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1.00 Credits
A seminar course for teaching assistants focused on developing the art and science of teaching physics laboratories. Journal articles, books and other texts will be studied to serve as sources of discussion about the teaching and learning activities in the laboratory classes in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Prereq: Consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The physics of stars from star formation to stellar death. Topics include stellar structure and evolution, energy generation and transport, the later stages of stellar evolution and stellar remnants. Prereq: PHY 361, PHY 416G, PHY 417G or consent of instructor. (Same as AST 591.)
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3.00 Credits
The physics of galaxies and of the interstellar medium. Topics include galaxy formation, evolution and interaction, phases of the interstellar medium, and physical processes in the interstellar medium. Prereq: PHY 361, PHY 416G, PHY 417G or consent of instructor. (Same as AST 592.)
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
An advanced seminar course on topics related to departmental research programs. Topics may include astrophysics, atomic physics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics and particle physics. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours. Prereq: Consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A lecture and problem course treating electrostatics, boundary conditions, potential problems, energy in electric and magnetic fields, magnetic materials and Maxwell's equations. Prereq: PHY 416G; MA 214.
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3.00 Credits
Continuation and extension of PHY 611. Includes theory of electromagnetic waves and applications to optical phenomena and radiation. Special theory of relativity and the covariant treatment of Maxwell's equations will be discussed. Prereq: PHY 611.
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3.00 Credits
A lecture and problem course dealing with the description of quantum systems in the forms of wave mechanics, matrix mechanics and state vectors. Also includes angular momentum and its addition, and approximation methods for bound states. Prereq: PHY 520.
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3.00 Credits
Continuation of PHY 614 covering time dependent perturbation theory, symmetry and invariance principles, and elementary scattering theory including the method of partial waves. Prereq: PHY 614.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to field theory and many-body theory. Topics include path integral quantization, second quantization, relativistic field theory of bosons and fermions, Green's function and perturbation theory, field theories on the lattice, renormalization of scalar fields and applications to critical phenomena. Prereq: PHY 615, PHY 632.
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3.00 Credits
Electron band theory, lattice dynamics, electron-phonon and electron-electron interactions, superconductivity and superfluidity, Fermi liquid theory. Prereq: PHY 524, 614, 632.
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