154 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION


PHY 5905-Individual Work (2-4; max: 12 including PHY 6905)
Prereq: permission of instructor. Assigned reading and problems
program, special topics, or development of special experimental
or theoretical problems. Work selected according to student's
needs and interests.
PHY 6246-Classical Mechanics (3) Review of Lagrangian for-
mulation and special relativity. Hamiltonian mechanics, canoni-
cal transforms and Hamilton-Jacobi theories, action angle vari-
ables, rigid rotators, normal modes, mechanics of continuous
media. Fluid mechanics,
PHY 6346-Electromagnetic Theory I (3) Electrostatics, special
function expansions, magnetostatics, linear media, time depend-
ent Maxwell theory, wave propagation and dispersion, diffrac-
tion, scattering, radiation, relativistic covariance, applications.
PHY 6347-Electromagnetic Theory 11 (3) Prereq: PHY 6346.
Continuation of PHY 6346.
PHY 6536-Statistical Mechanics I (3) Prereq: PHY 6645 and
6246. Equilibrium ensembles for classical and quantum systems,
fluctuations, applications to normal fluids, phase transitions and
critical phenomena, plasmas.
PHY 6537-Statistical Mechanics II (3) Prereq: PHY 6536.
Nonequilibrium ensembles, linear response, time correlation
functions, Green's functions, broken symmetries and quantum
fluids, Fokker-Planck models and dynamical transitions.
PHY 6556-Low Temperature Physics (3) Prereq: PHY 6645.
Techniques for establishing and measuring low temperatures.
Experimental and theoretical aspects of quantum fluids and solids
and of superconductivity.
PHY 6645-Quantum Mechanics I (3) Prereq: MAS 5156, MAP
5304, PHY 4605. Hilbert space, Heisenberg and Schrodinger
dynamics, invariance properties and symmetry operations, spin,
perturbation, and variational methods.
PHY 6646-Quantum Mechanics II (3) Prereq: PHY 6645. Time
dependent perturbation theory, scattering theory, identical par-
ticles and second quantization, Dirac equation.
PHY 6648--Quantum Field Theory I (3) Prereq: PHY 6646. The
Poincare group; the Dirac equation; quantization of free fields; the
scattering matrix; applications.
PHY 6905-Individual Work (2-4; max: 12 including PHY 5905)
Treatment of an experimental or theoretical problem or topic
assigned on the basis of student's needs and interests.
PHY 6910-Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
PHY 6920-Departmental Colloquium (1; max: 14) Summary
presentation of contemporary topics by visiting and local re-
searchers. S/U.
PHY 6935-Seminar in Modern Physics (1; max: 12) Presenta-
tion, review, and commentary on recent developments in physics
research. S/U.
PHY 6940-Supervised Teaching (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
PHY 6971-Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U.
PHY 7097-Advanced Topics in Theoretical Physics (3; max: 10)
Special studies in mathematical methods and applications of
current interest at the forefront of one or more specialities in
theoretical physics.
PHY 7098-Advanced Topics in Experimental Physics (3; max:
10) Special studies in experimental methods, instrumentation,
and data analysis of current interest at the forefront of one or more
specialties in experimental physics.
PHY 7669-Quantum Field Theory II (3) Prereq:PHY6648. Path
integral quantization; perturbation theory; renormalization; quan-
tization of gauge fields; applications.
PHY 7939-Special Topics (2; max: 12) Assigned reading pro-
gram, seminar, or lecture series in a rapidly advancing specialty
of physics.
PHY 7979-Advanced Research (1-9) Research for doctoral
students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students
with a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have
been accepted for a doctoral program. Not open to students who
have been admitted to candidacy. S/U.
PHY 7980-Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U.
PHZ 5315-Introduction to Nuclear Astrophysics (3) Prereq:
consent of instructor. Topics include nucleosynthesis, cosmic ray
interactions, explosive hydrogen burning, and the current state of
experimental nuclear astrophysics.
PHZ 5354-Introduction to Particle Physics (3) Prereq: permis-
sion of instructor. Descriptive survey of particle phenomena and


