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Courses
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- PHY 3300 - Introductory Modern Physics
Introduction to relativity, quantum
phenomena, atomic structure, quantum mechanics, condensed matter
physics, quantum optics, nuclear physics, elementary particles, and
anti-particles.
Syllabus
- PHY 3310 - Modern Physics
Laboratory
Laboratory course to
accompany PHY 3300. Hands on experiments in logical rigorous analysis of
phenomena of modern physics.
- AST 2010 - Descriptive
Astronomy
Introduction to the
concepts and methods of modern astronomy; the solar system, stars,
galaxies, and cosmology; including recent discoveries about the planets,
moon, sun, pulsars, quasars, and black holes.
Syllabus
- PHY 5200 Mechanical
Phenomena
Dynamics of particles and systems including central force motion, coupled oscillations, and waves in elastic media.
Syllabus
- PHY 6500 - Thermodynamics & Kinetic Theory
Laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic equilibrium, applications of kinetic theory of gases, basic introduction to classical and quantum statistical description of physical systems with large numbers of particles.
Syllabus
- PHY 8891 - Special Topics
Topics and other prerequisites for each
section to be announced in Schedule of Classes each semester.
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Textbooks
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A Guide to Physics Problems, Part I:
Mechanics, Relativity and Electrodynamics, Sidney Cahn and
Boris Nadgorny, Kluwer, New York, 1994
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A Guide to Physics
Problems Part II: Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics and Quantum
Mechanics,
Sidney Cahn, Gerald Mahan, and Boris Nadgorny, Kluwer, New York,
1997
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Copyright ©2006 Boris Edward Nadgorny
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