2013–2014 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

PHY 3152 ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES (4 credits). Includes
modern electronic measurement and data collection methods, circuit analysis,
integrated and digital circuits, noise reduction techniques, signal conditioning
in experimental physics and computer interfacing. Includes a laboratory section
considering the design, construction and testing of analog and digital circuits.
Prerequisites: PHY 2002.
PHY 3440 ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY (3 credits). Includes geometry of static
electric and magnetic fields, electric charges and currents, calculating electric and
magnetic fields from potentials, static electric and magnetic fields inside matter,
Faraday’s Law of Induction and Maxwell’s Equations, and propagation and radiation
of electromagnetic waves. Prerequisites: MTH 2001, PHY 2002.
PHY 3901 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN PHYSICS (1 credit). Individual research
directed by a faculty member. May not be used in place of any named courses in
the major program. Requires the preparation and presentation of a report on the
research. May be repeated for a maximum of four credits. (Requirements: GPA
of 3.0 or higher, sophomore or higher standing, and instructor and department
head approval.)
PHY 4020 OPTICS (3 credits). Applications to physics, space sciences and engineering.
Includes geometrical optics (briefly), physical optics including Fraunhofer
and Fresnel diffraction; interactions with dielectric materials; Fresnel equations;
and applications including lasers, holography, polarization and nonlinear optics
materials. (Requirement: Instructor approval or prerequisite course.) Prerequisites:
MTH 2201, PHY 2002.
PHY 4021 EXPERIMENTS IN OPTICS (1 credit). Experiments include basic
optical systems, interference and diffraction. Studies interferometers, spectrometers,
lasers and detectors. Enrollment limited to physics and space sciences majors,
and on a space-available basis to electrical engineering majors with an emphasis in
electrooptics. Corequisites: PHY 4020.
PHY 4030 INTRODUCTION TO SUBATOMIC PHYSICS (3 credits). Introduces
elementary particles, fundamental forces, nuclear structure and reactions. Includes
classification and properties of particles (the Standard Model) and nuclei, particle
interactions, nuclear models, nuclear decays, radiation and particle detection.
Prerequisites: PHY 3035.
PHY 4033 INTRODUCTION TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS (3 credits). Includes
crystal structure, crystal diffraction and the reciprocal lattice, crystal binding;
lattice vibrations, phonons, thermal properties of insulators; free electron Fermi gas,
energy bands in metals; and Fermi surfaces. Prerequisites: PHY 3035, PHY 3060.
PHY 4071 SENIOR LABORATORY (2 credits). Experiments in optics, and atomic
nuclear and solid state physics. (Requirement: Senior standing in physics or space
sciences.)
PHY 4200 SENIOR SEMINAR 1 (1 credit). Reports and discussions on selected
topics in contemporary experimental and theoretical physics and space sciences.
(Requirement: Student must be within three semesters of graduation.) (Q)
PHY 4201 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICS (3 credits). Topics announced prior to
each course offering. (Requirement: Department head approval.)
PHY 4210 SENIOR SEMINAR 2 (1 credit). Reports and discussions on selected
topics in contemporary experimental and theoretical physics and space sciences.
(Requirement: Student must be within three semesters of graduation.) (Q)
Prerequisites: PHY 4200.
PHY 4301 INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-3 credits). Individual study of specific
problems in physics. (Requirement: Department head approval.)
PHY 4901 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (3 credits). Individual research
directed by a faculty member. (Requirement: Department head approval.)
PHY 4902 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (3 credits). Individual research
directed by a faculty member. (Requirement: Department head approval.)
PHY 5015 ANALYTICAL MECHANICS 1 (3 credits). A general treatment of
dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, rotational dynamics, potential theory;
Hamilton’s principle and principle of least action, Lagrange’s equations; and applications.
Prerequisites: PHY 3011.
PHY 5017 ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY 1 (3 credits). Introduces electrostatics,
boundary-value problems in electrostatics, multipoles, electrostatics and
macroscopic media, dielectrics, magnetostatics, Faraday’s law, Maxwell equations,
plane electromagnetic waves and wave propagation.
PHY 5018 ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY 2 (3 credits). Continues PHY 5017.
