Courses

Measurement and vectors, kinematics, Newton's laws, circular motion, universal gravitation law, work and energy, conservation of energy, momentum, static, rotational motion, simple harmonic motion, waves, heat, first law of thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, second law of thermodynamics, entropy (Related experiments).

Service

Charge and matter, electric field, electric flux and Gauss's law, potential, capacitors, current and resistance, DC circuits, magnetic field and magnetic force, Ampere and Faraday laws, induction, electromagnetic waves, geometric optics, interference, diffraction and polarization, EM particle and wave properties of radiation (Related experiments).

Service

Measurement, vectors, kinematics (in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions), Newton's laws of motion, work and energy, conservation of energy, center of mass, linear momentum and conservation, rotation of rigid bodies about a fixed axis, angular momentum and conservation, equilibrium and gravitation

Compulsory

Density, pressure, Pascal principle, Archimedes principle, fluid dynamics, oscillations, simple harmonic motion, waves in elastic environment, sound wave, temperature, heat and thermodynamics, first law of gases, kinetic theory of gases, entropy and second law of thermodynamics.

Compulsory

Electric charge and matter, electric field, Gauss's law, electrical potential, capacitance, current and resistance, electromotive force and circuits, magnetic field, Ampére's law, Faraday's law, electromagnetic oscillations and variable current, Maxwell's equations, magnetism of matter.

Compulsory

Crystal structure, bond model of semiconductor, band model of semiconductor, principal semiconductors, doped semiconductors, conductivity in semiconductors, p - n junction diodes, MOSFETs, bipolar transistors.

Service

Macroscopic and microscopic states; statistical basis of thermodynamics.

Compulsory

Electromagnetic waves, Poynting vector, light and diffusion, polarization, reflection, refraction, geometric optics, mirrors, lenses and optical instruments, interference, coherence, single and double slit interference experiments, diffraction, wave theory of light, single and double slit diffraction experiments, network and spectrum.

Compulsory

Photoelectric effect, particle wave properties and uncertainty principle, Schrödinger equation, Bohr model of atom, hydrogen atom in wave mechanics, multi-electron atoms, molecular structure, statistical physics (Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics), solid state physics band theory of solids, superconductivity, semiconductors).

Service

Probability distributions, expected value, mean and variance, error sources, error propagation, maximum likelihood method, weighted grazing, least squares method, curve fitting. Installation and instrumentation of experiments, data presentation and analysis, reporting of experiments. Photoelectric effect, ratio of electron charge to mass, Cavendish torsion balance, radioactivity, Hall effect in semiconductors, gamma ray reduction, laser applications, and other modern physics experiments will be seen. Introduction to particle detectors and accelerators.

Compulsory

Emphasis on the fundamental laws of classical mechanics, mathematical elaboration of Newton's laws, conservation theorems, oscillations, gravitation, calculus of variations, Lagrange equations and applications, Hamiltonian dynamics.

Compulsory

Motion under the influence of central force, orbital dynamics, motion in inertial observation frames, dynamics of particle systems, collisions and scattering, rigid body dynamics, Euler equations, dependent oscillations, continuous systems and waves.

Compulsory

The concept of probability, quantum and statistical structure of probability, elements of community theory, macrocanonic, canonical and grand canonical communities, quantum and classical statistics, Fermi Dirac and Bose Einstein systems and some applications.

Compulsory

Vector analysis, electrostatic: Poisson and Laplace equations and image method, electric fields in matter, electrostatic energy, electric current, magnetostatic: magnetostatic energy, magnetic fields in matter, electrodynamics, conservation laws.

Compulsory

Special relativity theory, nuclear structure and radioactivity, nuclear reactions (fission, fusion), high energy physics (fundamental forces, particle classification, particle interaction and decay, accelerators, detectors), general relativity theory, astrophysics (stars, nucleosynthesis, white dwarfs) neutron stars, black holes, cosmology (expanding universe, cosmic microwave radiation, dark matter, big explosion model).

Service

Basic principles of quantum mechanics, Dirac delta function and Dirac notation, Schrödinger equation in three dimensions, angular momentum, radial equation, hydrogen atom, interaction of electrons with electromagnetic field, operators, matrices and spin, collection of angular momentum, time independent perturbation theorem.

Compulsory

Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, propagation of electromagnetic waves in confined regions, potentials and fields, electromagnetic radiation, multipolar expansion of radiation field: electric dipole and quadropol radiation, electrodynamics and relativity: Lorentz transformation of electromagnetic waves.

Compulsory

Introduction to basic computational techniques and solutions of Schrödinger's equation, classical mechanical travels, diffusion, multi-part interacting systems and various physical applications such as scattering.

Departmental Elective

Time dependent perturbation theorem and its applications, scattering theorem, Born approximation, partial waves, phase changes and cross-sections of effect, spin-dependent scattering magnitudes, introduction to relative quantum mechanics.

Departmental Elective

Literature Review; access to current experimental results; theoretical, experimental and phenomenological research concepts in physics.

Compulsory

Students will work on projects to be directed by faculty members in the context of applying the infrastructure acquired in PHYS 441 course to various projects.

Compulsory

An introductory course focused on the Standard Model on modern particle physics. Topics covered include gauge invariance, electroweak theory and quantum chromodynamics, Higgs mechanism, effect cross-sections and decay widths, fermion masses and mixtures, CP decay, neutrino masses and large association theories.

Departmental Elective

A brief introduction to quantum field theory with a focus on quantum electrodynamics and weak interaction. Topics covered include single particle relative wave equations, canonical quantization, Feynman diagrams and rules, processes of least quantum electrodynamics, radiative corrections, weak interactions, and electroweak theory. Prerequisites: PHYS 433 or advisor approval.

Departmental Elective

Nuclear processes, radiation transmission through matter, data processing, properties of detectors, ionization detectors, scintillation detectors, photomultipliers, semiconductor detectors, signal processing, detector systems and applications.

Departmental Elective

Particle accelerator systems, linear accelerators, circular accelerators, charged particles in electromagnetic field, beam dynamics, focusing systems, synchrotron radiation, particle beam parameters, accelerator applications.

Departmental Elective

Homogeneous and isotropic universe, expanding universe and thermal remains, cosmic swelling and accelerating universe.

Departmental Elective

Metric depiction of space-time, special relativity and flat space-time, elements of relative mechanics, the principle of equivalence, metric depiction of curved space-time, general relativity as a geometric theory of gravity, general relativity outside a spherical star.

Departmental Elective

Crystal structure and reverse mesh, phonons, free electron Fermi gas, energy bands, semiconductor crystals, Fermi surfaces and metals, plasmons, polaritons and polarons, superconductivity.

Departmental Elective

Crystal structure and reverse mesh, phonons, free electron Fermi gas, energy bands, semiconductor crystals, Fermi surfaces and metals, plasmons, polaritons and polarons, superconductivity.

Departmental Elective

Dielectric waveguides and optical fibers, semiconductor science and light emitting diodes, forced emission and lasers, photodetectors, photovoltaic devices, polarization and modulation of light.

Departmental Elective

Introduction to a crystallography including 7 crystal groups, crystal external symmetry, unit cells, Miller indices, position lattices, position groups, x-ray scattering, crystal diffraction, structure factor, Bragg's law and Fourier transform.

Departmental Elective

Topics covered in the general physics course covering research studies and theoretical physics techniques used in medical diagnosis and treatment; imaging physics, use of lasers in biomedical field, nuclear medicine, radiation detectors, basic principles of radiation protection.

Departmental Elective