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Physics and Astronomy195PH 585 Physical Principles <strong>of</strong> Magnetism. Three hours.Prerequisite: Permission <strong>of</strong> the instructor.Phenomenological properties <strong>of</strong> magnetic materials including anisotropies, mag ne to -stric tion, domain walls, coercivity, reversal mechanisms, superparamagnetism, anddynamics.PH 586 Magnetic Materials and Devices. Three hours.Prerequisite: Permission <strong>of</strong> the instructor.<strong>The</strong> relationships between the properties <strong>of</strong> magnetic materials and their applications;an understanding <strong>of</strong> the wide range <strong>of</strong> properties in paramagnetic, ferromagnetic, ferrimag net ic, and antiferromagnetic materials is developed and discussed in relation to avariety <strong>of</strong> devices from transformers to spin valve heads.PH 587 <strong>The</strong> Physics and Materials <strong>of</strong> Magnetic Recording. Three hours.Prerequisite: Permission <strong>of</strong> the instructor.Principles <strong>of</strong> magnetic recording, write and read processes, particulate and thin fi lm recordingmedia, write and read heads, including magnetoresistive (AMR and GMR) heads.Emphasis will be placed on the key technologies critical to high-density recording.PH 591 Advanced Laboratory. Three hours. Two three-hour laboratories weekly.Prerequisite: Permission <strong>of</strong> the instructor.Experimental work in modern physics at an advanced level.PH 597 Physics Seminar. One hour.Prerequisite: Admission into physics graduate program.Required <strong>of</strong> all full-time physics graduate students each semester in residence. (Studentsspecializing in astronomy must take AY 597.) Students are required to attend at least10 department colloquia and/or specialty research seminars. Students in their secondyear and beyond are required to give one oral research presentation.PH 598 Nonthesis Research. Vari able credit.PH 599 <strong>The</strong>sis Research. Variable credit.PH 641 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. Three hours.Prerequisite: PH 542.<strong>The</strong> Dirac equation, Lorentz covariance, free-particle solutions <strong>of</strong> the Dirac equation,Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation, propagator theory, and ap pli ca tions to quantumelec tro dy nam ics.PH 642 Quantum Field <strong>The</strong>ory. Three hours.Prerequisite: PH 641.Classical fi eld theory, quantization <strong>of</strong> free fi elds, interacting fi elds, the scattering matrix,Feynman rules and diagrams, evaluation <strong>of</strong> integrals and di ver genc es, and electroweakand strong in ter ac tions. Offered according to demand.PH 651 Advanced Atomic and Molecular Physics. Three hours.Prerequisite: PH 551.Special topics course in atomic and molecular physics for advanced graduate students.Detailed coverage <strong>of</strong> topics that are arranged with the instructor. Offered according todemand.PH 661 High-Energy Physics. Three hours.Prerequisite: PH 642.Gauge invariance, non-Abelian gauge theories, hidden sym me tries, electroweak in ter -ac tions <strong>of</strong> leptons and quarks, strong interactions among quarks, string theories, andphenomenology <strong>of</strong> high-energy interactions. Offered according to demand.PH 681 Advanced Solid-State Physics. Three hours.Prerequisite: PH 581.Computational methods in solid-state physics are explored in more detail than in PH581. Band structure calculations, Green’s functions, density-functional methods, su per -con duc tiv i ty, and disordered materials. Offered according to demand.PH 682 Selected Topics in Physics. One to three hours.Prerequisite: Permission <strong>of</strong> the instructor.May deal with any physics topic not covered by existing courses. <strong>The</strong> course title is addedat the time each course is taught. Repeat credit is allowed for different course titles.PH 698 Nondissertation Research. Variable credit.PH 699 Dissertation Research. Variable credit. Three-hour minimum.

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