Includes radiating systems, multipole fields and radiation, scattering and diffraction,
special theory of relativity, dynamics of relativistic particles and electromagnetic
fields, scattering of charged particles, Cherenkov radiation, radiation by moving
charges, Bremsstrahlung and radiation damping. Prerequisites: PHY 5017.
PHY 5020 OPTICS (3 credits). Applications to physics, space sciences and engineering.
Includes geometrical optics (briefly), physical optics, including Fraunhofer
and Fresnel diffraction; interactions with dielectric materials; Fresnel equations;
and applications including lasers, holography, polarization and nonlinear optics
materials. Additional graduate-level projects will be assigned including computer
ray tracing and computer lens design.
PHY 5030 QUANTUM MECHANICS 1 (3 credits). Schroedinger equation, discrete
and continuous eigenfunctions and eigenvalues, collision theory, matrix mechanics,
angular momentum perturbation and other approximation methods, identical particles
and spin, semiclassical theory of radiation, atomic structure. Prerequisites:
MTH 5201, MTH 5202, PHY 3035.
PHY 5031 QUANTUM MECHANICS 2 (3 credits). Schroedinger equation, discrete
and continuous eigenfunctions and eigenvalues, collision theory, matrix
mechanics, angular momentum perturbation and other approximation methods,
identical particles and spin, semiclassical theory of radiation, atomic structure.
Prerequisites: PHY 5030.
PHY 5035 SOLID STATE PHYSICS 1 (3 credits). Includes crystal structure,
crystal diffraction and the reciprocal lattice, crystal binding, lattice vibrations,
phonons, Brillouin zones, thermal properties of insulators, free electron Fermi gas,
energy bands in metals and Fermi surfaces. Prerequisites: PHY 3035, PHY 3060.
PHY 5036 SOLID STATE PHYSICS 2 (3 credits). Continues PHY 5035. Includes
semiconductors, plasmons, optical properties of solids, dielectrics, magnetism,
defects and superconductivity. Prerequisites: PHY 5035.
PHY 5045 INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS (3 credits).
The fundamental laws and principles that govern the behavior and structure of
matter on the subatomic scale. Definition and classification of elementary particles
and fundamental forces; properties of elementary particles and their experimentally
observable behavior; symmetries and invariance principles; Feynman diagrams;
interaction of particles with bulk matter. Prerequisites: PHY 4030.
PHY 5070 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICS (3 credits). Topics announced prior to
each course offering. (Requirement: Department head approval.)
PHY 5082 THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS (3 credits).
Covers the principles and applications of statistical thermodynamics, thermal and
general interactions of macroscopic systems and parameter measurement. Also
includes basic methods and applications of statistical mechanics, equilibrium conditions,
quantum statistics of ideal gases, and the kinetic theory of transport and
irreversible processes. (Requirement: Prerequisite course or instructor approval.)
Prerequisites: PHY 3060.
PHY 5088 GRADUATE LABORATORY (3 credits). Experimental work under individual
faculty supervision. (Requirement: Department head approval.)
PHY 5089 GRADUATE LABORATORY (3 credits). Experimental work under individual
faculty supervision. (Requirement: Department head approval.)
PHY 5095 ADVANCED LABORATORY (3 credits). Experimental work at the
research level in faculty research labs. (Requirement: Department head approval.)
PHY 5096 ADVANCED LABORATORY (3 credits). Experimental work at the
research level in faculty research labs. (Requirement: Department head approval.)
PHY 5899 FINAL SEMESTER THESIS (0-2 credits). Variable registration for thesis
completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements. (Requirements:
Accepted petition to graduate and approval by Office of Graduate Programs.)
PHY 5999 THESIS (3-6 credits). Individual work under the direction of a member
of the graduate faculty on a selected topic in physics. (Requirement: Department
head approval.)
PHY 6001 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-3 credits). Individual studies under faculty
supervision. (Requirement: Department head approval.)
PHY 6090 RESEARCH (1-6 credits). Research leading to the doctoral dissertation.
(Requirement: Department head approval.)
PHY 6899 FINAL SEMESTER DISSERTATION (0-2 credits). Variable registration
for dissertation completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
(Requirements: Accepted candidacy and approval by Office of Graduate Programs.)
PHY 6999 DISSERTATION (3-12 credits). Preparation of doctoral dissertation.
(Requirement: Admission to candidacy for doctoral degree and department head
approval.)
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