Note: You must establish a session for Fall Academic Term 2004 on wolverineaccess.umich.edu in order to use the link "Check Times, Location, and Availability". Once your session is established, the links will function. Courses in PhysicsConsult the new Course Guide at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/cg_subjectlist/0,2030,8,00.html?show=20&termArray=f_04_1510&cgtype=gr This page was created at 10:51 PM on Mon, May 10, 2004. Fall Academic Term 2004 (September 7 - December 23)PHYSICS 401. Intermediate Mechanics.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: PHYSICS 126/128 or 240 (or 260)/241, and MATH 216 or 256 or 286 or 316 (Prerequisites enforced at registration). (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is required for physics concentrators. It presents a systematic development of Newtonian mechanics beginning with single particle motion in one dimension and extending through multiparticle systems moving in three dimensions. The conservation laws of energy and linear and angular momentum are emphasized. Lagrangian mechanics is introduced, and Hamiltonian mechanics {\i may be} introduced as well. Physical systems treated in detail include the forced damped-oscillator, inverse square forced orbits, harmonic motion in two dimensions, coupled oscillations and rigid body motion in two and three dimensions. Mathematical topics given extensive treatment include vector algebra, elements of vector calculus, ordinary differential equations, plane and spherical polar coordinates and phasors and/or complex numbers. Grades are based on one or two hourly exams and a two-hour final.
PHYSICS 402. Optics.Section 001 — Meets with PHYSICS 605.001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: PHYSICS 126/128 or 240 (or 260)/241, and MATH 216 or 256 or 286 or 316 (Prerequisites enforced at registration). (3). May not be repeated for credit. A student can receive credit for only one of EECS 334 or PHYSICS 402. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course may be included in a concentration in physics. Topics studied cover the phenomena of physical optics, reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction, and polarization interpreted in terms of the wave theory of light. Several topics in modern optics will also be developed.
PHYSICS 405. Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: PHYSICS 126/128 or 240(or 260)/241, and MATH 216 or 256 or 286 or 316 (Prerequisites enforced at registration). PHYSICS 340 recommended. Prior or concurrent enrollment in PHYSICS 451. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This is a second course on the classical theory of electromagnetism. Familiarity with Maxwell's equations at the level of 240 is assumed. Physics 340 is strongly recommended. The course elaborates on the theoretical content of the Maxwell theory as well as practical application. Topics: review of vector analysis; electrostatic boundary value problems; magnetostatics; dielectric and magnetic materials; Maxwell's equations and electrodynamics; the wave equation, electromagnetic waves in free space, waves in conducting and dielectric media; guided waves; electromagnetic radiation; sources of EM radiation.
PHYSICS 406. Statistical and Thermal Physics.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: PHYSICS 390 (Prerequisites enforced at registration). (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. An introduction to the thermal and other macroscopic properties of matter, their description in terms of classical thermodynamics, and their microscopic interpretation from the perspective of statistical mechanics. Techniques from classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and elementary quantum mechanics will be used. Frequent homework problem assignments, at least one hour exam, and a final examination will be given.
PHYSICS 413 / CMPLXSYS 541. Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics and the Physics of Complexity.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: PHYSICS 401 (Prerequisites enforced at registration). (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. An introduction to non-linear science with an elementary treatment from the point of view of the physics of chaos and fractal growth.
PHYSICS 417 / CHEM 417. Dynamical Processes in Biophysics.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: MATH 216 or 256 or 286 or 316, and PHYSICS 340 or CHEM 463 (Prerequisites enforced at registration). (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Topics include diffusion in biology (electrical potentials across membranes, nerve action potentials, neuromuscular synapses, the physics of chemoreception, and reaction rate theory); optical techniques (visible and ultraviolet light absorption, fluorescence and phosphorescence); and random processes in biophysics (mathematics of random noise, membrane electrical fluctuations, quasielastic light scattering fluctuations, fluorescence fluctuations, and chaotic processes). This course is intended primarily for biophysics students, but it may be used as one of the two courses needed to satisfy requirement (4) of the physics concentration.
