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3.00 Credits
Motion of a particle, coordinate transformations, non-inertial coordinate systems, systems of particles, rigid body motion. Lagrangian mechanics, normal modes of vibration, and Hamiltonian mechanics. Includes mathematical methods of wide use in physics. Lectures and problems. Prerequisite: Physics 246. Three lectures per week.
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3.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Modern physical optics including a study of the propagation of light, coherence and interference, diffraction, image formation. Fourier optics, spatial filtering, polarization, the optical activity of solids, the quantum nature of light, lasers, and holography. Lectures and problems. Prerequisite: Physics 156 or 166. Three lectures per week.
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3.00 Credits
Thermodynamics, entropy, thermodynamic potentials, phase changes, chemical reactions, kinetic theory, distributions, phase space, transport phenomena, fluctuations; classical and quantum statistical mechanics, application to solids, radiation, superfluids, lasers, and astrophysics. Lectures, discussion, and problems. Prerequisite: Physics 246.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the environmental politics of Latin America. It focuses on struggles over different natural resources - water, land, minerals, forests, and genetic material - with an eye toward understanding the complex relations between nature and society.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course begins with the quantum description of some two-dimensional systems (photon polarization and spin-1/2 particles) using the formalism of matrix mechanics. The course then moves on to cover two-particle systems, time evolution, and continuous systems (e.g., the harmonic oscillator). Three hours of lecture each week, and three hours of laboratory every other week. Laboratories include single photon interference, and tests of local realism (e.g., Bell inequalities). Prerequisites: Physics 246, 256 and Mathematics 244; Mathematics 300 or 367 are recommended. Distribution area: science and quantitative analysis.
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3.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Atomic physics and perturbation theory. Also includes other advanced topics, such as quantum information or molecular physics. Three hours of lecture each week. Prerequisite: Physics 385. Distribution area: science and quantitative analysis.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Specialized topics in physics such as: spectro-scopic techniques, semiconductor physics, laser physics, plasma physics, advanced instrumentation techniques. Topics offered in any given year will be announced in the yearly class schedule. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Staff Oral reports by students on individual reading and research, talks by faculty and visiting physicists, group discussion of readings of general interest. Students submit notes on talks and their own lecture notes. No examinations. One meeting per week. Graded credit/no credit.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Staff Experimental or theoretical research or reading in an area of physics not covered in regular courses, under supervision of a faculty member. Maximum six credits. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Preparation of a thesis.
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