PHYS 458 - Special and General Relativity

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Special Relativity: space-time; Lorentz transformations; definitions of scalars, vectors and tensors; motion of a relativistic particle; energymomentum tensor and equations of motion; transformation of electromagnetic fields. General Relativity: geometry of curved space-time; equivalence principle; gravity as curvature; Einstein equations; black hole and cosmological solutions; gravitational waves. Prerequisites: MA PH 251 or MATH 337 or ECE 341, PHYS 244. Corequisite: PHYS 481.

EN PH 131 - Mechanics

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-1S-3/2)

Kinematics and dynamics of particles; gravitation; work and energy; linear momentum; angular momentum; systems of particles; introduction to dynamics of rigid bodies. Prerequisites: MATH 100 or 117, and ENGG 130. Corequisite: MATH 101 or 118. Restricted to Engineering students. Other students who take this course will receive 3 units.

PHYS 590 - Particle Physics II

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Field theory and symmetries; gauge theories; spontaneous symmetry breaking; electroweak interactions of quarks and leptons; quantum chromodynamics; unified theories.