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PHYS 6205 Digital Filtering Image Proc
3 cr.
Prerequisite: PHYS 4205 or consent of department. The discrete Fourier
transform and the fast Fourier transform in physical applications;
noise characteristics and techniques of noise removal; onedimensional
image enhancement and restoration; two-dimensional
image processing; and applications to seismic data, pictures, and
other physical data.
PHYS 6206 Image Restoration & Enhancemnt
3 cr.
Prerequisite: PHYS 6205 or consent of department. Restoration and
enhancement of one- and two-dimensional physical data by noise
removal, deconvolution, and other techniques of digital filtering;
the Wiener filter, maximum entropy, and maximum likelihood;
iterative techniques; spectral windows; and filters for seismic data
and images.
PHYS 6207 Digtl Filt & Spect Analysis I
3 cr.
Prerequisites: PHYS 6206 and a background in matrix algebra (such
as MATH 2511 or PHYS 4201) or consent of department. Brief review
of transform and random process theory, review of matrix algebra,
classical spectral estimation, parametric models for random processes,
autoregressive spectrum properties and estimation ARMA
spectral estimation, Prony method, minimum variance spectral
estimation, eigenvector approaches, multichannel and two-dimensional
spectral estimation.
PHYS 6208 Dig Filt & Spect Analysis II
3 cr.
Prerequisites: PHYS 6206 and a background in matrix algebra (such
as MATH 2511 or PHYS 4201) or consent of department. Brief review
of transform and random process theory, review of matrix algebra,
classical spectral estimation, parametric models for random processes,
autoregressive spectrum properties and estimation, ARMA
spectral estimation, Prony method, minimum variance spectral
estimation, eigenvector approaches, multichannel and two-dimensional
spectral estimation.
PHYS 6301 Classical Mechanics
3 cr.
Prerequisite: Physics 3301 or consent of department. Variational formulation
of mechanics due to Lagrange and Hamilton. Kinematics
and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, classical fields, and
selected topics.
PHYS 6302 Wave Propagation
3 cr.
Prerequisites: PHYS 4322 and 4201 or consent of department. Wave
propagation in continuous media with emphasis on geophysical
applications, normal mode theory, reflection and refraction, diffraction,
dispersion.
PHYS 6321 Acoustics I
3 cr.
Prerequisites: PHYS 4201 and 4322 or consent of department. Wave
theory of sound: reflection, transmission, and excitation of plane
waves; sources of acoustic radiation, geometrical acoustics, and ray
theory; scattering and diffraction; acoustic waveguides and normal
mode propagation; computational techniques; dissipative processes
and nonlinear effects; selected topics of interest as time permits.
PHYS 6322 Acoustics II
3 cr.
Prerequisites: Physics 4201 and 4322 or consent of department. Wave
theory of sound: reflection, transmission, and excitation of plane
waves; sources of acoustic radiation, geometrical acoustics, and ray
theory; scattering and diffraction; acoustic waveguides and normal
mode propagation; computational techniques; dissipative processes
and nonlinear effects; selected topics of interest as time permits.
PHYS 6325 Underwater Acous Syst Analysis
3 cr.
Prerequisites: Physics 4322 and Physics 4205 or consent of department.
Underwater acoustics, Fourier methods, noise, beamforming,
target characteristics, statistical basis for performance analysis,
examples of acoustic system analysis. Three hours of lecture per
week.
PHYS 6331 Principles of Ocean Physics I
3 cr.
Prerequisites: PHYS 4501 and PHYS 3301 or Mechanical Engineering
2750 or consent of department. First Semester: an introduction to
physical oceanography, including forces, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics,
geophysical fluid dynamics, waves, tides, and currents.
Second Semester: a study of the physics of the ocean, emphasizing
underwater acoustics, electromagnetics in the ocean, and optics of
the sea.
PHYS 6332 Principles of Ocean Physics II
3 cr.
Prerequisites: PHYS 4501 and PHYS 3301 or Mechanical Engineering
2750 or consent of department. First Semester: an introduction to
physical oceanography, including forces, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics,
geophysical fluid dynamics, waves, tides, and currents.
Second Semester: a study of the physics of the ocean, emphasizing
underwater acoustics, electromagnetics in the ocean, and optics of
the sea.
PHYS 6381 Advanced Seismic Techniques
3 cr.
Prerequisites: Physics/Geophysics 4381 or consent of department.
Velocity analysis, deconvolution and filtering, tau-p slant stacking,
velocity filters, 3-D techniques, vertical seismic profiles, migration,
forward modeling and synthetics, inverse theories and modeling,
interpretation, use and development of seismic data processing
computer programs, including graphics and displays. Two hours of
lecture and two hours of computer laboratory per week.
PHYS 6401 Quantum Mechanics I
3 cr.
Prerequisites: advanced calculus and consent of department. The
conceptual basis of quantum mechanics and its relation to classical
mechanics. Quantum states and energies are determined for simple
systems with emphasis on the use of symmetries and other general
features of the systems.
PHYS 6402 Quantum Mechanics II
3 cr.
Prerequisite: PHYS 6401. Application of the quantum mechanics to
problems in atomic, solid state, and nuclear physics, with an introduction
to approximation methods.
PHYS 6501 Electromagnetic Theory I
3 cr.
Prerequisite: PHYS4201 and 6301 or consent of department. Electrostatics,
magnetostatics, and Maxwell’s equations.
PHYS 6502 Electromagnetic Theory II
3 cr.
Prerequisite: PHYS 6501 or consent of department. Electromagnetic
radiation, special relativity, and diffraction theory.
PHYS 6621 Statistical Mechanics
3 cr.
Offered as needed. A survey of the principles of classical and quantum
statistics with application to special problems.
PHYS 6701 Atomic Theory
3 cr.
Prerequisite: PHYS 6401 or consent of department. Quantum theory
of atomic structure and spectra, theory of radiation, selection rules
and quantum theory of elastic and inelastic atomic collisions.
PHYS 6721 Molecular Structure
3 cr.
Prerequisite: PHYS 6401 or consent of department. Classification
of molecular spectra, rotation, and vibration of the diatomic molecule,
finer details of infrared and Raman spectra. Rotation and
vibration of polyatomic molecules and electronic states.
PHYS 6901 Condensed Matter & Matrls Phys
3 cr.
Prerequisites: PHYS 4901 and 6401 or consent of department. A
detailed discussion of quantum theory and experiments in condensed
matter and materials physics with emphasis on current
research problems.
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