PHYSICS 17: Black Holes
Newton's and Einstein's theories of gravitation and their relationship to the predicted properties of black holes. Their formation and detection, and role in galaxies and high-energy jets. Hawking radiation and aspects of quantum gravity.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Romani, R. (PI)
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Nachman, B. (TA)
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)
;
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)
;
Zhao, Z. (TA)
PHYSICS 26: Modern Physics Laboratory
Guided hands-on and simulation-based exploration of concepts in modern physics, including special relativity, quantum mechanics and nuclear physics with an emphasis on student predictions, observations and explanations. Pre- or corequisite:
PHYSICS 25.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
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)
;
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 43N: Understanding Electromagnetic Phenomena
Preference to freshmen. Expands on the material presented in
PHYSICS 43; applications of concepts in electricity and magnetism to everyday phenomena and to topics in current physics research. Corequisite:
PHYSICS 43 or advanced placement.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Cabrera, B. (PI)
PHYSICS 44: Electricity and Magnetism Lab
Hands-on exploration of concepts in electricity and magnetism and circuits. Introduction to multimeters, function generators, oscilloscopes, and graphing techniques. Pre- or corequisite:
PHYSICS 43.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Kasevich, M. (PI)
;
Garcia, B. (TA)
;
Ghazi Nezami, S. (TA)
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Kasevich, M. (PI)
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Garcia, B. (TA)
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Ghazi Nezami, S. (TA)
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Henighan, T. (TA)
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Liu, H. (TA)
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Powell, D. (TA)
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Shenoy, S. (TA)
PHYSICS 65: Quantum and Thermal Physics
(Third 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. Introduction to quantum mechanics: matter waves, atomic structure, Schrödinger's equation. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics: entropy and heat, Boltzmann statistics, quantum statistics. Prerequisites:
PHYSICS 61 &
PHYSICS 63. Pre- or corequisite:
MATH 53.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA, GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-FR
PHYSICS 67: Introduction to Laboratory Physics
Methods of experimental design, data collection and analysis, statistics, and curve fitting in a laboratory setting. Experiments drawn from electronics, optics, heat, and modern physics. Lecture plus laboratory format. Required for
PHYSICS 60 series Physics and Engineering Physics majors; recommended, in place of
PHYSICS 44, for
PHYSICS 40 series students who intend to major in Physics or Engineering Physics. Pre- or corequisite:
PHYSICS 65 or
PHYSICS 43.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
PHYSICS 80N: The Technical Aspects of Photography
Preference to freshmen and sophomores with some background in photography. How cameras record photographic images on film and electronically. Technical photographic processes to use cameras effectively. Camera types and their advantages, how lenses work and their limitations, camera shutters, light meters and the proper exposure of film, film types, depth of focus, control of the focal plane and perspective, and special strategies for macro and night photography. View cameras and range finder technical cameras. Students take photographs around campus. Prerequisite: high school physics.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Osheroff, D. (PI)
;
Lee, C. (TA)
PHYSICS 83N: Physics in the 21st Century
Preference to freshmen. Current topics at the frontier of modern physics. Topics include subatomic particles and the standard model, symmetries in nature, extra dimensions of space, string theory, supersymmetry, the big bang theory of the origin of the universe, black holes, dark matter, and dark energy of the universe. Why the sun shines. Cosmology and inflation.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Dimopoulos, S. (PI)
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