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Physics Courses
Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2001-2002, please consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published in the summer.Natural Sciences 66.100*
Seminar in Science
This cross-disciplinary course presents a survey of current issues in science. The course provides new science students with an orientation to the study of science at the university level. The course is structured around seminars, oral and written presentations.
Restricted to students in the first year of B.Sc. programs or BA Biology programs.
Lectures and tutorials three hours a week
For advice on which first year course to take, refer back to the 'General Information' at the start of the Physics section.
Physics 75.101*
Foundations of Physics I
This calculus-based course covers mechanics, gravitation, oscillations, and thermodynamics. The laboratory is an essential and autonomous part of the course. This is a specialist course for students intending to take further courses in Physics.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.103*, 75.105 and 75.107*.
Prerequisite: OACs in Physics and Calculus (or equivalents). Mathematics 69.104* or 69.107* or 69.102 (may be taken concurrently); or permission of the Department. Although not a requirement, an OAC in Algebra and Geometry is recommended.
Lectures three hours a week, tutorial one hour a week, laboratory three hours a week.
Physics 75.102*
Foundations of Physics II
An introduction to relativity, electricity, magnetism, wave motion and quantum mechanics. The laboratory is an essential and autonomous part of the course. This is a specialist course for students intending to take further courses in physics.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.104*, 75.105 and 75.108*.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.101*, Mathematics 69.104* or 69.107* or 69.102 (may be taken concurrently); or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week, tutorial one hour a week, laboratory three hours a week.
Physics 75.103*
Introductory Mechanics and Thermodynamics
This calculus-based course covers mechanics, gravitation, oscillations, and thermodynamics. The laboratory is an essential and autonomous part of the course.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.101*, 75.105 and 75.107*.
Prerequisites: OACs in Physics and Calculus (or equivalents); Mathematics 69.104* or 69.107* or 69.102 (may be taken concurrently); or permission of the Department. Although not a requirement, an OAC in Algebra and Geometry is recommended;
Lectures three hours a week, tutorial one hour a week, laboratory three hours a week.
Physics 75.104*
Introductory Electromagnetism and Wave Motion
This calculus-based course introduces electricity, magnetism, oscillations, waves and optics. The laboratory is an essential and autonomous part of the course.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.102*, 75.105 and 75.108*.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 69.104* or 69.107*, Engineering 91.111* or Physics 75.101* or 75.103*, or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week, tutorial one hour a week, laboratory three hours a week.
Physics 75.107*
Elementary University Physics I
Mechanics, properties of matter, thermodynamics. Applications chosen in part from the life sciences. For students who do not intend to take additional courses in Physics or who lack the prerequisites for Physics 75.101*.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.101*, 75.103* and 75.105
Prerequisite: Mathematics 69.017* (may be taken concurrently).
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours a week.
Physics 75.108*
Elementary University Physics II
Electricity and magnetism, DC and AC circuits, wave motion and light. Elements of modern physics. Applications chosen in part from the life sciences.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.102* and 75.105.
Prerequisite: Physics 75.101* or 75.103* or 75.107*;
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours a week.
Physics 75.190
Introduction to Astronomy
Description of the known stellar, galactic and extra-galactic systems. Modern ideas concerning the structure, origin and evolution of the universe, pulsars and supernovae. Space-age astronomy and studies of the possible existence of extraterrestrial life. A 14-inch telescope is available for student use.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.223*.
Lectures two and one-half hours a week.
Note: Science students may only take this as a Free Elective.
Physics 75.211*
Mechanics and Properties of Matter
Equations of motion for a single particle. Harmonic oscillation. Noninertial reference frames. Orbits in a central force field. Motion of systems of particles and of rigid bodies. Introduction to special relativity. Laboratory experiments in classical mechanics and properties of matter.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.101* and 75.102*, or 75.103* and 75.104*, alternatively 75.107* and 75.108* with an overall average of B- or better; Mathematics 69.107* and 69.117*, or Mathematics 69.102 and 69.112.
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours a week, tutorials (optional) once a week.
Physics 75.222*
Wave Motion and Optics
Physical optics based on electromagnetic theory, oscillator model for dispersion, absorption, scattering, Huygen's principle, reflection and transmission as coherent scattering. Interference, coherence length, diffraction, polarization, double refraction. Geometrical optics.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.264*.
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours a week.
Physics 75.223*
Astronomy
The observational basis of astronomy. The history of astronomy, properties of light, solar system observations and stellar astronomy.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.190 and 75.220.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.101* and 75.102* or 75.105 (with a grade of B- or better); or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.235*
Electricity and Magnetism
Electrostatics, field intensities in various charge configurations, Gauss' law, electrostatic energy. Dielectric materials, dipoles, molecular polarizability. Steady currents, properties of electrical conductors. Magnetic effects of currents and motion of charges in electric and magnetic fields. Time varying currents, electromagnetic induction. Magnetic materials and magnetic measurements.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.101*, 75.102*, or 75.103* and 75.104*, alternatively 75.107* and 75.108* with an overall grade of B- or better;
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours a week.
