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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.
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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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.
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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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.
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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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.
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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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PHYS 532 Quantum Mechanics II 3 Credits
Symmetry in quantum mechanics, perturbation theory, identical particles, scattering theory, second quantization.
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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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.
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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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.
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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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.
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Fall 2012-2013 Statistical Mechanics II 3
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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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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ECTS Credit: 1 ECTS (1 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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PHYS 552 Graduate Seminar II 0 Credit
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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ECTS Credit: 1 ECTS (1 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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.
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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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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Spring 2010-2011 Condensed Matter PHysics II 3
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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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.
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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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.
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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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PHYS 580 Selected Topics in Physics 3 Credits
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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
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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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.
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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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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PHYS 590 Master Thesis 0 Credit
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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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ECTS Credit: 50 ECTS (50 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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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Fall 2017-2018 Physics Term Project 0
Fall 2012-2013 Physics Term Project 0
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ECTS Credit: 20 ECTS (20 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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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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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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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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Fall 2009-2010 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory 3
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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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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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Prerequisite: __
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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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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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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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Fall 2023-2024 Quantum Field Theory I 3
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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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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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PHYS 790 Ph.D. Dissertation 0 Credit
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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ECTS Credit: 180 ECTS (180 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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