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Physics 662b, Special Topics in Particle Physics.
By arrangement with faculty.
Physics 663b, Special Topics in Cosmology and Particle Physics.
By arrangement with faculty.
Physics 664a, Special Topics in Nuclear Electromagnetic Interactions.
By arrangement with faculty.
Physics 664b, Special Topics in Nuclear Physics.
Emphasis is on nuclear structure. The approach stresses physical ideas, leading to an
understanding of a number of advanced nuclear models and to practical case studies with
them.
Physics 665a, Special Topics in Atomic Physics.
By arrangement with faculty.
Physics 666b, Special Topics in Classical Field Theory.
By arrangement with faculty.
Physics 667b, Special Topics in Condensed Matter Physics.
An introduction to nonequilibrium statistical mechanics in classical and quantum systems.
Brief survey of equilibrium physics and processes, Green-Kubo theory, and approaches
ranging from those of Kawasaki to Zubarev. The relation of dynamical systems and chaos to
statistical mechanics and transport. Discussion of open problems and applications.
Physics 668b, Special Topics in Geometry and Modern Field Theory.
By arrangement with faculty.
Explores the relation between modern geometry and (supersymmetric) gauge theories. Topics
include a survey of fiber bundles, connections, holonomy, characteristic classes, Dirac
operators, and the supersymmetric proofs of the index theorems.
Physics 671b, Special Topics in Experimental Nuclear and Particle
Physics.
Propagation of particles and photons in matter, modern detection techniques, types of
detectors, large detector systems, accelerators, and seminal experiments are studied. The
subject spans the range of energies from low energy nuclear physics up through high energy
physics.
Physics 672a or b, Special Topics in Experimental Physics.
By arrangement with faculty.
Physics 673b, Special Topics in Atomic Physics.
By arrangement with faculty.
Physics 674b, Quantum Information, Quantum Cryptography, and Quantum Computation.
The basic principles of quantum information, cryptography, and computation will be covered.
Following the theoretical introduction, methods of realizing real world devices will be discussed.
These will encompass methods based on both atomic/molecular systems and solid state systems.
Lecture section of the course as described will take approximately half the class time;
the remaining time will be devoted to student presentations of selected papers.
