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3.00 Credits
Particle kinematics; Newtonian mechanics; classical gravitation; Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics; linear oscillations; nonlinear oscillations; central force and planetary motion; collisions between particles; motion in noninertial systems. Prerequisites: PHY 201; MTH 224.
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3.00 Credits
Foundations of quantum theory: deBroglie's postulate, Bohr model of the atom, and the Schrodinger equation; applications of quantum theory to atoms, solids, nuclei, and particles; relativity. Prerequisite: PHY 201. Corequisite: the appropriate section of PHY 350.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to vector calculus; electrostatics in vacuum and dielectrics including boundary value problems; method of images, steady currents, and magnetostatics in vacuum. Prerequisites: PHY 201; MTH 224. Corequisite: MTH 501 or an upper-division mathematics course approved by Physics Department.
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3.00 Credits
Plane electromagnetic waves in vacuum, magnetic materials, and conductors; reflection and refraction, guided waves, and radiation of electromagnetic waves. Prerequisite: PHY 305; MTH 501 or an upper-division mathematics course approved by Physics Department.
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3.00 Credits
Geometrical optics: matrix methods, mirrors, lenses, fibers, thick optics, optical instruments; physical optics including interference, diffraction, polarization, lasers, and holography. Prerequisites: PHY 202 or 303. Corequisite for all physics majors or minors: PHY 350, "Optics Laboratory."
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3.00 Credits
Role of ionizing radiation in the biological and medical sciences: production, detection, and measurement of radiation, physically and biologically; interaction of radiation with matter at molecular, cellular, whole body, and whole population levels; applications of radiation as a useful and experimental tool. Cross listed as BIO 345. Prerequisites: PHY 108; MTH 115 or 121; C or better in BIO 124.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Laboratory: design of experiments and techniques of measurement, particularly electronic instrumentation, in investigating fundamental relationships in all areas of physics. One three-hour laboratory session per week per credit hour required. May be repeated for maximum of 4 hrs. credit. Sections of this course may provide a lab component for PHY 202, 303, and 320. Prerequisite: consent of department chair.
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3.00 Credits
Electronic principles with application to measurement devices utilized in science research. Self-paced instruction and laboratory work. Prerequisites: PHY 201; MTH 122.
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3.00 Credits
A theoretical treatment of classical thermodynamics with applications of the first and second laws, and an introduction to statistical mechanics, including quantum statistics, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, general properties of the partition function, applications of statistical mechanics to fluid and solid systems, and the Ising model. Prerequisites: PHY 301; PHY 202 or 303.
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3.00 Credits
Inadequacies of classical physics when applied to problems in atomic and nuclear physics. Development of mathematical formalism used in basic quantum theory, with applications to simple models of physical systems. Prerequisites: PHY 301; PHY 202 or 303, 306 or consent of instructor. MTH 207 recommended.
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