• PHYS 5110: Intro To Particle Phycs

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  An introduction to nuclear physics, including the fundamentals of nuclear structure, stability, and decay, with application to other fields, and with applications to societal issues of nuclear power and radiation safety. An introduction to elementary particle physics, including the particles, symmetries, and processes of the standard model of the strong, electromagnetic, and weak interactions, with applications to cosmology, and with emphasis on key discoveries and outstanding questions. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in PHYS 2710 OR PHYS 3740 OR Graduate standing in Physics/Astronomy
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• PHYS 5140: Physics Edu Research

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course is designed for students to learn about physics education research and physics teaching through collaborative work and active engagement in the lectures. Active participation and engagement is critical to your success and reflected in how the course is constructed and assessed. We look forward to learning about physics education research together and having all of you in our course. The first half of the course will focus on developing a physics education research project while the second half of the course will focus on practices in physics teaching.
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• PHYS 5150: Energy & Sustainability

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  As part of the Environmental Science Track of the Professional Master's Program, the course will provide a general overview of the global issues of environmental and sustainability for students in science and engineering. Current technologies, status, and prospects of energy production, distribution, and consumption will be discussed. The graduate section will include an additional scientific article and a 45 minute seminar to be completed by each graduate student. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in (((MATH(1210OR1250OR1310OR1311OR1220OR1320)) OR AP CalcAB score of 4+ OR AP CalcBC score of 3+) AND ((PHYS(2010OR2210OR3210)) OR AP Physics C Mech score of 4+ OR AP Physics 1 score of 4+)) OR Grad status in PHYS/ASTR.
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• PHYS 5210: Intro to Gravitation

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  An introduction to Einstein's theory of gravity appropriate for undergraduates. Topics covered will include a brief discussion of special relativity, manifolds and elements of differential geometry, curvature, gravitation and Einstein's Equation, the Schwarzschild solution and black holes, and gravitational radiation. There will be a computational aspect to the course. This course is appropriate for advanced undergraduate students in physics, astronomy, or mathematics. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in PHYS 3010 OR (PHYS 3730 AND PHYS 4410) OR Graduate status in Physics/Astronomy
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• PHYS 5420: Advanced E&M

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This is a formal-theoretical development of classical electrodynamics. It will build on material mastered in previous core courses (e.g., PHYS 4010 - Electromagnetism and Quantum Mechanics). The course will go deeper into curvilinear coordinates, electric and magnetic fields in matter, Maxwell's equations in matter, electromagnetic waves, Green's function method of electromagnetic waves, guided waves, antennae, potential formulation, retarded potential, Lagrangian formalism of special relativity and relativistic electrodynamics. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in PHYS 4010 AND (MATH 3140 OR MATH 3150 OR MATH 5440)
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• PHYS 5450: Quantum Mechanics

  4.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This is an advanced undergraduate course in quantum mechanics. It will build on material mastered in previous core courses (e.g., PHYS 4010 - Introduction to Electromagnetism and Quantum Mechanics). The course will go deeper into formal aspects of quantum mechanics, three-dimensional quantum mechanics, identical particles, perturbation theory, the variational principle and the WKB approximation. Should time allow, the adiabatic approximation and topics from quantum information science may be introduced as well. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in PHYS 4010 AND ((MATH 3150 OR MATH 3140 OR MATH 5440) AND (MATH 3160 OR MATH 4200)) OR Graduate status in Physics/Astronomy
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• PHYS 5460: Quantum Mech & Stats

  4.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Continuation of PHYS 5450. Quantum mechanics topics include indistinguishable particles, multi-electron atoms, solids, variational principle, time-dependent perturbation theory, and radiation. Statistical mechanics topics include binomial, Gaussian, Poisson distributions, statistical definition of entropy; microcanonical, canonical, Gibbs canonical and grand canonical ensembles, Boltzmann distribution and partition function; Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics, black body radiation, electron Fermi gas in metals, Bose-Einstein condensation, phase transitions, mean field approximation in magnetism, Ising model. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in (PHYS 3760 AND PHYS 5450) OR Graduate status in Physics/Astronomy.
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• PHYS 5510: Solid-State Physics I

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Introductory survey of solid-state physics. Topics covered bonding and mechanical properties of solids; crystal structure, diffraction techniques, reciprocal space; thermal properties, Bose-Einstein statistics of phonons; electrical properties in free electron approximation; electron in periodic potentials, Bloch theorem, electronic band structure, insulators, conductors and semi-conductors; electron - electron interactions, Thomas-Fermi screening, many-particle wave functions, Hartree-Fock approximation; magnetic properties of solids. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in PHYS 3740 OR PHYS 4010 OR Graduate status in Physics/Astronomy
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• PHYS 5520: Solid-State Physics II

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Continuation of PHYS 5510. The course covers physic of semiconductors. Topics covered: band structure of semiconductors, donors and acceptors, transport and optical properties of semiconductors, organic semiconductors, physics of semiconductor devices. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in PHYS 5510 OR Graduate status in Physics/Astronomy.
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• PHYS 5560: Stars & Stellar Pop.

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  As a core astrophysics course, it will be taken by graduate students of Physics & Astronomy. Students will survey the properties of stars and star clusters (as laboratories for understanding stellar evolution). Topics include: properties of stars, including fundamental parameters, positions, distances, magnitudes & luminosities, radii, masses; nuclesythesis (i.e. energy generation); stellar evolution; stellar atmospheres spectra & spectral line analysis; interstellar reddening; colour-magnitude diagrams; properties of globular and open clusters; simple stellar populations, isochrones, age estimates, distance determinations, luminosity functions, mass functions; chemical compositions & determinations; formation and evolution of globular and open clusters; stellar populations in the context of the Milky Way. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in ((PHYS 2710 OR PHYS 3740) AND (PHYS 4070 OR PHYS 4080 OR PHYS 4090 OR ASTR 4070 OR ASTR 4080 OR ASTR 4090)) OR Graduate status in Physics/Astronomy
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