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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Physics of coupled oscillations and waves, including classical wave equation. Wave-particle duality; origin and elementary applications of quantum mechanics; the Schroedinger wave equation; atomic and nuclear physics.
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3.00 Credits
Circuit fundamentals, linear and digital integrated circuits, transducers, analog to digital conversion, filtering, Fourier methods, microcomputers, and computer interfacing. Designed for science and computer science majors. Prerequisite: PHYS 212. Open to electrical engineering students by permission only.
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0.00 Credits
Laboratory for PHYS 235 Applied Electronics.
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1.00 Credits
This course examines both the history of timekeeping and the science and nature of time. Readings, field trips, labs and tests. Open only to students enrolled in the Bucknell in London Program.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to general astrophysics covering mechanics of orbiting bodies, radiation laws, stellar spectra, stellar atmospheres, the internal constitution of stars, stellar energy, galaxies, and cosmology. Prerequisites: PHYS 222 and MATH 212. Crosslisted as ASTR 301.
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3.00 Credits
Geometrical optics, interference and diffraction, quantum optics, optical properties of matter, lasers and holography. Prerequisite: PHYS 222 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Crystal structure, phonons, free electron theory of metals, band theory, semi-conductors, magnetism, superconductivity and superfluidity, liquid crystals, and other special topics. Prerequisite: PHYS 222 or permission of the instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Methods and techniques used in experimental and computational physics, including data analysis and numerical methods, use of standard research equipment, and documentation of laboratory work emphasizing written and oral communication of scientific results. Experiments include topics in astrophysics, atomic and nuclear physics, nonlinear dynamics, optics, and phase transitions.
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1.00 Credits
The laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic functions, kinetic theory of gases, statistical mechanics.
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0.50 Credits
Experiments and computer simulations based on principles of optics, solid-state physics, nuclear physics, nonlinear dynamics, biophysics, electricity and magnetism, laser spectroscopy, electronics, phase transition, and vacuum systems.
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