This course covers energy resources and the production, transmission, interconversion, consumption and waste of energy in the industrial society....
Topics include: amplifier properties; signal processing using operational amplifiers; introduction to digital electronics, including counters and...
Standing and travelling waves; normal modes; Fourier series; optics including polarization, interference and diffraction.
A formal treatment of quantum mechanics. Topics include wave packets and free particle motion, the Schrodinger equation, harmonic oscillator,...
Introduction to statistical physics including thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of equilibrium phenomena.
This course covers Lagrangian mechanics and Hamiltonian mechanics. Topics include least action principles, Poisson brackets, Liouville's theorem,...
A modular course for physics students including modern and classical physics experiments. Modules include laboratory instrumentation employing...
This course is the first part of the two-semester course PHYS*4001/2. Refer to PHYS*4001/2 for the course description.
This course is the second part of the two-semester course PHYS*4001/2. Refer to PHYS*4001/2 for the course description.
A second course in quantum mechanics. Topics include spin, linear vector spaces, two-level systems, quantum dynamics, rotations and angular momentum,...
The application of quantum theory to atomic and molecular structure, and the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and atoms and simple...
This course surveys the field of subatomic physics from radioactive emanations to conjectured subunits of nucleons. Topics include quark models;...
Bonding in solids, thermal and electrical properties of solids, energy bands, imperfections in solids, properties of semiconductors and insulators.
This course covers Maxwell's equation, Lorentz-force law, conservation of charge, and conservation of energy (Poynting's theorem); potentials, gauge...
A continuation of PHYS*3240 including a discussion of the grand canonical distribution, quantum statistics, and transport theory.
In this course, students will undertake independent study of the scientific literature and learn how to communicate scientific research effectively....
A modular course for students in any physics-related major who will study techniques of nuclear, solid state and molecular physics.
Physical methods of determining macromolecular structure: energetics, intramolecular and intermolecular forces, with applications to lamellar...
An introduction to physical techniques to determine the structure of macromolecules and macromolecular structures of biological interest. The...
The content of this course is determined by the interests of the students. Possible topics include fluid mechanics, theory of elastic solids, general...