Electives

2020 Fall
#23276

Particle Physics

Kenny Vetter
Aug 26, 2020 - Dec 11, 2020
Th
04:00 pm - 04:59 pm
Internet/Online

Instruction Mode: Remote Instruction

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27 Unreserved Seats

PHYSICS 129 - DIS 102 Particle Physics more detail
Tools of particle and nuclear physics. Properties, classification, and interaction of particles including the quark-gluon constituents of hadrons. High energy phenomena analyzed by quantum mechanical methods. Course will survey the field including some related topics in nuclear physics. Some knowledge of Python required. Students who have not taken Physics 77 or Data Science 8 are encouraged to complete the Python tutorials provided by the Physics Department.
2020 Fall
#23275

Particle Physics

Kenny Vetter
Aug 26, 2020 - Dec 11, 2020
Mo
04:00 pm - 04:59 pm
Internet/Online

Instruction Mode: Remote Instruction

Open Seats

28 Unreserved Seats

PHYSICS 129 - DIS 101 Particle Physics more detail
Tools of particle and nuclear physics. Properties, classification, and interaction of particles including the quark-gluon constituents of hadrons. High energy phenomena analyzed by quantum mechanical methods. Course will survey the field including some related topics in nuclear physics. Some knowledge of Python required. Students who have not taken Physics 77 or Data Science 8 are encouraged to complete the Python tutorials provided by the Physics Department.
2020 Fall
#23274

Particle Physics

Marjorie D Shapiro
Aug 26, 2020 - Dec 11, 2020
Tu, Th
11:00 am - 12:29 pm
Internet/Online

Instruction Mode: Remote Instruction

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55 Unreserved Seats

PHYSICS 129 - LEC 001 Particle Physics more detail
Tools of particle and nuclear physics. Properties, classification, and interaction of particles including the quark-gluon constituents of hadrons. High energy phenomena analyzed by quantum mechanical methods. Course will survey the field including some related topics in nuclear physics. Some knowledge of Python required. Students who have not taken Physics 77 or Data Science 8 are encouraged to complete the Python tutorials provided by the Physics Department.
2020 Fall
#23377

Electromagnetism and Optics

Andrew Charman
Aug 26, 2020 - Dec 11, 2020
Mo
01:00 pm - 01:59 pm
Internet/Online

Instruction Mode: Remote Instruction

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25 Unreserved Seats

PHYSICS 110B - DIS 101 Electromagnetism and Optics more detail
Part II. A course emphasizing electromagnetic theory and applications; charges and currents; electric and magnetic fields; dielectric, conducting, and magnetic media; relativity, Maxwell equations. Wave propagation in media, radiation and scattering, Fourier optics, interference and diffraction, ray optics and applications.
2020 Fall
#23374

Electromagnetism and Optics

Andrew Charman
Aug 26, 2020 - Dec 11, 2020
Mo, We, Fr
10:00 am - 10:59 am
Internet/Online

Instruction Mode: Remote Instruction

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56 Unreserved Seats

PHYSICS 110B - LEC 001 Electromagnetism and Optics more detail
Part II. A course emphasizing electromagnetic theory and applications; charges and currents; electric and magnetic fields; dielectric, conducting, and magnetic media; relativity, Maxwell equations. Wave propagation in media, radiation and scattering, Fourier optics, interference and diffraction, ray optics and applications.
2020 Fall
#23371

Electromagnetism and Optics

Andrew Charman
Aug 26, 2020 - Dec 11, 2020
Tu
05:00 pm - 05:59 pm
Internet/Online

Instruction Mode: Remote Instruction

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31 Unreserved Seats

PHYSICS 110B - DIS 102 Electromagnetism and Optics more detail
Part II. A course emphasizing electromagnetic theory and applications; charges and currents; electric and magnetic fields; dielectric, conducting, and magnetic media; relativity, Maxwell equations. Wave propagation in media, radiation and scattering, Fourier optics, interference and diffraction, ray optics and applications.
2020 Fall
#34543

Quantum Information Science and Technology

Geoffrey Penington, Nam Nguyen
Aug 26, 2020 - Dec 11, 2020
Tu, Th
11:00 am - 12:29 pm
Internet/Online

Instruction Mode: Remote Instruction

No Open Seats
COMPSCI C191 - LEC 001 Quantum Information Science and Technology more detail
This multidisciplinary course provides an introduction to fundamental conceptual aspects of quantum mechanics from a computational and informational theoretic perspective, as well as physical implementations and technological applications of quantum information science. Basic sections of quantum algorithms, complexity, and cryptography, will be touched upon, as well as pertinent physical realizations from nanoscale science and engineering.
2020 Fall
#34466

Quantum Information Science and Technology

Geoffrey Penington, Nam Nguyen
Aug 26, 2020 - Dec 11, 2020
Tu, Th
11:00 am - 12:29 pm
Internet/Online

Instruction Mode: Remote Instruction

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57 Unreserved Seats

CHEM C191 - LEC 001 Quantum Information Science and Technology more detail
This multidisciplinary course provides an introduction to fundamental conceptual aspects of quantum mechanics from a computational and informational theoretic perspective, as well as physical implementations and technological applications of quantum information science. Basic sections of quantum algorithms, complexity, and cryptography, will be touched upon, as well as pertinent physical realizations from nanoscale science and engineering.
Spring 2020
#33180

Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology

Massimo Pascale
Jan 21, 2020 - May 08, 2020
We
02:00 pm - 02:59 pm

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10 Unreserved Seats

PHYSICS C161 - DIS 103 Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology more detail
Elements of general relativity. Physics of pulsars, cosmic rays, black holes. The cosmological distance scale, elementary cosmological models, properties of galaxies and quasars. The mass density and age of the universe. Evidence for dark matter and dark energy and concepts of the early universe and of galaxy formation. Reflections on astrophysics as a probe of the extrema of physics.
Spring 2020
#23288

Elective Physics: Special Topics

RAPHAEL BOUSSO
Jan 21, 2020 - May 08, 2020
Th
11:00 am - 11:59 am

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5 Unreserved Seats

PHYSICS 151 - DIS 101 Elective Physics: Special Topics more detail
Topics vary from semester to semester. The subject matter level and scope of the course are such that it is acceptable as the required elective course in the Physics major. See Department of Physics course announcements.