PHYSICS 419 / RCNSCI 419 / NRE 574 / PUBPOL 519. Energy Demand.Section 001.Instructor(s): Keoleian, RossPrerequisites: Basic college economics and senior standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. May not be included in a concentration plan in physics. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The natural resource impact of any particular human activity can usually be drastically reduced — given technological development and institutional change. (This is true for a variety of resources: fuels, forests, clean water, clean air...). This course is about the end use of energy and its efficiency — in contrast with a focus on the supply of energy. Thus we will not find out how to provide more electricity or how to clean up power plants, but how we could provide the needed lighting and other services with much less electricity. The course will examine the use of energy in the U.S. for transportation, for processing of materials by industry and for comfortable buildings. There will be a focus on transportation and the potential for reducing its environmental impacts, including controlling global warming by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases associated with energy use. The study will be done from the perspectives of physics, economics, behavior, social organization and politics. The course will require a paper on an issue involving a particular end use of energy and a project on some aspect of energy use in the locality. Prerequisites are a college-level course in mathematics or economics or physical science, and SENIOR standing. The course will require establishment of minimum proficiency in analytical techniques concerning energy.
PHYSICS 435. Gravitational Physics.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: PHYSICS 390 and 401 (Prerequisites enforced at registration). (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The Einstein theory of general relativity provides the foundation of gravitational physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. After an introduction to the theory, experimental tests of general relativity which were performed in the past, the implications of pulsars, black holes, supernovae, and cosmic background radiation as well as the ongoing experimental detection of gravitational waves are discussed. This is an elective course for concentrators in physical sciences. Regular exams as for any elective course in physics are given.
PHYSICS 441. Advanced Laboratory I.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: PHYSICS 390 and any 400-level Physics course (Prerequisites enforced at registration). (2). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (2). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is a hands-on survey of the experimental foundations of modern physics. Some of the goals of the course are:
Students taking this course can select from over 30 experiments that are offered in the various subfields of physics, including condensed matter, atomic, molecular and optical physics, and nuclear and particle physics. See course homepage for a complete listing and descriptions of the experiments that are offered. PHYSICS 441 is offered Fall Term and PHYSICS 442 is offered Winter Term. Physics concentrators are required to take both terms and perform different experiments in the two courses.
PHYSICS 451. Methods of Theoretical Physics I.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: MATH 215 or 255 or 285; and MATH 216 or 256 or 286 or 316 (Prerequisites enforced at registration). (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This is a course in the mathematical methods used in physics and is considered necessary preparation for graduate school. Among the topics treated are orthogonal functions and vector spaces, complex variables, differential equations and their special functions, Fourier series, and aspects of group theory.
PHYSICS 453. Quantum Mechanics.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: PHYSICS 390 (Prerequisites enforced at registration). (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course begins with an overview of the experimental and theoretical foundations for quantum mechanics. The theory is developed and applied to simple physical systems, with examples taken from atomic, molecular, condensed matter, nuclear, and particle physics. Topics include: basics of the Schrödinger equations and its solutions in rectangular and spherical coordinates; properties, uses, and interpretations of state functions; expectation values and physical observables; coherence, correlation, and interference. Other topics include spin, the exclusion principle, and some quantum statistical mechanics.
PHYSICS 489. Physics of Music.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. (3). May not be repeated for credit. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in PHYSICS 288. May not be included in a concentration plan in physics. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course consists of PHYSICS 288 plus a theoretical or experimental project which the student does independently.
PHYSICS 501. First-Year Mini-Colloquium.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing. (1). May be elected twice for credit. Credits: (1). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Course objective is to learn about research opportunities within the Physics graduate studies program.
PHYSICS 505. Electricity and Magnetism I.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This two-term course covers the theoretical foundations of classical electrodynamics. The first part, PHYSICS 505, proceeds in the following order: Electrostatics, solution methods for the Laplace and Poisson equations, time-independent magnetic phenomena, Maxwell equations, time-dependent electromagnetic fields, free electromagnetic fields, and fields in waveguides.
PHYSICS 510. Statistical Physics I.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: PHYSICS 406 and graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Review of thermodynamics, statistical bases of second law, entropy and irreversibility, equipartition, the Gibbs paradox. Quantum statistics, ideal Fermi gas, ideal Bose gas, Bose-Einstein condensation, phase equilibrium, phase transitions, fluctuations and transport theory.
PHYSICS 511. Quantum Theory and Atomic Structure, I.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This is a two-term sequence on the quantum theory and its applications to non-relativistic atomic, molecular, nuclear and solid state systems; time independent and time dependent perturbation theory; angular momentum, scattering theory; interaction of photons with non-relativistic systems; the Dirac equation.
