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PHYSICS 373: Condensed Matter Theory II

Superfluidity and superconductivity. Quantum magnetism. Prerequisite: PHYSICS 372.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Qi, X. (PI)

PHYSICS 450: Conformal Field Theory

This course will be a systematic introduction to two dimensional conformal field theory. Topics to be covered include: conformal symmetry; stress tensor; operator product expansion; Virasoro algebra; unitarity; modular invariance; c-theorem; conformal bootstrap; Kac-Moody algebra; supersymmetry.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Shenker, S. (PI)

PHYSICS 451: TOPICS IN STRING THEORY

The course will cover several topics in modern string theory including aspects of 2d conformal field theory, mirror symmetry, geometric transitions and large N dualities, and moonshine. Other topics may be discussed as time and interests dictate. Prerequisites: No formal requirements, but a familiarity with quantum field theory at the level of the 330 sequence, and some moderate mathematical maturity, will be useful.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Freedman, D. (PI)

PHYSICS 490: Research

Open only to Physics graduate students, with consent of instructor. Work is in experimental or theoretical problems in research, as distinguished from independent study of a non-research character in 190 and 293.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-15 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Abel, T. (PI) ; Akerib, D. (PI) ; Allen, S. (PI) ; Baer, T. (PI) ; Batzoglou, S. (PI) ; Beasley, M. (PI) ; Bejerano, G. (PI) ; Bhattacharya, J. (PI) ; Blandford, R. (PI) ; Block, S. (PI) ; Bloom, E. (PI) ; Boneh, D. (PI) ; Boxer, S. (PI) ; Breidenbach, M. (PI) ; Brodsky, S. (PI) ; Bucksbaum, P. (PI) ; Burchat, P. (PI) ; Burke, D. (PI) ; Bustamante, C. (PI) ; Byer, R. (PI) ; Cabrera, B. (PI) ; Chao, A. (PI) ; Chichilnisky, E. (PI) ; Chu, S. (PI) ; Church, S. (PI) ; Dai, H. (PI) ; Das, R. (PI) ; Devereaux, T. (PI) ; Dimopoulos, S. (PI) ; Dixon, L. (PI) ; Doniach, S. (PI) ; Drell, P. (PI) ; Fan, S. (PI) ; Fejer, M. (PI) ; Fetter, A. (PI) ; Fisher, G. (PI) ; Fisher, I. (PI) ; Fox, J. (PI) ; Funk, S. (PI) ; Gaffney, K. (PI) ; Glover, G. (PI) ; Goldhaber-Gordon, D. (PI) ; Gorinevsky, D. (PI) ; Graham, P. (PI) ; Gratta, G. (PI) ; Graves, E. (PI) ; Greven, M. (PI) ; Harbury, P. (PI) ; Harris, J. (PI) ; Hartnoll, S. (PI) ; Hayden, P. (PI) ; Hewett, J. (PI) ; Himel, T. (PI) ; Hogan, J. (PI) ; Hollberg, L. (PI) ; Holmes, S. (PI) ; Huang, Z. (PI) ; Huberman, B. (PI) ; Hwang, H. (PI) ; Inan, U. (PI) ; Irwin, K. (PI) ; Jaros, J. (PI) ; Jones, B. (PI) ; Kachru, S. (PI) ; Kahn, S. (PI) ; Kallosh, R. (PI) ; Kamae, T. (PI) ; Kapitulnik, A. (PI) ; Kasevich, M. (PI) ; Kivelson, S. (PI) ; Kosovichev, A. (PI) ; Kuo, C. (PI) ; Laughlin, R. (PI) ; Leith, D. (PI) ; Lev, B. (PI) ; Levitt, M. (PI) ; Linde, A. (PI) ; Lipa, J. (PI) ; Luth, V. (PI) ; Mabuchi, H. (PI) ; Macintosh, B. (PI) ; Madejski, G. (PI) ; Manoharan, H. (PI) ; Mao, W. (PI) ; Markland, T. (PI) ; Melosh, N. (PI) ; Michelson, P. (PI) ; Moerner, W. (PI) ; Moler, K. (PI) ; Nishi, Y. (PI) ; Osheroff, D. (PI) ; Palanker, D. (PI) ; Pande, V. (PI) ; Papanicolaou, G. (PI) ; Partridge, R. (PI) ; Pelc, N. (PI) ; Perl, M. (PI) ; Peskin, M. (PI) ; Petrosian, V. (PI) ; Pianetta, P. (PI) ; Poon, A. (PI) ; Prinz, F. (PI) ; Qi, X. (PI) ; Quake, S. (PI) ; Raghu, S. (PI) ; Raubenheimer, T. (PI) ; Romani, R. (PI) ; Roodman, A. (PI) ; Rowson, P. (PI) ; Ruth, R. (PI) ; Safavi-Naeini, A. (PI) ; Scherrer, P. (PI) ; Schindler, R. (PI) ; Schleier-Smith, M. (PI) ; Schnitzer, M. (PI) ; Schwartzman, A. (PI) ; Senatore, L. (PI) ; Shen, Z. (PI) ; Shenker, S. (PI) ; Shutt, T. (PI) ; Siemann, R. (PI) ; Silverstein, E. (PI) ; Smith, T. (PI) ; Spakowitz, A. (PI) ; Spudich, J. (PI) ; Stohr, J. (PI) ; Su, D. (PI) ; Susskind, L. (PI) ; Suzuki, Y. (PI) ; Thomas, S. (PI) ; Tompkins, L. (PI) ; Vuckovic, J. (PI) ; Vuletic, V. (PI) ; Wacker, J. (PI) ; Wagoner, R. (PI) ; Wechsler, R. (PI) ; Wein, L. (PI) ; Weis, W. (PI) ; Wieman, C. (PI) ; Wojcicki, S. (PI) ; Wong, H. (PI) ; Yamamoto, Y. (PI) ; Zhang, S. (PI)

