printer friendly pagePHYSICS 21S: Mechanics and Heat with Laboratory
For biology, social science, and premedical students. Labs are an integrated part of the summer course. Introduction to Newtonian mechanics, fluid mechanics, theory of heat. nPrerequisite: high school algebra and trigonometry; calculus not required.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Smith, R. (PI)
PHYSICS 23: Electricity and Optics
Electric charges and currents, magnetism, induced currents; wave motion, interference, diffraction, geometrical optics. Prerequisite:
PHYSICS 21.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Wechsler, R. (PI)
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Bonilla, J. (TA)
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Brownsberger, S. (TA)
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Wechsler, R. (PI)
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Bonilla, J. (TA)
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Brownsberger, S. (TA)
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De Mori, J. (TA)
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Ehrlich, G. (TA)
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Kuzovleva, T. (TA)
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Lehmann, B. (TA)
PHYSICS 23S: Electricity and Optics with Lab
For biology, social science, and premedical students. Labs are an integrated part of the summer courses. Electric charges and currents, magnetism, induced currents; wave motion, interference, diffraction, geometrical optics. nnPrerequisite:
PHYSICS 21S or 21.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Nouri, C. (PI)
PHYSICS 25: Modern Physics
Introduction to modern physics. Relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic theory, radioactivity, nuclear reactions, nuclear structure, high energy physics, elementary particles, astrophysics, stellar evolution, and the big bang. Prerequisite:
PHYSICS 23 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Linde, A. (PI)
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De Mori, J. (TA)
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McIntyre, S. (TA)
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Linde, A. (PI)
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De Mori, J. (TA)
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McIntyre, S. (TA)
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Salton, G. (TA)
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Zhao, Z. (TA)
PHYSICS 41: Mechanics
Vectors, particle kinematics and dynamics, work, energy, momentum, angular momentum; conservation laws; rigid bodies; mechanical oscillations and waves. Discussions based on use of calculus. Prerequisite: High school physics or
PHYSICS 19.
MATH 19 or
MATH 41 or equivalent. Corequisite:
MATH 20 or
MATH 42 or
MATH 51.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Burchat, P. (PI)
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Yang, Z. (PI)
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Allafort, A. (TA)
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Burchat, P. (PI)
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Yang, Z. (PI)
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Allafort, A. (TA)
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Bejnood, A. (TA)
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Chatterjee, E. (TA)
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Goodman, I. (TA)
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Huang, E. (TA)
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Kang, J. (TA)
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Kowarsky, M. (TA)
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Lamprou, L. (TA)
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Li, S. (TA)
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Liu, H. (TA)
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Martin, V. (TA)
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Overstreet, C. (TA)
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Rider, A. (TA)
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Sun, Y. (TA)
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Ware, M. (TA)
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Wenren, D. (TA)
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Yang, Z. (TA)
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Zeng, Q. (TA)
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Zhang, J. (TA)
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Zhao, Y. (TA)
PHYSICS 43: Electricity and Magnetism
Electrostatics, Coulomb's law, electric fields and fluxes, electric potential, properties of conductors, Gauss's law, capacitors and resistors, DC circuits; magnetic forces and fields, Biot-Savart law, Faraday's law, Ampere's law, inductors, transformers, AC circuits, motors and generators, electric power, Galilean transformation of electric and magnetic fields, Maxwell's equations; limited coverage of electromagnetic fields and special relativity. Prerequisite:
PHYSICS 41 or equivalent.
MATH 20 or
MATH 42 or
MATH 51 or equivalent. Recommended corequisite:
Math 52.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Kasevich, M. (PI)
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Agarwala, A. (TA)
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Allafort, A. (TA)
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Instructors:
Kasevich, M. (PI)
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Agarwala, A. (TA)
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Allafort, A. (TA)
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Baumer, M. (TA)
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Brownsberger, S. (TA)
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Chaudhuri, S. (TA)
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Chi, H. (TA)
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Foreman, S. (TA)
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Goodman, I. (TA)
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Kowarsky, M. (TA)
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Lee, Y. (TA)
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Li, S. (TA)
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MacArthur, J. (TA)
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Martin, V. (TA)
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Nosarzewski, B. (TA)
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Yoon, J. (TA)
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Zhang, J. (TA)
PHYSICS 45: Light and Heat
Reflection and refraction, lenses and lens systems; polarization, interference, and diffraction; temperature, properties of matter and thermodynamics, introduction to kinetic theory of matter. Prerequisites:
PHYSICS 41 or equivalent.
MATH 20 or
MATH 42 or
MATH 51 or equivalent.
Terms: Aut, Sum
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Gratta, G. (PI)
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Buscaino, B. (TA)
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Chatterjee, E. (TA)
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Instructors:
Gratta, G. (PI)
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Buscaino, B. (TA)
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Chatterjee, E. (TA)
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Kamalov, A. (TA)
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Lamprou, L. (TA)
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Martin, V. (TA)
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McLeod, A. (TA)
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Mousavi, A. (TA)
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Nur, R. (TA)
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Peeters, L. (TA)
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Zeng, Q. (TA)
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Zhang, J. (TA)
PHYSICS 50: Astronomy Laboratory and Observational Astronomy
Introduction to observational astronomy emphasizing the use of optical telescopes. Observations of stars, nebulae, and galaxies in laboratory sessions with 16- and 24-inch telescopes at the Stanford Observatory. Meets one evening per week from dusk until well after dark at the Stanford Observatory. No previous physics required. Limited enrollment. Lab.
Terms: Aut, Sum
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-AQR, WAY-SMA
PHYSICS 61: Mechanics and Special Relativity
(First in a three-part series:
PHYSICS 61,
PHYSICS 63,
PHYSICS 65.) Advanced freshman physics. For students with a strong high school mathematics and physics background contemplating a major in Physics or interested in a rigorous treatment of physics. Special theory of relativity and Newtonian mechanics with multi- variable calculus. Postulates of special relativity, simultaneity, time dilation, length contraction, the Lorentz transformation, causality, and relativistic mechanics. Central forces, contact forces, linear restoring forces. Momentum transport, work, energy, collisions. Angular momentum, torque, moment of inertia in three dimensions. Damped and forced harmonic oscillators. Recommended prerequisites: Mastery of mechanics at the level of AP Physics C and AP Calculus B/C or equivalent. Corequisite:
MATH 51.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-FR, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Hollberg, L. (PI)
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Celentano, M. (TA)
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Desmond, H. (TA)
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Instructors:
Hollberg, L. (PI)
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Celentano, M. (TA)
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Desmond, H. (TA)
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Kovachy, T. (TA)
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Kravitz, S. (TA)
PHYSICS 63: Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves
(Second in a three-part series:
PHYSICS 61,
PHYSICS 63,
PHYSICS 65.) Advanced freshman physics. For students with a strong high school mathematics and physics background contemplating a major in Physics or interested in a rigorous treatment of physics. Electricity, magnetism and waves with some description of optics. Electrostatics and Gauss' law. Electric potential, electric field, conductors, image charges. Other theorems of vector calculus. Electric currents, DC circuits. Moving charges, magnetic field, Ampere's law. Solenoids, transformers, induction, AC circuits, resonance. Relativistic point of view for moving charges. Displacement current, Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves, dielectrics. Diffraction, interference, refraction, reflection, polarization. Prerequisite:
PHYSICS 61 and
MATH 51; Pre- or corequisite:
MATH 52.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-FR, WAY-SMA
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