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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: PHYS 301 and MATH 307. Electrostatics, magnetism and electromagnetic properties of matter, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, boundary conditions, and polarization.
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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: PHYS 320 and MATH 307, or permission of instructor. Brief introduction to the correspondence between classical and quantum mechanics, Schroedinger wave equation, operator methods in quantum mechanics, angular momentum and conservation laws, solution to harmonic oscillator and the hydrogen atom, magnetic dipole momentum and spin.
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6.00 Credits
Semester course; 1-3 lecture hours. 1-3 credits per semester. Maximum total of 6 credits. In-depth study of a selected topic in physics or physics-related technology, usually at a level requiring only elementary algebra. Not applicable toward physics major. See the Schedule of Classes for specific topics to be offered each semester and prerequisites.
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3.00 Credits
Semester course; variable hours. 1-3 credits per semester. Maximum of 3 credits applicable toward physics major requirement; maximum total of 4 credits. Open to nonmajors. Determination of amount of credit and permission of instructor must be obtained before registration of course. Intended to allow nonmajors and majors to examine in detail an area of physics or physics-related technology not otherwise available in upper-level courses. May involve either directed readings or directed laboratory work.
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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: PHYS 380 or permission of instructor. Transition rates, addition of angular momentum, multielectron atoms-ground state, X-ray and optical excitations, time independent perturbation theory, relativistic hydrogen atom and the structure of atoms, collision theory, nuclear structure, elementary particles and their symmetries.
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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: PHYS 376 or permission of instructor. Comprehensive study of propagation of light, including geometrical optics, polarization, interference, diffraction, Fourier optics and quantum optics.
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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: PHYS 376 and PHYS 380. Structure and bonding in solids, phonons, free electron Fermi gas, energy bands, semiconductors, Fermi surface, optical properties and magnetism.
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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 1 lecture and 4 laboratory hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: PHYS 301, PHYS 320 and PHYZ 320L. Experiments in condensed matter physics with an introduction to the instrumentation and data analysis used in the research laboratory.
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1.00 Credits
Semester course; 1 lecture and 1 recitation hours. 1 credit. Prerequisites: PHYS 376 and PHYS 420. Attend weekly physics colloquia, practice oral presentation of ideas and problems. Assessment of general physics background.
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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Maximum of 3 credits applicable toward physics major requirement; maximum total of 6 credits. An in-depth study of a selected topic in physics. See the Schedule of Classes for specific topics to be offered each semester and prerequisites.
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