possible subsequent experimental research such as might be undertaken in PHYS 135. Meets: One hour lecture, six hours laboratory. Prerequisite: PHYS 123. Offered fall semester in even-numbered years.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to methods used in solving problems in physics and other sciences. Calculus of variations and extremum principles. Orthogonal functions and Sturm-Liouville problems. Fourier series. Series solutions of differential equations. The partial differential equations of physics. Transform and Green's function methods of solution. Nonlinear equations and chaos theory. Meets: Four hours lecture. Prerequisite: PHYS 11 or permission of instructor; and MATH 104. Offered fall semester. Same as: MATH 125.
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