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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Intermediate courses which are of current interest and/or logical continuations of the courses already being offered. These courses are structured as ordinary courses and have specifi c prerequisites, contact hours and examination procedures. Topics could include introductory statistical mechanics, plasma physics, general relativity, linear integrated circuits, cryogenics, radio astronomy, history of physics, astrophysics, astronomy. The level of study is appropriate for students in their fi rst three years of study. Class variable, Credit variable (offered upon suffi cient request)
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3.00 Credits
This course consists of experiments representative of the experimental foundations of modern quantum physics, including experiments investigating wave particle duality, measurement of fundamental constants, and the earliest of quantum mechanical models. Experiments include electron diffraction, the photoelectric effect, optical diffraction and interference, atomic spectroscopy, charge to mass ratio of an electron, and black-body radiation. (1017-313, 314) Class 1, Lab 3, Credit 2 (S)
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4.00 Credits
This course consists of more experiments investigating the foundations of modern quantum physics and its applications. These experiments span topics in atomic and nuclear physics, semiconductor physics, and phase transitions and critical phenomena. Experiments include the Franck-Hertz experiment, Ramsauer-Townsend effect, optical pumping in rubidium atoms, nuclear spectroscopy, radioactive half-life, the Hall effect in semiconductors and metals, properties of light emitting diodes, transistors, ferromagnetic and superconducting phase transitions. (1017-313, 314) Lab 4, Credit 2 (F)
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3.00 Credits
Faculty-directed student project or research involving laboratory work or theoretical calculations that could be considered of an original nature. The level of study is appropriate for students in their fi rst three years of study. (Permission of instructor) Class variable, Credit variable ( offered every year)
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3.00 Credits
Faculty-directed study of appropriate topics on a tutorial basis. The level of study is appropriate for students in their fi rst three years of study. Class variable, Credit variable
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1.00 Credits
Preparation for two-quarter physics capstone project, to be carried out in the following year. Includes selection of project and faculty mentor, preparation of a feasibility study, preparation of a paper and a public oral presentation. (Departmental approval) Class 1, Credit 1 (S)
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3.00 Credits
Particle dynamics in one, two and three dimensions; systems of particles; conservation laws; rigid body motion; gravitational fi elds and potentials. (Credit or co-registration in 1017-480) (1016-306, 1017-312, 313) Class 4, Credit 4 (F)
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4.00 Credits
Translating and rotating coordinate systems, mechanics of continuous media, wave motion, Lagrangian formulation of mechanics. (1017-401, 480) Class 4, Credit 4 (W)
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4.00 Credits
Electric and magnetic fi elds using vector methods, Gauss's law, theory of dielectrics, Ampere's law and Faraday's law, vector potential, displacementcurrent, Maxwell's equations, wave propagation in dielectrics and conductors; and production and propagation of radiation. (1016-306; 1017-312, 313, 480) Class 4, Credit 4 (W)
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4.00 Credits
Electric and magnetic fi elds using vector methods, Gauss's law, theory of dielectrics, Ampere's law and Faraday's law, vector potential, displacementcurrent, Maxwell's equations, wave propagation in dielectrics and conductors; and production and propagation of radiation. (1016-306; 1017-312, 313, 411, 480) Class 4, Credit 4 (S)
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