PHYS 501 Classical Mechanics |
3 Credits |
Hamilton's principle, Euler-Lagrange equations, bound
states and scatttering in the Kepler problem, rigid
body motion, Euler's equations, Special relativity,
Hamilton's equations, canonical transformations,
Poisson brackets, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, small vibrations
and the mechanics of continuous media.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Spring 2021-2022 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2019-2020 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2018-2019 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2016-2017 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2013-2014 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 511 Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 Credits |
Fundamentals of electromagnetism. Elektrostatics. Boundary
value problems. Magnetostatics. Time-dependent
fields and Maxwell's equations. Propagation of
electromagnetic waves. Wave guides and resonant cavities.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2022-2023 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2021-2022 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2019-2020 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2018-2019 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2016-2017 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2013-2014 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 512 Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 Credits |
Radiating systems, scattering and diffraction, special
theory of relativity, dynamics of relativistic particles,
collitions, Cherenkov radiation, radiation of moving
charges, Bremsstrahlung, multipole fields,
radiation decay.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2019-2020 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2008-2009 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
Electromagnetic Theory II |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 531 Quantum Mechanics I |
3 Credits |
Dirac formulation, operators, measurements and observables,
, unitary transformations, Heisenberg ve Schrödinger
pictures, Schrödinger's equation, Feynman path integrals,
rotations and angular momentum, hydrogen
atom, spin, addition of angular momenta.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2022-2023 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2021-2022 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2019-2020 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2018-2019 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2016-2017 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2013-2014 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 532 Quantum Mechanics II |
3 Credits |
Symmetry in quantum mechanics, perturbation
theory, identical particles, scattering theory,
second quantization.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2021-2022 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2008-2009 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 533 Atom and Molecular Physics |
3 Credits |
Three-dimensional Schrödinger equation, single-electron
atom, spin-orbit coupling, relativistic corrections,
fine structure, spectroscopic classification, hyperfine
structure, radiative transitions and selection rules,
Pauli principle and periodic table, multi-electron atoms,
Hartree-Fock field, LS and j-j coupling, Zeeman
effect, chemical bonding, energy states of molecules,
van der Waals forces, crystals, band structure of solids.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 538 Phase Transitions and Renormalization-Group Theory |
3 Credits |
The students will learn the remarkable phenomena occurring
at phase transitions that are universally applicable to a
wide range of systems, and simple and physically intuitive
theory for deriving these phenomena. The dialog between
experiment and theory, as well as the rich confluence
of the intuitive, phenomenological, approximate,
rigorous, and numerical approaches, will be illustrated:
Introduction: phase diagrams, thermodynamic limit,
critical phenomena, universality. Classical theories:
naive mean-field, constructive mean-field, Landau theories;
Ginzburg criterion. Ising models and exact results:
one dimension; two dimensions; duality; global phase
diagrams. Scaling theory of Kadanoff. Exact
renormalization-group treatments in one dimension.
Approximate renormalization-group treatments in
two dimensions. Thermodynamic functions and
first-order phase transitions. Momentum-space
renormalization group: Gaussian model, Landau-Wilson
model, epsilon-expansion. Variational renormalization
group; Migdal-Kadanoff transformations. Hierarchical
lattices. Dynamics: stochastic models; detailed balance;
dynamic universality classes. Superfluidity.
Blume-Emery-Griffiths model. Global multicritical
phenomena. Surface systems. q-state Potts and
Potts-lattice-gas models. Exact critical and tricritical
exponents. Helicity and reentrance. Chaotic
renormalization groups and spin-glass order. Order
under frozen disorder and frustration. Scale-free
and small-world networks. Connection between geometric
and thermal properties. Neural networks, simulated
annealing, coding-decoding, using phase transition models.
Renormalization-group theory of quantum spin and
electronic conduction models. High Tc superconductivity.
Electron-exchange induced antiferromagnetism.
Reverse impurity effects on antiferromagnetism and
superconductivity.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2016-2017 |
Phase Transitions and Renormalization-Group Theory |
3 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
Phase Transitions and Renormalization-Group Theory |
3 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Phase Transitions and Renormalization-Group Theory |
3 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
Phase Transitions and Renormalization-Group Theory |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Phase Transitions and Renormalization-Group Theory |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Phase Transitions and Renormalization-Group Theory |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 541 Statistical Mechanics I |
3 Credits |
Laws of thermodynamics and its applications. Classical
kinetic theory and Boltzmann's equation. Micro-canonical,
canonical and macro-canonical distribution functions.