Physics 75.236*
Physics of Electrical and Electronic Measurements I
D.C. and A.C. circuit theory. Resonant circuits. Basic measuring devices, the oscilloscope; impedances, bandwidth, noise; vacuum tubes, transistors, useful approximations for circuit design; feedback, amplifiers, oscillators; operational circuits; digital circuits. Lectures emphasize the physical basis of instrument design. Laboratory emphasizes modern digital instrumentation.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.101*, 75.102* or 75.103* and 75.104*, alternatively 75.107* and 75.108* with an overall grade of B- or better;
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours a week.
Physics 75.264*
Modern Physics I
The course is designed to provide a logical transition from classical to modern physics. Special relativity. Kinetic theory. Thermal radiation. Rutherford scattering, atomic models. Photoelectric effect, Compton scattering. Bohr theory of the hydrogen atom. Atomic energy states, optical spectra, lasers. X rays. Radioactivity. Quantum Mechanics.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.211*,75.235*,75.262*
Prerequisites: Physics 75.101* and 75.102*, or 75.103* and 75.104* (75.107* and 75.108* are also acceptable provided a minimum average grade of B- is presented); plus Mathematics 69.104* and 69.114*, or 69.107* and 69.117*, or 69.102 and 69.112.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.291*
Physics of the Environment I
This course examines energy transformations which are the sources of much pollution. Topics include the use of fossil, bio-mass, solar and nuclear-energy sources, thermal pollution, radioactivity and the effects of radiation, growth in energy use and estimates of reserves, the need for conservation and control.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.101*, 75.102* or 75.103* and 75.104*, alternatively 75.107* and 75.108* with an overall grade of C- or better.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.292*
Physics of the Environment II
This course studies the relationship of physical principles to environmental problems. Topics considered include: air pollution, its measurement, abatement and possible effects on climate; transportation problems and alternatives; noise pollution, its measurement and possible consequences; communication.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.101*, 75.102* or 75.103* and 75.104*, alternatively 75.107* and 75.108* with an overall grade of C- or better;
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.300
Third-Year Laboratory
Students complete a small number of independent projects in modern optics, holography, optical spectroscopy, nuclear spectroscopy, cosmic radiation, measurements, etc. Development of skills in laboratory techniques in design/construction of research apparatus.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.301*, 75.302*, 75.307* and 75.308*.
Prerequisite: Physics 75.222* and 75.235*, or permission of the Department.
Laboratory and seminar six hours a week, workshop three hours a week.
Physics 75.307*
Third Year Physics Laboratory: Selected Experiments and Seminars
Students complete a small number of experiments selected from modern optics, holography, atomic physics, nuclear spectroscopy, radiation, etc. An exercise on literature searches and student seminars on experimental and numerical methods are included.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.222* and 75.264*, or permission of the Department.
Six hours a week.
Physics 75.308*
Third Year Physics Laboratory: Selected Experiments and Work Shop
Students complete a small number of experiments selected from modern optics, holography, atomic physics, nuclear spectroscopy, radiation, etc. Instruction on instrumentation building techniques will be given.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.222* and 75.264*, or permission of the department.
Six hours a week.
Physics 75.324*
Astrophysics and Cosmology
A discussion of stellar models, in particular stellar evolution and the end states of stars such as neutron stars and black holes. Galaxies and quasars; cosmology.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.190, 75.220, 75.224*.
Prerequisite: Physics 75.223* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.Physics 75.327*
Topics in Biophysics
An introduction is made to biophysics. Topics in biology: animal movement, food irradiation, DNA damage and repair following
irradiation, quantum tunneling in enzyme kinetics. Applications of physics in medicine: radiobiology, cancer treatment, and medical imaging.
Prerequisites: Biology 61.103* and 61.104*, either Physics 75.101* and 75.102* or Physics 75.103* and 75.104* or Physics 75.107* and 75.108*, plus one of Biology 61.220*, Chemistry 65.211*, or Physics 75.264*; or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week, tutorial or seminar one hour a week.
Physics 75.338*
Electromagnetism
Electrostatic field and magnetostatics. Examples involving Laplace's and Poisson's equations; vector potential; Faraday's laws of induction; waves in vacuum and dielectric media.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.235* and 75.387*, or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.342*
Heat and Thermodynamics
Zeroth, First, Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics; enthalpy, Helmholtz and Gibbs functions and the Maxwell relations; phase transitions; thermodynamics of magnetism; cryogenics cooling by Joule-Thompson effect, adiabatic expansion of a gas, adiabatic demagnetization, helium dilution refrigeration; black body radiation; negative temperatures.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.211* and 75.235*, Mathematics 69.207*, 69.208*, 69.217* and 69.241* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.364*
Modern Physics II
Elements of condensed matter physics - semiconductors, superconductivity. Modern optics. