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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Deals with static and dynamic properties of electromagnetic fields as described by Maxwell's equations. Covers electrostatics, magnetostatics, boundary value problems, multipoles, time dependent fields, propagating wave solutions, and resonant structures. 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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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Study of the physical basis for selection of particular mathematical tools in physics; topics include curvilinear coordinates, tensors, matrices, differential equations, special functions, complex variables, and group theory. 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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1.00 Credits
Credits: 1 A general seminar course that combines invited seminars from faculty (both internal and external) with graduate student seminars. Prerequisites Permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 1 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Study of classical mechanics; topics include variational principles, constrained motion, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, canonical transformations, and applications (central forces, rigid-body motion, oscillations). 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 CHEM 730/CSI 782 Topics include thermodynamics, kinetic theory, ensemble theory, quantum statistics, and 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 760 Covers plasma processes involved in today's space physics research, including different regimes of plasma; basic concepts in kinetic, fluid, and MHD plasmas; and existent waves in these media. Also covers basics of shocks, discontinuities, transport and acceleration of particles such as cosmic rays, reconnection, and MHD instabilities. Prerequisites PHYS 513 or 685, 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 789 Selected topics in physics not covered in fixed-content physics courses. Prerequisites Permission of instructor. Notes May be repeated for credit as needed. 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 topics in quantum mechanics. Covers rotations, angular momentum, 3D solutions to Schrodinger's equations, symmetries, conservation laws, approximate methods, and spin mechanics. Prerequisites PHYS 684, 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 Advanced topics in electrodynamics. Covers radiation, scattering and diffraction, special relativity, relativistic particle dynamics, Lorentz transformation, 4-vectors, transformation of fields, charges and currents, Thomas precession, retarded potentials, and radiation from moving charges. Prerequisites PHYS 685, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Credits: 1-6 Reading and research on a specific topic in physics or related field under the direction of a faculty member. Prerequisites Admission to master's program, and permission of instructor. Notes May be repeated as needed. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 0 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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