| Course: |
PHY 905 Special Problems |
| Semester: |
Fall of every year, Spring of every year |
| Credits: |
Variable from 1 to 4 |
| Reenrollment Information: |
A student may earn a maximum of 9 credits in all enrollments for this course. |
| Restrictions: |
Open only to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. |
| Description: |
In-depth study of a topic in physics or in astrophysics and astronomy. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 1994 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 909 Experimental Techniques for Condensed Matter Physics |
| Semester: |
Fall of even years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 491 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Methods for sample preparation and measurement in context of condensed matter physics. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 910 Quantum Fluids |
| Semester: |
Fall of odd years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Prerequisite: |
PHY 831 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Theory and phenomenology of Bose Einstein condensates, superconductivity and superfluidity. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 912 Modern Nonlinear Dynamics |
| Semester: |
Spring of even years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Prerequisite: |
PHY 820 or approval of department |
| Description: |
Nonlinear dynamics of Hamiltonian and dissipative systems; method of averaging; adiabatic invariants; KAM theorem; invariant manifolds; bifurcation theory; dynamical chaos. Offered first half of semester. |
| Effective Dates: |
SPRING 2006 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 913 Foundations of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology |
| Semester: |
Fall of odd years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Prerequisite: |
PHY 851 or approval of department |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 971 |
| Description: |
The self-assembly process and unusual phenomena occurring in nanostructures of carbon. Magnetic aggregates in different size ranges. Finite size and low-dimension effects. Fractional conductance quantization. Response in nanostructures to mechanical stress, high temperature, and electric fields. Offered first half of semester. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2006 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 915 Computational Condensed Matter Physics |
| Semester: |
Spring of odd years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 831 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Computational techniques for addressing problem in theoretical condensed matter physics |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 918 Quantum and Non-linear Optics |
| Semester: |
Fall of even years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 852 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Interaction of light with atoms and semiconductors. Theory and experimental techniques for non-linear optics. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 919 Modern Electronic Structure Theory |
| Semester: |
Spring of even years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 852 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Electronic structure theory using modern computational methods |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 921 Quantum Transport and Mesoscopic Physics |
| Semester: |
Fall of odd years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Prerequisite: |
PHY 831 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Quantum properties of mesoscopic systems. Quantum dots and large molecules and complex materials. Linear response theory for finite systems. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 922 Ultrafast Phenomena |
| Semester: |
Fall of odd years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 842 or concurrently |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Theoretical and experimental tools for addressing ultrafast phenomena, such as femtoscopic lasers |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 925 Topics in Molecular and Biophysics |
| Semester: |
On Demand |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 851 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the College of Natural Science or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Advanced topics in molecular and biophysics. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 950 Data Analysis Methods for High-Energy and Nuclear Physics |
| Semester: |
Fall of every year |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Tools and methods used for analyzing data in large experiments. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 951 Concepts and Calculations for the Standard Model |
| Semester: |
Fall of every year |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 852 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Concepts, phenomena and calculations the standard model for particle physics |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 955 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory |
| Semester: |
Spring of every year |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 855 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Theory of relativistic quantum fields and renormalization with emphasis on applications for particle physics. Offered second half of semester. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 956 Collider Phenomenology |
| Semester: |
Spring of odd years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 955 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Physics Major or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Theory and phenomenology of high-energy collider physics. Quantum chromo dynamics evolution, structure functions and higher-order calculations. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 959 Special Topics in High-Energy Physics |
| Semester: |
On Demand |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Reenrollment Information: |
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course. |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 951 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Topics in high-energy physics. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 961 Non-Linear Beam Dynamics |
| Semester: |
Fall of every year, Spring of every year |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 |
| Reenrollment Information: |
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course. |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 861 |
| Description: |
Dynamics of particle beams. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2002 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 962 Particle Accelerators |
| Semester: |
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 |
| Reenrollment Information: |
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course. |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 861 |
| Description: |
Theory of particle accelerator design. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2002 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 963 U.S. Particle Accelerator School |
| Semester: |
