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4.00 Credits
Introduction to laser physics and modern optical physics aimed at advanced undergraduates. Review of electromagnetic theory and relevant aspects of quantum mechanics. Wave nature of light. Physics of basic optical elements. Propagation of focused beams, optical resonators, dielectric waveguides. Interaction of light with matter, introduction to quantum optics. Lasers. Physics of specific laser systems. Introduction to nonlinear optics. Modern applications.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to thermal physics: basic concepts of thermodynamics (energy, heat, work, temperature, and entropy), classical and quantum ensembles and partition functions. Applications include theory of solids (Debye and Einstein); black body radiation (Planck); classical and quantum gases and liquids; magnetism and phase transitions; biological molecules and signals.
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4.00 Credits
Students carry out three experimental projects selected from those available representing condensed matter, atomic, nuclear, and particle physics. Included are nuclear magnetic resonance, microwave spectroscopy, optical pumping, scattering of laser light, neutron activation of radioactive isotopes, Compton scattering of gamma rays, the relativistic mass of the electron, recoil free gamma-ray resonance, the lifetime of the muon, studies of superfluid helium, positron annihilation superconducting transitions, the quantum Hall effect, and properties of semiconductors. The facilities of the laboratory include several computer controlled experiments as well as computers for analysis.
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4.00 Credits
Primarily for selected concentrators in Physics, or in Chemistry and Physics, who have obtained honor grades in Physics 15 and a number of intermediate-level courses. The student must be accepted by some member of the faculty doing research in the student's field of interest. The form of the research depends on the student's interest and experience, the nature of the particular field of physics, and facilities and support available. Students wishing to write a senior thesis can do so by arranging for a sponsor and enrolling in this course.
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4.00 Credits
Open to selected concentrators in Physics, Chemistry and Physics, and other fields who wish to do supervised reading and studying of special topics in physics. Ordinarily such topics do not include those covered in a regular course of the Department. Honor grades in Physics 15 and a number of intermediate-level courses are ordinarily required. The student must be accepted by a member of the faculty.
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4.00 Credits
The goal of this tutorial is twofold. First, students will learn about a range of modern physics research topics from experts at Harvard as well as from one another. Every Wednesday evening a faculty member speaks on his/her area of research, preceded by assigned reading and a student presentation designed to introduce the basic physics, as well as important developments and burning problems at the frontiers of that particular research area. Second, the tutorial provides structured activities to help students develop practical skills for their future careers, expanding knowledge on unfamiliar subjects, participating in discussions, presenting and writing clearly about complex topics, and engaging in self and peer evaluation.
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4.00 Credits
Analyzes Machado's short stories in chronological order of composition, emphasizing their social content, the idiosyncratic behavior of their characters, and the author's use of language to convey the ambiguities of human nature.
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4.00 Credits
A comprehensive and diversified overview of contemporary Brazilian culture (post-WWII), involving not just literature and poetry, but also the visual arts, theatre, music, dance, architecture and urbanism. The course will cover both popular and mainstream culture.
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4.00 Credits
Brazilian culture is characterized by strong, diverse, and very peculiar spiritual legacies coming from its three main sources: Luso-European, African, and Native. They are expressed not only in literary works, but throughout cultural creations of all kinds, verbal and non-verbal, visual and aural, popular and mainstream.
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4.00 Credits
Engages in systematic grammar review, along with practice in writing and vocabulary enrichment, while examining contemporary Brazil as presented in Portuguese-language press, television, literature, and film. Analyzes the ways Brazilians and non-Brazilians construct different and conflicting images of Brazil and "Brazilianness." Issues of race relations, national identity, ethnicity, and gender addressed. Discussions based on historical and literary texts, advertisements, films, videotapes of Brazilian television, and current issues of newspapers and magazines.
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