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3.00 Credits
4:1.5:1:4 Second of two introductory courses in general physics. Electric forces and fields. Electric potential and capacitance. Electric current. Magnetic forces and fields. Faradays law and inductance. Maxwells equations. Mechanical and electromagnetic waves. Geometrical optics. Interference and diffraction. Prerequisites: PH 1004, MA 1124 or an approved equivalent.
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Special theory of relativity, Michelson Morley experiment. Planck's quantum hypothesis, photoelectric effect, Compton effect, Rutherford scattering, Bohr's atom, de- Broglie wavelength, electron diffraction, wave function, uncertainty principle, Schrodinger equation. Application to: square well potential, one electron atom. Atomic nucleus, fission and fusion. Energy bands in a periodic lattice, Kronig Penney model, valence, conduction bands, impurity states, electron mobility. Semiconductor properties. Introduction to superconductivity; electron pairs, energy gap, Josephson effect. Prerequisite: PH 2004.
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Historical development of observational astronomy. Traditional and modern observational techniques. Theories of formation and evolution of starts, planets and galaxies. Current developments in astronomy, cosmology and astrophysics. Prerequisite: PH 2004.
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Statics by virtual work and potential energy methods. Stability of equilibrium. Particle dynamics, harmonic oscillator and planetary motion. Rigid body dynamics in two and three dimensions. Lagrangian mechanics. Dynamics of oscillating systems. Prerequisites: MA 2122 and PH 2004.
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Fundamental laws of macroscopic thermodynamics, heat, internal energy, entropy. Introduction to statistical physics, including applications of Maxwell, Fermi-Dirac and BoseEinstein distributions. Prerequisites: MA 2122 and PH 2344.
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Properties of the electrostatic, magnetostatic and electromagnetic field in vacuum and in material media. Maxwell's equations with applications to elementary problems. Prerequisites: MA 2122 and PH 2004.
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The first of an interdisciplinary, twosemester sequence on concepts, techniques and applications of nanotechnology. Introduction to nanotechnology, examples of nanoscale systems. Systematics in miniaturization from the mm to the nm scale. Limits to miniaturization. Quantum concepts and elementary Schrodinger theory. Quantum effects in the behavior of chemical matter. Examples of self-assembled nanosystems from nature and from contemporary industrial products. Prerequisite: PH 2004.
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Special topics in interdisciplinary physics supervised by staff member. Prerequisites: PH 2344, must be an interdisciplinary physics major.
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2.00 Credits
The second of a two-course sequence on concepts and techniques of nanotechnology. Novel function and performance can occur with materials or devices of size scales of one to 100 nanometers, a range extending from molecular scale to that of typical linewidths in contemporary microelectronics. Nanosystems may provide entirely new functions, by virtue of access enabled by the small size. Photoand x-ray lithographic patterning. Scanning probe microscopes for observation and for fabrication. Molecular machines as envisioned by Drexler. The role of an der Waals force. Questions of \machine manufacturability on the nm scale. The IBM GMR hard-drive \read head. Micro- and nano-electromechanical devices and systems. Single-electron electronics. Molecular electronics. Prerequisite: PH 3244.
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Quantitative introduction to the quantum theory, which describes understanding light, electrons, atoms, nuclei and solid matter. Superposition principle, expectation values, momentum operator and wave function, duality, current vector, hermitian operators, angular momentum, solution of the radial equation, electron in a magnetic field, perturbation theory, WKB approximation, identical particles. Applications include alpha decay, electrons in a periodic lattice, hydrogen spectrum, helium atom, neutronproton scattering, and quark model of baryons. Prerequisites: MA 2122 and PH 2344.
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