Courses

Principally involves the state and transport of water, heat and gas within soil, and the associated soil physical properties. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for ENR 5261. Cross-listed in ENR.

Development of Lagrangian mechanics, inertia and stress tensors, rigid body rotations and introduction to the mechanics of continuous media. Prereq: A grade of C+ or above in 2301 (262), and a grade of C+ or above in Math 2174 (415) or 2568 (568). Not open to students with credit for 664.

Introduction to the description of electrostatic fields; dielectrics; boundary-value problems; magnetic fields of steady currents; induction; Maxwell's equations; plane waves. Prereq: A grade of C+ or above in 2301 (263), and Math 2174, 2415 (415), 2255 (255), or 5520H (521H); or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5400H, 555, or 656.

Advanced treatment of electrostatic fields; dielectrics; boundary-value problems; magnetic fields of steady currents; induction; Maxwell's equations; plane waves. Prereq: Honors standing, Math 2174, 2415 (415), 2255 (255), or 5520H (521H), and a grade of C+ or above in Physics 2301 (263); or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5400, 555, or 656.

Plane waves, plane waves in matter; physical optics; coherence, interference, diffraction, and dispersion. Prereq: Honors standing or permission of instructor; (B+ or better in 5400) or (C+ or better in 5400H) or (B+ or better in 555). Not open to students with credit for 656 or 657.

Introduction to quantum mechanics, including its historical background, the Schrodinger equation, solutions of one-dimensional scattering and bound state problems. Prereq: A grade of C+ or above in 2301 (263), and Math 2174, 2415 (415), 2255 (255) or 5520H (521H); or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5500H, 631, or 632.

Advanced treatment of quantum mechanics, including its historical background, the Schrodinger equation, solutions of one-dimensional scattering and bound state problems. Uses Dirac notation. Prereq: Honors status, a grade of B or above in 2301, and a grade of B- or above in Math 2174, 2415, 2255 or 5520H; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5500.

Harmonic oscillator, time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, addition of angular momenta, fine and hyperfine structure of hydrogen, identical particles, periodic systems, modern physics applications of quantum mechanics. Prereq: 5500, and Math 2174, 2415, 2255, or 5520H; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 5501H or 633.

The Schrodinger equation in three dimensions, angular momentum, the hydrogen atom; time-independent perturbation theory, time-dependent perturbation theory, scattering theory and the Born approximation, multi-electron atoms. Prereq: Honors status, or permission of instructor; and B+ or above in 5500, or B- or above in 5500H. Not open to students with credit for 5501.

Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; applications to noninteracting classical and quantums systems. Interacting systems, special states of matter, critical phenomena and phase transitions. Prereq: 5500; and Math 2415, 2255, 2174, or 5520H; or permission of instructor.

Lab course for physics majors. Three advanced experiments from a variety of physics disciplines are carried out. Emphasis is on experimental techniques, analysis of collected data, and formal presentation of experimental results. Prereq: 2301 (263); and 3700 (416); and 5400 (555) or 5400H; and 5500 (631) or 5500H. Not open to students with credit for 616.

Presents fundamentals of engineering-physics design and leads to skills development relevant to a specific design proposal. Technical communication skills, both written and oral, are employed throughout. Prereq: 2301 (263) and a Second Writing course, and Sr standing in Engineering Physics.

Continues training in engineering-physics design. Preliminary designs are refined and prototypes are fabricated and tested. Technical communication skills, both written and oral, are employed throughout. Prereq: 5800, and Sr standing in Engineering Physics.

Experimental and theoretical aspects of areas of current interest in Computational Physics. Prereq: 5500 or 5500H; and CSE 1222, 1223, 1224, Astron 1221, Engr 1221, or 1281H; or permission of instructor.