PHYSICS 802: TGR Dissertation

Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 0 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Abel, T. (PI) ; Allen, S. (PI) ; Baer, T. (PI) ; Beasley, M. (PI) ; Bhattacharya, J. (PI) ; Blandford, R. (PI) ; Block, S. (PI) ; Bloom, E. (PI) ; Breidenbach, M. (PI) ; Brodsky, S. (PI) ; Bucksbaum, P. (PI) ; Burchat, P. (PI) ; Burke, D. (PI) ; Cabrera, B. (PI) ; Chao, A. (PI) ; Chu, S. (PI) ; Church, S. (PI) ; Dai, H. (PI) ; Devereaux, T. (PI) ; Dimopoulos, S. (PI) ; Dixon, L. (PI) ; Doniach, S. (PI) ; Drell, P. (PI) ; Fan, S. (PI) ; Fisher, I. (PI) ; Funk, S. (PI) ; Gaffney, K. (PI) ; Glover, G. (PI) ; Goldhaber-Gordon, D. (PI) ; Gorinevsky, D. (PI) ; Graham, P. (PI) ; Gratta, G. (PI) ; Graves, E. (PI) ; Greven, M. (PI) ; Grill-Spector, K. (PI) ; Harris, J. (PI) ; Hartnoll, S. (PI) ; Hayden, P. (PI) ; Hewett, J. (PI) ; Hogan, J. (PI) ; Hwang, H. (PI) ; Inan, U. (PI) ; Irwin, K. (PI) ; Jaros, J. (PI) ; Jones, B. (PI) ; Kachru, S. (PI) ; Kahn, S. (PI) ; Kallosh, R. (PI) ; Kamae, T. (PI) ; Kapitulnik, A. (PI) ; Kasevich, M. (PI) ; Kivelson, S. (PI) ; Kuo, C. (PI) ; Laughlin, R. (PI) ; Leith, D. (PI) ; Levitt, M. (PI) ; Linde, A. (PI) ; Luth, V. (PI) ; Mabuchi, H. (PI) ; Macintosh, B. (PI) ; Madejski, G. (PI) ; Manoharan, H. (PI) ; Moerner, W. (PI) ; Moler, K. (PI) ; Osheroff, D. (PI) ; Palanker, D. (PI) ; Peskin, M. (PI) ; Petrosian, V. (PI) ; Pianetta, P. (PI) ; Prinz, F. (PI) ; Qi, X. (PI) ; Quake, S. (PI) ; Raubenheimer, T. (PI) ; Reed, E. (PI) ; Romani, R. (PI) ; Roodman, A. (PI) ; Ruth, R. (PI) ; Scherrer, P. (PI) ; Schindler, R. (PI) ; Schleier-Smith, M. (PI) ; Schnitzer, M. (PI) ; Schwartzman, A. (PI) ; Senatore, L. (PI) ; Shen, Z. (PI) ; Shenker, S. (PI) ; Siemann, R. (PI) ; Silverstein, E. (PI) ; Smith, T. (PI) ; Spudich, J. (PI) ; Su, D. (PI) ; Susskind, L. (PI) ; Tompkins, L. (PI) ; Vuletic, V. (PI) ; Wacker, J. (PI) ; Wechsler, R. (PI) ; Wieman, C. (PI) ; Wojcicki, S. (PI) ; Wong, H. (PI) ; Yamamoto, Y. (PI) ; Zhang, S. (PI)

PHYSICS 301: Astrophysics Laboratory

Open to all graduate students with a calculus-based physics background and some laboratory experience. Students make and analyze observations using telescopes at the Stanford StudentnnObservatory. Topics include navigating the night sky, the physics of stars and galaxies, telescope instrumentation and operation,nnquantitative error analysis, and effective scientific communication. The course also introduces a number of hot topics in astrophysics and cosmology. Limited enrollment.

PHYSICS 321: Laser Spectroscopy

Theoretical concepts and experimental techniques. Absorption, dispersion, Kramers-Kronig relations, line-shapes. Classical and laser linear spectroscopy. Semiclassical theory of laser atom interaction: time-dependent perturbation theory, density matrix, optical Bloch equations, coherent pulse propagation, multiphoton transitions. High-resolution nonlinear laser spectroscopy: saturation spectroscopy, polarization spectroscopy, two-photon and multiphoton spectroscopy, optical Ramsey spectroscopy. Phase conjugation. Four-wave mixing, harmonic generation. Coherent Raman spectroscopy, quantum beats, ultra-sensitive detection. Prerequisite: 230. Recommended: 231.

PHYSICS 361: Advanced Topics in Radiative Processes and Stellar Astrophysics

Astronomical data on stars, star clusters, interstellar medium, and the Milky Way galaxy. Theory of stellar structure; hydrostatic equilibrium, radiation balance, and energy production. Stellar formation, Jean's mass, and protostars. Evolution of stars to the main sequence and beyond to red giants, white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. Supernovae and compact sources. Structure of the Milky Way: disk and spiral arms; dark matter and the halo mass; central bulge or bar; and black hole. Prerequisite: PHYSICS 221 or equivalent. Recommended: PHYSICS 260, PHYSICS 360.
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