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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to astrophysics, including orbiting bodies, stellar structure and energy production, galaxies, and cosmology. We also will examine cultural pressures on the flow of scientific progress. Prerequisites: PHYS 222 and MATH 212. Crosslisted as ASTR 401.
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1.00 Credits
Geometrical optics, interference and diffraction, quantum optics, optical properties of matter, lasers and holography. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Crystal structure, phonons, free electron theory of metals, band theory, semiconductors, magnetism, Josephson effect, superconductivity and superfluidity, Mossbauer effect. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
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1.00 Credits
The laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic functions, kinetic theory of gases, statistical mechanics. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
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0.50 Credits
Experiments based on principles of optics, solid-state physics, nuclear physics, electricity and magnetism, low temperature physics, electronics, and vacuum systems. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
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0.50 Credits
Experiments based on principles of optics, solid-state physics, nuclear physics, electricity and magnetism, low temperature physics, electronics, and vacuum systems. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Basic postulates and applications, perturbation theory, angluar momentum, scattering theory, relativistic effects. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Classical electromagnetic theory, Maxwell's equations, electrostatics, magnetostatics, electromagnetic waves, theory of relativity, and elements of plasma physics. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Continuation of PHYS 633. Electromagnetic waves, theory of relativity, and elements of plasma physics. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Topics will include two or three of the following: complex variables, special functions, tensor analysis, group theory, partial differential equations. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
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