Fall Term 2023 (1850)
PHYS 458 - Special and General Relativity
★ 3 (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: MATH 337 or ECE 341, PHYS 244. Corequisite: PHYS 481.
LECTURE A01 (84294)
2023-09-05 - 2023-12-08
MWF 15:00 - 15:50 (C E5-36)
Winter Term 2024 (1860)
EN PH 131 - Mechanics
★ 3 (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 *3.0.
LECTURE EB07 (10255)
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12
MWF 13:00 - 13:50 (CCIS L1-160)
PHYS 590 - Particle Physics II
★ 3 (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.
LECTURE B01 (18879)
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12
TR 11:00 - 12:20 (CCIS 4-285)