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Introductory-level course dealing with the interface between art, technology, and science. Studies MIDI, musical analysis and composition, physical acoustics and psychoacoustics, construction and acoustics of instruments, signal generation, recording, and analysis.
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TIME TRAVEL: SCIENCE OR SCIENCE FICTION? In the past century, our understanding of the nature of time has changed drastically. With the advent of EinsteinÂs theory of Relativity in the first two decades of the twentieth century came the realization that time travel to the future is a definite possibility, given sufficient advances in technology. Is it possible, though, for a person to travel backwards in time? Surprisingly, the laws of physics as we currently understand them do not necessarily rule this out! Do those laws, however, correspond to our universe? Join me for an exploration of the physics of time as formulated by Newton, Einstein, Hawking, and others.
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This is the first of a three-quarter sequence intended primarily for science and engineering majors and premedical students. Phyx 135-1 covers classical mechanics. Topics covered include: Newton's Laws of motion, circular motion and centripetal force, conservation of energy, momentum and angular momentum, center of mass, moment of inertia, and Newton's Law of gravity.
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This course builds upon the quantum mechanics covered in Phyx 339-1,2 and provides an overview of nuclear and particle physics. Starting with the Rutherford/Bohr atomic model, we shall describe in roughly historical order: radioactive decays, (alpha, beta, gamma emission), cosmic rays and the introduction of particle accelerators, nuclear models and reactions, fission and fusion. We will then turn to subnuclear physics and describe the nature of the four fundamental forces (strong nuclear, electromagnetic, weak nuclear, and gravitational), the basic elementary particles or fields and the symmetries and conservation principles observed in nature.
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Vectors, Tensors, Matrices, Infinite series, Complex analysis, Methods of integration, Integral transforms, Partial differential equations, Green's functions, Boundary-value problems, Special functions, Linear vector spaces, Function spaces. Applications to physical problems will be stressed.
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This is the first of a three-quarter sequence of a graduate-level course on quantum mechanics and its applications to the microphysical world. This quarter will cover the mathematical and physical foundations of quantum mechanics, measurement theory, and applications to the mechanical oscillators, two-state systems, quantum tunneling and interference phenomena in atomic and sub-atomic systems.
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The laws of thermodynamics are not fundamental physical laws; they follow directly from the fact that the systems to which they apply are composed of extremely large numbers of particles, atoms, molecules, etc. This course examines how simple statistical principles yield insights applicable to a wide variety of physical systems. Topics covered in this course include the microscopic meaning of entropy (which in thermodynamics is merely a postulate); a comparative examination of microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical ensembles; quantum statistical mechanics; applications of Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, and Fermi-Dirac statistics to radiation, ideal gases, and spin systems; interacting systems and non-ideal gases.
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Overview of modern particle physics and experimental techniques. The quark model, particle production, quantum chromodynamics and strong interactions. Weak interactions including parity and CP violation, neutrinos.
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This is the first quarter in a three-quarter sequence covering quantum field theory. Topics discussed in the sequence include: Lagrangian field theory, relativistic Lagrangians and relativistic wave equations, symmetries and conservation laws, canonical quantization, covariant perturbation theory, the S-Matrix, cross sections and lifetimes, elementary processes of quantum electrodynamics, quantum chromodynamics, and electroweak processes.
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This course will focus on understanding the electronic structure and properties (structural, electronic, optical, magnetic, and mechanical) of "real materials" obtained using modern state of the art local density functional methods and beyond. Actual problems addressed include research topics related to specific research interests of the students, and will feature problems of interest to the Materials Research Center.
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Physics 332 is an introductory course on thermal and statistical physics. The goal of the course is to learn how macroscopic phenomena can be understood in terms of the relatively simple interactions of large numbers of their constitutive microscopic parts. The course is divided into three sections: introduction, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics. The introduction covers temperature, the ideal gas, entropy and the second law, a statistical definition of entropy, and multiplicity. The second part of the course examines the thermodynamic properties of solids and magnets along with free energy and the chemical potential. In particular, the Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies and their role in understanding phase transitions are presented. The third section of the course is devoted to Boltzmann and quantum statistics. Topics to be covered include partition functions, paramagnetism, equipartition, the Maxwell distribution, and Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions.
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Basics of solid-state physics, covering primarily electrons and phonons in crystal lattices. Computer simulations which explore some fundamental aspects of solid-state physics will also be a part of this course. Depending on enrollment, each student will also be required to research and present a paper on a special topic (such as magnetism, superconductivity, or mesoscopic physics) chosen in consultation with the instructor.
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Are there Extra Dimensions under your bed? Current theories of Space-Time and their relation to mathematics and experimental physics. Particle physics, the Universe, Grant Unified Theories.
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