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4.00 Credits
Spring. Prerequisite: Physics 253. Covers astronomical coordinates, celestial mechanics, Kepler's Laws, gravitation, planetary analysis techniques, planetary and interplanetary debris composition and structure, ring system formation, extrasolar planetary systems, with laboratory sessions in the Emory observatory.
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Spring. Prerequisite: Physics 253. Covers stellar analysis techniques, binary stars, stellar structure, the sun, stellar evolution, stellar variability, stellar death, the Milky Way, galactic structure, structure of the universe, cosmology, with laboratory sessions in the Emory observatory.
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4.00 Credits
Fall. Prerequisite: Physics 142 or 152 and Math 211 and 212, or consent of instructor. Practical introduction to advanced mathematical methods: partial differential equations, boundary value problems, special functions, integral transforms, functions of complex variables, contour integrals, the residue theorem, Hermitian and unitary matrices.
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4.00 Credits
Fall. Prerequisite: Physics 152 and Math 211, or consent of instructor. Vector calculus, central forces and planetary motion, rigid bodies, Lagrangian methods. Course is designed for BS and BS applied physics majors. Physics BA majors may take Physics 361 and 365 or Physics 254 Classical Physics. Students who take this course should not take Physics 254.
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Electrostatics, solution methods for Poisson and Laplace equations, steady currents and electromagnetic induction, magnetic and electrostatic energy, slowly varying currents, Maxwell's equations, propagation of electromagnetic waves, wave propagation in bounded regions. Students who take this course should not take Physics 254.
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4.00 Credits
Offered as required. Credit, two to four hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.Selected topics and problems of special or current interest in physics. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
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Fall, spring, summer. Credit, two to four hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Adapted to particular needs of individual student with instructor acting as adviser.
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4.00 Credits
Fall. Prerequisite: Physics 253. Laws of thermodynamics, entropy, Carnot engine, thermodynamic potentials, Gibbs ensembles, classical and quantum statistics, photon gas, phonons, Debye theory, electron gas, Bose-Einstein condensation, chemical kinetics, phase transitions, and critical phenomena.
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4.00 Credits
Offered as required. Prerequisite: Physics 421 or Physics 425, or consent of instructor. Physics and material properties of technically important solids including semiconductors and superconductors. Applications to electronic and optoelectronic devices including transistors, photodiodes, solid state lasers, SQUIDS.
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