PHYS 499 - Undergraduate Research Project

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

Undergraduate physics research project under the direction of a faculty member. Projects must involve a strong physics connection and involve some original research component. Prerequisites: A 300-level PHYS course and consent of the department. This course may be repeated but a student may obtain at most 6 units in PHYS 499 and MA PH 499.

PHYS 311 - Statistical Physics

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

Quantum states, probability distributions, temperature and entropy; canonical ensemble and the partition function; ideal gases, paramagnets; blackbody radiation. Debye model for phonons; quantum statistics; Fermi-Dirac distribution and electrons in metals; Bose-Einstein distribution. Prerequisites: PHYS 310 (or CH E 243 for Engineering Physics Program students), PHYS 271 and MATH 209 or 215 or 315 or 317 or MA PH 351 equivalent.

PHYS 372 - Quantum Mechanics A

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

Origins of quantum mechanics; wave functions; Schrodinger equation and its application to one dimensional systems, postulates and physical interpretation of quantum mechanics; orbital angular momentum, central potentials and three-dimensional systems. Prerequisites: PHYS 244, PHYS 271, MATH 334 or 201 or MA PH 251.