2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Physics (PHY)

PHY 565  Physical Mechanics  (3 Credits)  

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PHY 566  Electricity and Magnetism  (3 Credits)  

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PHY 580  Quantum Mechanics for Material Science  (3 Credits)  

This course covers basic principles, the Schrodinger equation, wave functions, representation of dynamical variables as operators or matrices; bound and continuum states in one-dimensional systems; bound states in central potentials; hydrogen atoms; Perturbation Theory; the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with atomic systems; rotations and angular momentum and applications to solid state systems

PHY 590  Physics Demonstration  (3 Credits)  

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PHY 591  Experimental Concepts in Physics  (3 Credits)  

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PHY 653  Solid State Physics  (3 Credits)  

This course covers mechanical, thermal, and electric properties of solids; crystal structure; Band Theory; semiconductors; phonons and transport phenomena.

PHY 675  Electricity and Magnetism  (3 Credits)  

This course covers the development of Maxwell's equations, Conservation Laws, problems in electrostatics and magnetostatics, time-dependent solutions of Maxwell's equations, motion of particles in electromagnetic fields, plane waves in dielectric and conductive media, dipole and quadrupole radiation from nonrelativistic systems, Fourier analysis of radiation field and photons, and scattering and diffraction of electromagnetic waves.