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3.00 Credits
Prof. MacLaren, Prof. McGuire. A continuation of Physics 601. Calculus of variations, Rayleigh Ritz technique, Bessel and Legendre functions, Fourier series, Fourier and Laplace transforms, Green functions. An introduction to group theory and symmetry.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Purrington, Prof. Tipler. Fundamentals of stellar atmospheres and interiors: nuclear astrophysics, energy generation in stars, stellar evolution, nucleo-synthesis, and theories of supernovae. Gravitational collapse and properties of superdense stars. Galactic structure and evolution, elements of cosmology.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Diebold. Pre-requisite: Approval of instructor. Introduction to current topics of surface and interface physics and applications. Methods and techniques of modern surface science, experimental requirements and applications. Concepts of two-dimensional physics and chemistry, properties of surfaces and model systems.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: PHYS 2350 and MATH 2210 or 2240. An introduction to the use of computational methods in physics and engineering. Writing computer code and using data visualization techniques to help solve experimental and theoretical problems. Data analysis and modeling, Monte Carlo simulations, numerical differentiation and integration, ordinary and partial differential equations, electrostatic nonlinear dynamics and chaos, fast Fourier transform, noisy signal processing, quantum spectra, thermodynamics. (Same as PHYS 3170.)
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3.00 Credits
See Physics 3210 for description.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Purrington, Prof. Tipler. Pre-requisite: PHYS 4470. Unification of the strong, weak, and electro-magnetic interactions, based on the U(1) x SU(2) x SU(3) gauge group. Introduction to quantum field theory and the Feynman rules. Gauge invariance and non-Abelian Gauge Theories. The Standard Model Lagrangian. Electroweak theory and quantum chromodynamics. Masses and the Higgs mechanism. W and Z boson widths and decay channels. Quarks, gluons, confinement, and jets. Mesons, baryons, and glueballs. The Higgs boson. Running coupling constants in QED and QCD. Quark mixing angles, CP violation, and KM matrix. Beyond the Standard Model: grand unification, supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstrings.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Tipler. Pre-requisite: PHYS 602 or MATH 2210 and 2350 or MATH 374. Review of special relativity. Tensor analysis. Differential forms and manifolds. Geodesics and curvature two-forms. The metric tensor. The stress-energy tensor and the Einstein equations. The initial data problem. The Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions: classical black holes. Elementary relativistic cosmology. Generation and detection of gravitational waves. Experimental tests of general relativity: the PPN formalism. Global techniques and the Hawking-Penrose singularity theorems. Hawking radiation and the Bekenstein bound.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Diebold. Pre-requisite: PHYS 2350. Nanoscience and technology is often branded the science of the 21st century. It has been promised that nanotechnology will have similar stimulating effects on the world’s economy and society as the industrial-and microelectronics- revolution. Nanoscience is an interdisciplinary effort with the aim to manipulate and control matter at length scales down to single molecules and atoms and thus to create materials and devices with novel properties. With diminishing dimensions material properties are being governed by quantum mechanics. The description and exploitation of quantum phenomena in novel devices is the quintessence of nanophysics. Consequently, the main emphasis of this course is to give an overview of the physics of low dimensional solid state systems. This course is supplementary to courses in solid state physics and surface science but can be taken independently.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: PHYS 2350/2360 or instructor approval. Quantum physics, electronics and energy bands in crystals, electronic transport in materials, photoconductivity, Hall effect, quantum Hall effect, superconductors and their applications, magnetic properties of material and their applications, thermal properties of materials and dielectric properties of materials. (Same as PHYS 3700.)
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Tipler. Pre-requisite: PHYS 4230, 6250, and 6300. The Friedmann cosmological models: open, flat, and closed; matter and radiation dominated. The cosmological constant. Three degree blackbody radiation and its theoretical implications. Experimental tests in cosmology. Nucleosynthesis and galaxy formation. Anisotropic and inhomogeneous cosmologies: the Bianchi models, primarily Kasner and Type IX. GUTs in the very early universe: baryogenesis and phase transitions. Dark matter. Cosmic strings and magnetic monopoles. Inflationary models. Chaotic inflation. Future history and final state of the universe.
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