PHYSICS 513. Advanced Quantum Mechanics I.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Introduction to the methods of relativistic quantum field theory with applications relevant to high energy and many body physics. Topics include: Feynman diagrams, calculation of cross sections for simple processes in scalar and spinor field theories, and the electron gas problem.
PHYSICS 515. Supervised Research.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Consent of instructor required (Prerequisites enforced at registration). Graduate standing. Permission of instructor required. (4-6). (INDEPENDENT). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4-6). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Four to six credit-hour courses in research.
PHYSICS 516. Supervised Research.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Consent of instructor required (Prerequisites enforced at registration). Graduate standing. Permission of instructor required. (4-6). (INDEPENDENT). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4-6). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Four to six credit-hour courses in research.
PHYSICS 518 / APPPHYS 518. Microcomputers in Experimental Research.Instructor(s): Ramon Torres-IseaPrerequisites: Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
PHYSICS 520. Condensed Matter Physics.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: PHYSICS 510, 511, and graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Theory of condensed matter, including crystalline solids and topics in soft condensed matter. Structure and binding of condensed matter; elasticity and lattice vibrations; linear response theory; electrons in the independent particle approximation: band structure, semiconductors, optical properties, transport; interacting electrons; superconductivity.
PHYSICS 522. Atomic Physics and Quantum Mechanics.Section 001 — Meets with PHYSICS 644.001 and APPPHYS 644.001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The structure of atoms and the interaction of atoms with fields. Topics: non-relativistic and relativistic hydrogen and positronium; Lamb shift; hyperfine interactions; group theory and the structure of multiple-electron atoms; coupling schemes; Hartree-Fock theory; single- and multi-channel quantum-defect theories; atoms in external fields; atomic transitions; linewidth; photoionization; strong-field effects; time reversal; parity violation; quantum chaos.
PHYSICS 526. Intro Topics in Astrophysics II.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
PHYSICS 527. Intro Topics in Astrophysics III.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
PHYSICS 529 / APPPHYS 529. Techniques of Experimental Physics.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The goal of this course is to get you acquainted with the concept of modern physics experiment and to help you learn important experimental skills and data analysis techniques. Apart from developing an appreciation of experimental approaches used in many areas of modern physics you will also gain familiarity with: Finding and studying previously published results and references; Designing experimental procedures; Choosing adequate instruments; Observing and measuring physical phenomena; Performing statistical analysis of the data with understanding of statistical and systematic errors; Documenting experimental procedures; Reaching conclusions and publishing experimental results; Presenting your results in public.
PHYSICS 541. Elementary Particle Physics II.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: PHYSICS 521. Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course will take several topics from Particle Physics I (521) and develop them in the detail appropriate for students planning to work in particle physics. Will include predictions and tests of the electroweak theory, QCD, supersymmetry, and CP violation.
PHYSICS 605. Applied Group Theory.Section 001 — Meets with PHYSICS 402.001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Background in quantum mechanics. Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The present course introduces group theory and applies it on realistic, practical problems in wide areas of physics and chemistry. Atoms, molecules, solids, surfaces, nuclei, and elementary particles are treated. Applied group theory (symmetry analysis) is not only extremely useful e.g. when planning experiments and analyzing experimental data, but gives also a deeper understanding of science. The group theory ideas are extraordinary general, and some broader aspects of its applications will therefore be briefly discussed (e.g. what concerns philosophy, religion, music, and art). Theory of group representations Lie groups and Lie algebras Applications in atomic, solid state, nuclear and elementary particle physics Groups and representations. Full rotational group. Angular momentum. Ligand field theory. Application to atomic, molecular, and nuclear physics. Introduction to groups. Group multiplication tables. Symmetry operations of a molecule and simple symmetry groups. Subsets of groups: subgroups and classes. Classes of symmetry operations. Matrix representations of groups. Properties of the characters of representation. Irreducible representations and characters. The character table of a group. Decomposition of a representation into its irreducible components. Applications of group theory in chemistry: M.O. Theory: construction of symmetry- adapted linear combinations of atomic orbitals using projection operators. Hybridization of single cents atomic orbitals in environments of various symmetries. Evaluation of quantum mechanical and spectroscopic selection rule integrals using direct product methods : applications in electronic and vibrational spectroscopy (IR and Raman). Basic concepts of point groups as applied to molecular vibrations in relation to Raman and IR emission and absorption; continuous groups as applied to quantum mechanics.
