Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

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PHYS 421
Solid State Physics
3 Semester Hours
Crystal structure, elastic properties of solids. Free electron
Fermi gas. Energy band structure. Semiconductors,
superconductivity.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: PHYS 321.
PHYS 441
Modern Optics
3 Semester Hours
Review of electromagnetic theory. Applied geometrical
optics. Fourier analysis, polarization, interference and
diffraction, coherence theory, lasers, and holography.
Lecture, 3 hours; occasional laboratory work.
Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: PHYS 302.
PHYS 451
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
3 Semester Hours
Classical thermodynamics, applications to simple systems.
Kinetic theory and the approach to equilibrium. Classical
statistical mechanics. Quantum statistics.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: PHYS 322.
PHYS 461
Elementary Particles
3 Semester Hours
Historical introduction. Symmetries and conservation laws.
Feynman diagrams and rules. Quantum electrodynamics.
The parton model. Quantum chromodynamics. Weak
interactions and electroweak unification. Gauge theories
and the Standard Model.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: PHYS 322.
PHYS 490
Physics Teaching
1-2 Semester Hours
Guided teaching of introductory physics.
May be repeated for credit.
Requires consent of instructor.
PHYS 493
Physics/Engineering Physics Internship
1-3 Semester Hours
Research/development work conducted in a local
government or industrial laboratory. The project may be
theoretical or experimental and is jointly supervised by onsite
staff and LMU faculty.
PHYS 498
Special Studies
1-4 Semester Hours
PHYS 499
Independent Studies
1-4 Semester Hours