Winter 2024 Class Schedule
Winter 2024 class Schedule
* If student chooses to take MAT SCI 401 in fall Yr 1, they should pick a comp. or exp. methods of AP course or an elective instead of PHYS 416 in winter Yr1.
- Download here the list of course options for Computational Methods of Applied Physics and Experimental Methods of Applied Physics.
- During your first eight quarters, when you are not taking at least three courses (i.e. during summers and your second year), you will add 1-3 units of APP PHYS 590 to reach full-time registration.
- Third year and beyond, students should register for TGS 500: Advanced Doctoral Studies.
- Funded students should always be registered full-time (3-4 units or TGS 500).
Winter 2023 course descriptions
PHYSICS 412-1,2 – Quantum Mechanics
First quarter: Vector spaces and linear operators, postulates of quantum mechanics, observables and Hermitian operators, state vectors and quantum dynamics, stationary states, bound states, the harmonic oscillator, statistical interpretation and the Uncertainty Principle, symmetry and conservation laws, quantization of angular momentum, intrinsic spin, the Stern-Gerlach experiment, spherically symmetric potentials.
Second quarter: Feynman's path integral formulation, the classical limit, Schroedinger's wave equation, electromagnetic potentials, Aharonov-Bohm effects, Landau levels, Coulomb potential, approximation methods, variational principles, bound-state perturbation theory, Dirac's theory of the electron, electron spin, Dirac-Pauli equation, magnetic moment of the electron, fine structure of hydrogen, hyperfine interactions.
PHYSICS 414-1 – Electrodynamics
Electrostatics, boundary-value problems, Green's functions, multipoles, electrostatics of macroscopic media, conductors and dielectrics, magnetostatics, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves and gauge transformations, conservation laws.
PHYSICS 416-0 – Introduction to Statistical Mechanics
Statistical mechanics and probability. Microstates and macrostates. Thermodynamic limit. Ensembles: microcanonical, canonical, grand canonical. Classical ideal gas: Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. Quantum gases: Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions. Thermodynamic potentials. Interacting systems. Phase diagrams and phase transitions.