Ideal quantum gases. Applications of statistical mechanics
in solid state, nuclear physics, and astrophysics.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2021-2022 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2019-2020 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2008-2009 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
Statistical Mechanics I |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 542 Statistical Mechanics II |
3 Credits |
Cluster expansion for non-ideal classical and quantum
gases, virial coefficients, phase transitions, magnetism,
two-dimensional Ising model and introduction
to critical phenomena.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Statistical Mechanics II |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 545 Quantum Optics and Electronics I |
3 Credits |
Production, propagation, manipulation and applications
of coherent light, elementary processes in lasers
and masers, theory of interaction of electromagnetic
radiation and resonance atomic transitions,
laser fluctuations, Raman effect, non-linear
optics, modulation of light.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 546 Quantum Optics and Electronics II |
3 Credits |
Non-linear optics, harmonic generation, stimulated
Brillouin and Raman scattering, mode-locking of lasers,
quantum theory of lasers, interaction of radiation with
atoms and quantum noise.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 548 Optoelectronics and Photonics |
3 Credits |
Optoelectronic materials, optical processes in
semiconductors, absorption and emission, transition rate
and carrier lifetime, light emitting diodes (LED),
lasers, optical sensors, electro-optical modulators
and solar cells, optoelectronic integrated circuits,
designs, demonstrations and projects related to
optoelectronic phenomena.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 550 Mesoscopic Physics |
3 Credits |
Quantum effects in low dimensional systems and
nanostructures, pseudo-two dimensional systems
and superlattices, quantum wires, quantum dots,
quantum transport theory, Kubo equation, localization,
universal conductance fluctuations, Aharonov-Bohm
effect, single electron phenomena, quantum Hall
effects, Kondo effect.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Mesoscopic Physics |
3 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Mesoscopic Physics |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Mesoscopic Physics |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 551 Graduate Seminar I |
0 Credit |
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2022-2023 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Spring 2021-2022 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2021-2022 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Spring 2019-2020 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2019-2020 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2018-2019 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2016-2017 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2013-2014 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Graduate Seminar I |
0 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 1 ECTS (1 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 552 Graduate Seminar II |
0 Credit |
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Graduate Seminar II |
0 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
Graduate Seminar II |
0 |
Spring 2021-2022 |
Graduate Seminar II |
0 |
Fall 2019-2020 |
Graduate Seminar II |
0 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Graduate Seminar II |
0 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Graduate Seminar II |
0 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Graduate Seminar II |
0 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Graduate Seminar II |
0 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
Graduate Seminar II |
0 |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Graduate Seminar II |
0 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
Graduate Seminar II |
0 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Graduate Seminar II |
0 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 1 ECTS (1 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 553 Low Temperature Physics |
3 Credits |
Experimental techniques at temperatures near absolute
zero, measurement of physical quantities, thermal,
magnetic and electrical transport properties of materials,
of He3 and He4, superfluidity
and superconductivity.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 555 Condensed Matter Physics I |
3 Credits |
Crystal structures, crystal symmetries and group
theory, phonons and thermal properties of crystals,
free electron model, electrons in periodic potential,
Bloch theorem, insulator, metal, semimetal and
semiconductor structures, energy bands,
pseudo-potential and tight-binding methods, Fermi surfaces,
electrons in magnetic field, deHaas-van Alphen
effect, elementary excitations, impurity states.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2019-2020 |
Condensed Matter Physics I |
3 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Condensed Matter Physics I |
3 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Condensed Matter Physics I |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Condensed Matter Physics I |
3 |
Spring 2008-2009 |
Condensed Matter Physics I |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 556 Condensed Matter PHysics II |
3 Credits |
Electron transport in solids, electron-phonon
interactions, electron-electron interactions, optical
properties of solids, excitons, Raman effect,
magnetic properties of solids, magnetic orderings,
superconductivity, experimental observations,
BCS theory, Ginzburg-Landu theory.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Condensed Matter PHysics II |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 561 High Energy Astrophysics I |
3 Credits |
The interaction of high energy photons with matter:
ionization, bremsstrahlung, Compton scattering,
electron-positron pair production, Cerenkov radiation;
photon spectra resulting from these processes;
nuclear interactions, cosmic rays and their interactions
in the atmosphere; dynamics and diffusion of charged
particles in magnetic fields, synchrotron radiation,
magnetic flux pinning, magnetic diffusion; gases and
magnetic fields in the nterstellar medium, acceleartion
mechanisms for charged particles, the energy spectra
of electrons, protons and nuclei in the Galaxy.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2022-2023 |
High Energy Astrophysics I |
3 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
High Energy Astrophysics I |
3 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
High Energy Astrophysics I |
3 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
High Energy Astrophysics I |
3 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
High Energy Astrophysics I |
3 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
High Energy Astrophysics I |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
High Energy Astrophysics I |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
High Energy Astrophysics I |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 562 High Energy Astrophysics II |
3 Credits |
High energy particle detectors; X-ray,
gamma ray detectors, cosmic ray, X-ray and
gamma ray telescopes; neutrino telescopes;
optical, infrared, ultraviolet and radio astronomy
detectors and telescopes; spacecrafts;
data archives and data analysis
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 566 Compact Stars |
3 Credits |
Degenerate matter. Chandrasekhar limit. The
formation, structure and cooling of white dwarf stars.
