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APPH E4500y Health physics
Lect: 3. 3 pts. E. A. Christman.
Prerequisite: APPH E4010. This course presents
the fundamental principles of health physics: the
physics of dose deposition, radiation dosimetry,
elementary shielding and radiation protection
devices, description and proper use (calibration
and maintenance) of health physics instrumentation,
and the regulatory and administrative
requirements of health physics programs.
APPH E4550y Medical physics seminar
Lect: 1. 0 pts. J. C. Arbo.
Required for all graduate students in the medical
physics program. Practicing professionals and
faculty in the field present overviews of selected
topics in medical physics.
APPH E4600x Fundamentals of radiological
physics and radiation dosimetry
Lect: 3. 3 pts. J. A. Meli.
Co- or prerequisite: APPH E4010. Basic radiation
physics: radioactive decay, radiation producing
devices, characteristics of the different types of
radiation (photons, charged and uncharged particles)
and mechanisms of their interactions with
materials. Essentials of the determination, by
measurement and calculation, of absorbed doses
from ionizing radiation sources used in medical
physics (clinical) situations and for health physics
purposes.
APBM E4650y Anatomy for physicists
and engineers
Lect. 3. 3 pts. Members of the faculty.
Prerequisite: BMEN E4002 or the instructor’s
permission. A systemic approach to the study of
the human body from a medical imaging point of
view: skeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive,
and urinary systems, breast and women’s
issues, head and neck, and central nervous system.
Lectures are reinforced by examples from
clinical two- and three-dimensional and functional
imaging (CT, MRI, PET, SPECT, U/S, etc.).
APPH E4710x-E4711y Radiation instrumentation
and measurement laboratory, I and II
Lect: 1. Lab: 4. 3 pts. J. C. Arbo.
Co- or prerequisite: APPH E4010. Lab fee: $50
each term. E4710: theory and use of α, β, γ, and
X ray detectors and associated electronics for
counting, energy spectroscopy, and dosimetry;
radiation safety; counting statistics and error
propagation; mechanisms of radiation emission
and interaction. E4711: additional detector types;
applications and systems including coincidence,
low-level, and liquid scintillation counting; neutron
activation; TLD disometry; diagnostic x-ray and
fluoro Q/C; planar gamma camera imaging; image
analysis.
APPH E4901x Seminar: problems in
applied physics
Lect: 1. 1 pt. Professors Herman and Venkataraman.
Required for, and can be taken only by, all applied
physics majors and minors in the junior year.
Discussion of specific and self-contained problems
in areas such as applied electrodynamics,
physics of solids, and plasma physics. Topics
change yearly.
APPH E4903x Seminar: problems in
applied physics
Lect: 1. Tutorial: 1. 2 pts. Professors Herman and
Venkataraman.
Required for, and can be taken only by, all applied
physics majors in the senior year. Discussion of
specific and self-contained problems in areas
such as applied electrodynamics, physics of
solids, and plasma physics. Formal presentation
of a term paper required. Topics change yearly.
APPH E4990x and y Special topics in
applied physics
Lect: 3. 1–3 pts. Instructors to be announced.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Topics
and instructors change from year to year. For
advanced undergraduate students and graduate
students in engineering, physical sciences, and
other fields.
APAM E4999x and y and S4999 Curricular
practical training
1 pt. Members of the faculty.
Prerequisites: Internship and adviser’s approval
(must be obtained in advance). Only for master’s
students in the Department of Applied Physics
and Applied Mathematics who may need relevant
work experience as part of their program of study.
Final report required. This course may not be
taken for pass/fail or audited.
APPH E6081x Solid state physics, I
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Pinczuk.
Prerequisite: APPH E3100 or the equivalent.
Knowledge of statistical physics on the level of
MSAE E3111 or PHYS G4023 is strongly recommended.
Crystal structure, reciprocal lattices,
classification of solids, lattice dynamics, anharmonic
effects in crystals, classical electron models
of metals, electron band structure, and lowdimensional
electron systems.
APPH E6082y Solid state physics, II
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Kim.
Prerequisite: APPH E6081 or the instructor’s permission.
Semiclassical and quantum mechanical
electron dynamics and conduction, dielectric
properties of insulators, semiconductors, defects,
magnetism, superconductivity, low-dimensional
structures, and soft matter.
APPH E6091y Magnetism and magnetic
materials
Lect: 3. 3 points. Offered in alternate years.
Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisite: MSAE E4206, APPH E6081, or the
equivalent. Types of magnetism. Band theory of
ferromagnetism. Magnetic metals, insulators, and
semiconductors. Magnetic nanostructures: ultrathin
films, superlattices, and particles. Surface
magnetism and spectroscopies. High-speed magnetization
dynamics. Spin electronics.
APPH E6101x Plasma physics, I
Lect: 3. 3 points. Professor Katsuro-Hopkins.
Prerequisite: APPH E4300. Debye screening.
Motion of charged particles in space- and timevarying
electromagnetic fields. Two-fluid description
of plasmas. Linear electrostatic and electromagnetic
waves in unmagnetized and magnetized
plasmas. The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)
model, including MHD equilibrium, stability, and
MHD waves in simple geometries. Fluid theory
of transport.
APPH E6102y Plasma physics, II
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Boozer.
Prerequisite: APPH E6101x. Magnetic coordinates.
Equilibrium, stability, and transport of
toroidal plasmas. Ballooning and tearing instabilities.
Kinetic theory, including Vlasov equation,
Fokker-Planck equation, Landau damping, kinetic
transport theory. Drift instabilities.
APPH E6110x Laser interactions with matter
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Offered in alternate years.
Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisites: APPH E4112 or the equivalent, and
quantum mechanics. Principles and applications
of laser-matter coupling, non-linear optics, threeand
four-wave mixing, harmonic generation, laser
processing of surfaces, laser probing of materials,
spontaneous and stimulated light scattering, saturation
spectroscopy, multiphoton excitation, laser
isotope separation, transient optical effects.
APAM E6650x and y, and S6650
Research project
1 to 6 pts. Members of the faculty.
This course may be repeated for credit. A special
investigation of a problem in nuclear engineering,
medical physics, applied mathematics, applied
physics, and/or plasma physics consisting of
independent work on the part of the student and
embodied in a formal report.
APPH E9142x-E9143y
Applied physics seminar
Sem: 3. 3 pts. Instructor to be announced.
These courses may be repeated for credit.
Selected topics in applied physics.
APAM E9301x and y, and S9301
Doctoral research
0 to 15 pts. Members of the faculty.
Prerequisite: The qualifying examination for the
doctorate. Required of doctoral candidates.
APAM E9800x and y, and S9800
Doctoral research instruction
3, 6, 9, or 12 pts. Members of the faculty.
A candidate for the Eng.Sc.D. degree must register
for 12 points of doctoral research instruction.
Registration for APAM E9800 may not be used
SEAS 2009–2010