states; conserved quantities and quantum numbers, invariance
principles..
PHZ 5405-Introduction to Solid-State Physics (3) Prereq: PHY
4605 or permission of instructor. Descriptive survey of solid-state
phenomena and basic methods. Crystal structure, lattice modes,
electronic states, thermal, optical, and magnetic properties.
PHZ 5715-Introduction to Biophysics (3) Physical principles
and methodologies applied in biology. Receptor design and
transduction mechanisms in sensory processes; biocrystallogra-
phy and intermolecular associations of biomolecules; mecha-
nisms of motility from molecular to macroscopic levels; aspects of
biomembrane structure and function; photobiology; water in
molecular biology.
PHZ 6156-Computer Methods in Physics (2) Prereq: elemen-
tary FORTRAN. Numerical techniques useful in the solution of
physical problems. Appropriate utilization of computation; as-
pects of contemporary methods in computational physics, espe-
cially advanced version of FORTRAN.
PHZ 6225-Quantum Theory of Matter I (3) Prereq: PHY 4605
or CHM 6470. Application of quantum mechanics to electronic
structure of atoms, molecules, and solids; Hartree-Fock, semi-
empirical, and local density schemes, computational methods.
Correlation problem, density matrices, modern many-body per-
turbation theory.
PHZ 6247-Chemical Physics (3) Prereq: PHY 6645 or permis-
sion of instructor. Identical to CHM 6520. Intermolecular forces,
molecular dynamics; electromagnetic properties of molecular
systems; solid surfaces; theoretical and computation methods.
PHZ 6326-Nuclear Physics (3) Prereq: PHY 6645. Nuclear
systematics. Independent particle model of nucleus, velocity-
dependent potentials, resonances, doorway states, direct reac-
tions, nuclear forces, and nuclear structure.
PHZ 6355-Elementary Particle Physics I (3) Prereq: PHY 6646.
Dirac and Klein-Gordon equations, Feynman diagrams, scatter-
ing amplitudes; the standard model of weak, electromagnetic, and
strong interactions; phenomenology of high energy physics.
PHZ 6391-Seminar in Astrophysics (1; max: 12) S/U.
PHZ 6392-Seminar in Particle Physics (1; max: 12) S/U.
PHZ 6426-Solid State I (3) Prereq: PHY 6536. Quantum theory
of crystalline solids: Bloch theorem, electronic structure, thermo-
dynamic and transport properties of metals, lattice dynamics,
electronic interactions in solids, semiconductors and insulators.
PHZ 6493-Seminar in Condensed Matter Physics (1; max: 12)
S/U.
PHZ6607-Special and General Relativity(3) Prereq: PHY6246.
Special relativity, tensor analysis, covariant electromagnetism
and hydrodynamics; general relativity, Riemannian geometry,
gravity as curvature, exact solutions; relativistic astrophysics,
cosmology.
PHZ 7226-Quantum Theory of Matter 11 (3) Prereq: PHZ 6225.
Continuation of PHZ 6225.
PHZ 7357-Elementary Particle Physics 11 (3) Prereq: PHZ6355.
Continuation of PHZ 6355. Extensions of the standard model.
Calculations of QCD corrections.
PHZ 7427-Solid State II (3) Prereq: PHZ 6426. Many body
theory: Green's functions, Feynman diagrams, linear response
theory. Electron-phonon interactions, superconductivity, magne-
tism, conductivity of metals.
PHZ 7428-Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (3) Prereq:
PHY 6536. Advanced current topics in statistical mechanics and
many-body physics, specialized theoretical and computational
techniques.
AST 6416-Cosmology (3) Prereq: PHZ 6606. Isotropic and
homogeneous cosmologies; measurements in cosmology; ther-
mal history of the universe; the microwave background; galaxy
formation; the inflationary universe.



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 GRADUATE FACULTY 1992-93
 Chairman: M. 1. Phillips. Graduate Coordinator: B. R.