PHYSICS 619 / APPPHYS 619. Advanced Solid State Physics.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. After a review of semiconductor physics, the course will focus on quantum transport in semiconductor heterostructures. Topics such as electronic structure of III-V semiconductors, heterojunctions and band gap engineering, quantum wells, superlattices, resonant tunneling structures, two-dimensional electron gas, quantum point contacts, quantum dots and other mesoscopic structures, ballistic transport, coherent transport, and integer and fractional quantum Hall effects will be covered.
PHYSICS 621. Quantum Theory of Fields.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
PHYSICS 624. Advanced Statistical Methods.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course provides a practical introduction into the use of probability and statistics in experimental physics. The emphasis is on applications and understanding. The skills learned here are some of the basic skills physicists use wherever they are employed: industry, academia... The areas emphasized are rather different than those emphasized in mathematics department courses. This is a subject students often study on their own. However, there are a number of subtle points. I and my colleagues discussed some of these things over many years, and proper solutions are still being found. There are articles published each year in major journals whose value is lessened or negated because of improper or less than optimal use of statistics. Some areas to be treated are:
The items after this point are advanced topics subject to modification depending on interests of the students.
PHYSICS 627. Experimental High Energy Physics.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. PHYSICS 627 will cover:
PHYSICS 630. Concepts and Methods of Quantum Mechanics.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Three semesters of introductory physics. Facility with calculus and very elementary differential equations. Intended for graduate students whose specialization lies outside of the physical sciences or engineering. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. An overview of quantum mechanics, its experimental basis and its applications with attention to historical and conceptual foundations. Intended for graduate students whose specialization lies outside of the physical sciences or engineering. Prerequisites: 3 terms of introductory physics or equivalent; facility with calculus and very elementary differential equations.
PHYSICS 635. Theory of Relativity.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
PHYSICS 644 / APPPHYS 644. Advanced Atomic Physics.Section 001 — Meets with PHYSICS 522.001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Laser atom interactions: Absorption, emission, and saturation, theory of line width, multiphoton absorption, stimulated and spontaneous Raman scattering; single photon, multiphoton and above-threshold ionization; Rydberg physics; AC stark shifts and ponderomotive effects; multichannel quantum defect theory; Floquet theory; Mechanical effects of light on atoms (atom traps, molasses), atom interferometry.
PHYSICS 645. An Introduction to M-Theory.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. This course has a grading basis of "S" or "U." Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
PHYSICS 650 / APPPHYS 550 / EECS 538. Lasers and Electro-Optics I.Section 001.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: EECS 434. Graduate standing. (3). May not be repeated for credit. CAEN lab access fee required for non-Engineering students. Credits: (3). Lab Fee: CAEN lab access fee required for non-Engineering students. Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
PHYSICS 690. Special Topics in Physics.Section 001 — Topic?Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate standing. (3). May be elected up to three times for credit. This course has a grading basis of "S" or "U." Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
PHYSICS 715. Special Problems.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Consent of instructor required (Prerequisites enforced at registration). Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (1-6). (INDEPENDENT). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (1-6). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Non-thesis research under the supervision of Physics faculty.
PHYSICS 990. Dissertation/Precandidate.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted as a Candidate. Graduate standing. (1-8). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit. This course has a grading basis of "S" or "U." Credits: (1-8; 1-4 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted as a Candidate.
PHYSICS 993. Graduate Student Instructor Training Program.Instructor(s): Dennis M AllenPrerequisites: Must have Teaching Assistant award. Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (1). May not be repeated for credit. This course has a grading basis of "S" or "U." Credits: (1). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. A seminar for all beginning graduate student instructors, consisting of a two day orientation before the term starts and periodic workshops/meetings during the Fall Term. Beginning graduate student instructors are required to register for this course.
PHYSICS 995. Dissertation/Candidate.Instructor(s):Prerequisites: Graduate School authorization for admission as a doctoral Candidate (Prerequisites enforced at registration). (8). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit. This course has a grading basis of "S" or "U." Credits: (8; 4 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Graduate School authorization for admission as a doctoral Candidate. N.B. The defense of the dissertation (the final oral examination) must be held under a full term Candidacy enrollment period.
Undergraduate Course Listings for PHYSICS.Consult the new Course Guide at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/cg_subjectlist/0,2030,8,00.html?show=20&termArray=f_04_1510&cgtype=gr This page was created at 10:51 PM on Mon, May 10, 2004.
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