Physics

  • CAS PY 745: Experimental Surface Physics and Chemistry
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASPY543) or consent of instructor. - Introduction to the principles and experimental techniques of surface and interface physics and chemistry. Electronic, structural, vibrational, and magnetic properties of solid surfaces and interfaces. Emphasis on how these properties are measured. Also vacuum technology and x-ray generation.
  • CAS PY 751: High-Energy Physics 1
    Graduate Prerequisites: (CASPY511 & CASPY512) or consent of instructor. - Yearlong course (with GRS PY 752) on phenomenological aspects of modern high-energy physics. Principal topics are the standard model of strong and electro-weak interactions and the physics of electro-weak symmetry breaking. Intended for both theoretical and experimental students; emphasis on current calculational techniques.
  • CAS PY 752: High-Energy Physics 2
    Graduate Prerequisites: (CASPY511 & CASPY512) or consent of instructor. - Yearlong course (with GRS PY 751) on phenomenological aspects of modern high-energy physics. Principal topics are the standard model of strong and electro-weak interactions and the physics of electro-weak symmetry breaking. Intended for both theoretical and experimental students; emphasis on current calculational techniques.
  • CAS PY 782: Advanced Materials Characterization
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASPY543) or equivalent. - Introduction to the principles and applications of advanced materials characterization including study of atomic structure, electronic structure, defects, mechanical properties, transport properties, and carrier dynamics.
  • CAS PY 811: Advanced Quantum Field Theory
    Graduate Prerequisites: (GRSPY713) - Covers Scale Invariant Theories and Conformal Invariant Theories in various dimensions with applications to quantum criticality, statistical physics, and high-energy physics.
  • CAS PY 896: Seminar: Special Topics in Theoretical Physics
    Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor. - Theoretical research topics include general relativity, quantum field theory, high energy and particle physics, phase transitions, renormalization group, laser physics, kinetic equations, biophysics, computational physics, and selected topics in mathematical physics.
  • CAS PY 961: Scholarly Methods in Physics 1
    Graduate Prerequisites: graduate standing. - Introduction to scholarly methods in physics teaching and research: effective STEM instructional techniques; successful oral and written presentations; reading and reporting scientific literature; ethical obligations in physics teaching and research; career paths in physics. Required of first-semester doctoral students.