Fall of every year, Spring of every year |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 |
| Reenrollment Information: |
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course. |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 861 |
| Description: |
Participation in suitable courses offered by the U.S. Particle Accelerator School. |
| Semester Alias: |
PHY 962C |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2002 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 964 Seminar in Beam Physics Research |
| Semester: |
Fall of every year, Spring of every year |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 |
| Reenrollment Information: |
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course. |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 861 |
| Description: |
Presentation of current research topics in beam physics or accelerator design. |
| Semester Alias: |
PHY 962D |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2002 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 973 Special Topics in Condensed Matter Physics |
| Semester: |
Fall of every year, Spring of every year |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 |
| Reenrollment Information: |
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course. |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 971 and PHY 972 |
| Description: |
Topics vary and may include quantum optics, scattering methods and Green's functions. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2002 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 980 Advanced Reading in Physics |
| Semester: |
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year |
| Credits: |
Variable from 1 to 3 |
| Reenrollment Information: |
A student may earn a maximum of 4 credits in all enrollments for this course. |
| Restrictions: |
Approval of department. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 1992 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 981 Nuclear Structure |
| Semester: |
Fall of every year, Spring of every year |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 492 and PHY 831 and PHY 841 and PHY 852 |
| Description: |
Nuclear forces, nuclear matter, nuclear-structure models, few-nucleon systems, electromagnetic and weak transitions. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2015 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 982 Nuclear Dynamics |
| Semester: |
Spring of every year |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 492 and PHY 831 and PHY 841 and PHY 852 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. |
| Description: |
Scattering theory, resonance reactions, compound nuclear decay and fission, direct and breakup reactions, time-dependent Hartree-Fock, Vlasov equation, nuclear transport equations, particle production, nuclear liquid-gas phase transition, quark-gluon plasma. Offered second half of semester. |
| Effective Dates: |
SPRING 2016 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 983 Nuclear Astrophysics |
| Semester: |
Fall of every year, Spring of every year |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 |
| Recommended Background: |
PHY 410 and PHY 472 and PHY 482 |
| Description: |
Low energy reaction theory, survey of astrophysics, physics of nuclei and reaction relevant to astrophysics, nuclear reaction rates in stellar environments, stellar evolution, solar neutrinos, big bang nucleosynthesis, dark matter, supernova explosions, r-process, hot CNO and rp-process, cosmochronology |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2003 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 988 Few-body Methods and Nuclear Reactions |
| Semester: |
Spring of odd years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Basic nuclear reactions based on few-body methods. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 989 Special Topics in Nuclear Physics |
| Semester: |
On Demand |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Reenrollment Information: |
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course. |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Topics in nuclear physics not covered in regularly scheduled courses |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 990 Nuclear Forces and Their Impact in Nuclear Structure |
| Semester: |
Spring of even years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Description: |
Overview of strong interaction between nucleons. This includes two- and three-body nuclear forces and nucleon-nucleon scattering, along with the implications for light nuclei and nuclear matter. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 991 Many-Body Methods for Nuclear Physics |
| Semester: |
Spring of odd years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Calculation of nuclei properties from first principles, nucleon-nucleon force. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 993 Density Functional Theory and Self-Consistent Methods for Nuclear Physics |
| Semester: |
Fall of even years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Application of density-functional techniques in the context of nuclear physics. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 994 Theory for Exploring Nuclear Structure Experiments |
| Semester: |
Fall of even years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Phenomenological methods for modeling structure and dynamics of nuclei. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 995 Theory for Exploring Nuclear Reaction Experiments |
| Semester: |
Fall of odd years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Modeling direct nuclear reactions from low to high energy. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 996 Nuclear Theory for Astrophysics |
| Semester: |
Fall of even years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Theory for nucleosynthesis in stellar evolution and stellar explosions, with an emphasis on the role of nuclei far from stability. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 997 Theoretical Approaches to Describe Exotic Nuclei |
| Semester: |
Spring of odd years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Techniques specific for modeling nuclei far from stability, especially halo nuclei. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 998 High-Performance Computing and Computational Tools for Nuclear Physics |
| Semester: |
Spring of even years |
| Credits: |
Total Credits: 2 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or approval of department. |
| Description: |
Knowledge and skills for problems in nuclear structure involving high-performance computing. |
| Effective Dates: |
FALL 2014 - Open |
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| Course: |
PHY 999 Doctoral Dissertation Research |
| Semester: |
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year |
| Credits: |
Variable from 1 to 24 |
| Reenrollment Information: |
A student may earn a maximum of 36 credits in all enrollments for this course. |
| Restrictions: |
Open to graduate students in the Physics major. |
| Description: |
Doctoral dissertation research. |
| Effective Dates: |
SUMMER 2014 - Open |
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