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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Optical modulators, display devices, types and operation of lasers, mode locking, Q-switching, photodetectors, optical fibers. Prerequisites PHYS 502 or 684, and 513 or 685. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Study of imaging methods using acoustic and electromagnetic waves to probe extended objects, and mathematical transformations to produce images from scattered waves. Topics include classical imaging, physical optics, Fourier transform, holography, tomography, seismic mapping, underwater acoustic imaging and mapping, side-looking radar, antenna arrays, applicable computer methods. Prerequisites PHYS 513 or 685. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Cross-Listed with CSI 780 Study of diverse physical systems with emphasis on modeling and simulation. Study and development of numerical algorithms and techniques to obtain both numerical results and visualization of these results. Projects undertaken will draw from such areas as many-body orbital dynamics, molecular interactions, quantum systems, radiative transfer in high-temperature plasmas, stellar interiors, hydrodynamics, and cosmology. Prerequisites PHYS 303, 305, and 510; PHYS 502 or equivalent recommended. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Advanced thermodynamics and physical kinetics with applications to materials science. The course covers an axiomatic formulation of thermodynamics, theory of phase transformations, kinetic theory of reactions and diffusion processes in solids, and interface phenomena. Possible applications considered in the course include processing and fabrication of semiconductor materials, metal oxidation and corrosion, diffusion-controlled phase growth in solid solutions, shape memory alloys, and small-size effects in physical properties of materials. Prerequisites MATH 113, 114, 213, 307; PHYS 262 or 266, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Cross-Listed with CSI 685 Covers fundamentals of materials science with emphasis on physical topics including crystal structure and symmetry, dislocation theory, theory of interfaces, multicomponent phase diagrams, theory of phase transformations, nano-materials, metallic glasses. Includes a term project, assignments from current literature and application of computation in materials science. Prerequisites CDS 385 / PHYS 385 or undergraduate degree in physics, chemistry, materials, electrical or mechanical engineering or related disciplines; or permission of instructor Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Study of continuum mechanics; topics include physical concepts, mathematical formulation and solution, elastic materials, ideal fluids, viscous fluids, waves in continuous media, turbulence, thermal convection, stability considerations, high-temperature gas flows, radiative processes for momentum and energy transport, shocks, and computational fluid dynamics. Prerequisites PHYS 510 and 303 or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Cross-Listed with BINF 740 Introduces biophysics, focusing on physical and chemical concepts and their relation to rapidly expanding interdisciplinary interfaces among biology, chemistry, and physics. Reveals multiscale nature of biophysics, and includes exploration of macroscopic and microscopic applications. Prerequisites Undergraduate degree in physics or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Cross-Listed with ASTR 660 Overview of space weather including sun, heliosphere, magnetosphere, and ionosphere. Prerequisites Graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Covers the basic conservation laws of mass, momentum, and energy, and a scaling analysis of the equations of motion and thermodynamics. Balanced flows in the atmosphere are discussed. Concepts of circulation and vorticity; the role of the atmospheric boundary layer in mass, momentum, and energy transfer; synoptic scale motions; and the role of gravity and Rossby waves in controlling the general circulation of the atmosphere are covered. Prerequisites PHYS 303, 305, and 308; and MATH 314. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Fundamental concepts, including one-dimensional solutions of Schrodinger's equations, operators in Hilbert space, observables, propagators, and harmonic oscillators. Prerequisites PHYS 305, 308; MATH 313 and 314, or equivalent. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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