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Physics (PHYS)
PHYS 5303 Physical Optics Prerequisites: PHYS 3213 or consent of instructor.
PHYS 5523 Radiation Detection and Measurement Prerequisites: PHYS 3713 or PHYS 4212.
Description: Multiple beam interference, diffractions, imaging, near field optical probes of matter, surface plasmons, light scattering from random media, optical coherence tomography - biomedical applications, negative materials, perfect lenses and super resolution. Same course as ECEN 5823. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 5313 Electromagnetic Theory Prerequisites: PHYS 5453. Description: Electric and magnetic fields in free space and in matter. Boundary value problems, Green's functions, stress tensors, multipole expansions, thermodynamics; electromagnetic waves. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture
Description: Overview of radiation detection and measurement. Instrumentation, statistics of radiation measurements, review of atomic and nuclear physics, review of radiation interaction with matter, nuclear electronics, gas-filled and scintillation detectors, semiconductor detectors, radiation counting and spectroscopy. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 5533 Dosimetry and Radiation Protection Prerequisites: PHYS 4663 and PHYS 5523 or consent of instructor. Description: Radiation dosimetry quantities, effects of ionizing radiation on the human body, basic radiation protection concepts, x-ray and y-ray interaction and attenuation with matter, charged particle and neutron interaction with matter, charged particle equilibria, Bragg-Gray Cavity theory, quantifying dose from radionuclide sources, survey of dosimetric instrumentation, dosimetry with ionization chambers, integrating dosimeters and personal dosimetry. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 5563 Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics Laboratory Prerequisites: PHYS 4663 and PHYS 5523 or consent of instructor. Description: The primary objective of this course is to provide students with hands-on experience in a range of experimental techniques and with a variety of instrumentation routinely used in radiation detection and dosimetry, nuclear and particle physics, and in radiotherapy and medical imaging. The course content can be thought of as being of two types: 1) general experimental methods in physics and 2) methods of radiation detection and measurement. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Lab: 4 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Physics PHYS 5573 Radiation Biophysics Prerequisites: PHYS 5533 or consent of instructor. Description: Introduction to radiation biophysics, structure of DNA and its relationship to carcinogenesis, stochastic nature or radiation interaction with matter, radiation chemistry, cell survival curves, radiation damage models, DNA damage response. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics
Department/School: Physics PHYS 5350 Special Problems Prerequisites: Graduate standing in physics.
Description: Special problems of experimental or theoretical nature. Largely individual work with written report required. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Physics PHYS 5413 Classical Mechanics Prerequisites: PHYS 4423 or consent of instructor. Description: Generalized coordinates and advanced dynamics; coupled systems, wave motion; theory of elasticity. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 5453 Methods of Theoretical Physics Prerequisites: PHYS 3513. Description: Introduction to the various methods and techniques used in theoretical physics. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics
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