Neutron stars: the outer shell, electron gas in a
high magnetic field, Relativistic electrons, superfluidity
and superconductivity, the equation of state at
high densities and the mass-radius relationship; dynamics
of neutron stars, glitches and their relaxation, neutron
star oscillations; black holes; compact objects in binary
star systems, mass accretion disks.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Compact Stars |
3 |
Fall 2021-2022 |
Compact Stars |
3 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Compact Stars |
3 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Compact Stars |
3 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Compact Stars |
3 |
Spring 2008-2009 |
Compact Stars |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 576 Semiconductor Physics |
3 Credits |
Electronic band structure of solids, impurity
states, excess carriers and recombination, energy
band diagrams, electron transport,
p-n junction, bipolar and field effect transistors,
optical properties of semiconductors,
quantum wells, superlattices, quantum devices.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 580 Selected Topics in Physics |
3 Credits |
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Summer 2012-2013 |
Selected Topics in Physics |
3 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Selected Topics in Physics |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
Selected Topics in Physics |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Selected Topics in Physics |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Selected Topics in Physics |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 584 Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 Credits |
Introduction to quantum mechanics, quantum
information, quantum cryptography, teleportation,
quantum computation, quantum algorithms, error and
error correction, quantum computers.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2021-2022 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2019-2020 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2008-2009 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2006-2007 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2004-2005 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
Spring 2003-2004 |
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 590 Master Thesis |
0 Credit |
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Fall 2022-2023 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Spring 2021-2022 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Fall 2021-2022 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Spring 2019-2020 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Fall 2019-2020 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Fall 2018-2019 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Fall 2016-2017 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
Master Thesis |
0 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 50 ECTS (50 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 591 Physics Term Project |
0 Credit |
In this course, student will perform a research task under
the guidance of a physics graduate
program member and prepare a final report.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Physics Term Project |
0 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Physics Term Project |
0 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 20 ECTS (20 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 592 Modern Topics in Condensed Matter Physics |
3 Credits |
Nanostructure materials, quasi two dimensional systems and
superlattices, quantum wires, quantum dots.
Mesoscopic electron systems, coherent quantum transport,
localization, universal conductance fluctuations,
Bohm-Aharonov Effect. Single electron phenomena.
Quantum Hall effects. Magnetism at nanoscale, spin transport
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and related techniques.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Modern Topics in Condensed Matter Physics |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Modern Topics in Condensed Matter Physics |
3 |
Spring 2005-2006 |
Modern Topics in Condensed Matter Physics |
3 |
Spring 2003-2004 |
Modern Topics in Condensed Matter Physics |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
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PHYS 611 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory |
3 Credits |
Symmetries and group theory, Klein-Gordon and
Dirac equations, spin-0 and ½ fieds, quantum
electrodynamics, Feynman diagrams, S-matrix,
renormalization, path integrals, gauge theory,
Weinberg-Salam model, quarks and the standard model
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
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PHYS 612 Many Body Theory |
3 Credits |
Second quantization, Green's functions
exactly solvable models, electron gas, electron-phonon
interaction, optical properties of solids,
superconductivity, superfluidity
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SU Credit |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
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PHYS 613 Relativistic Astrophysics |
3 Credits |
Special theory of relativity; General theory of relativity;
Metric around compact objects; Relativistic effects
near black holes, neutron stars and mass accretion disks,
Relativistic flows and jets, Microquasars,
Gravitational radiation and relativistic binary systems;
Gravitational lensing, Introduction to cosmology
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
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PHYS 614 General Theory of Relativity and Cosmology |
3 Credits |
General theory of relativity; Robertson-Walker spaces;
Big bang and astro-particle physics;
Nucleosynthesis and cosmic background radiation;
Inflation theories; Cosmological constant.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2019-2020 |
General Theory of Relativity and Cosmology |
3 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
General Theory of Relativity and Cosmology |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
General Theory of Relativity and Cosmology |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
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PHYS 617 Quantum Field Theory I |
3 Credits |
Quantization of simple harmonic oscillator.
Quantization of scalar fields. Quantization of the
electron field. Quantization of the light.
Bosonization. Interacting fields and Feynman
diagrams. Necessity of loops. Regularization of loop
integrals. Electron and light self-energies and
electron-light vertex at one loop.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Quantum Field Theory I |
3 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
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PHYS 618 Quantum Field Theory II |
3 Credits |
Path integral quatization of simple harmonic
oscillator. Functional methods in quantum field
theory. Effective action. Ultraviolet cutoff.
Effective potential in scalar field theory.
Spontaneous symmetry breaking. Cooper pairs vs
Higgs field: Ultraviolet sensitivity and completion.
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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PHYS 790 Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 Credit |
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Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2022-2023 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2021-2022 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2021-2022 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2019-2020 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2019-2020 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2018-2019 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2016-2017 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2013-2014 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Ph.D. Dissertation |
0 |
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Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 180 ECTS (180 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
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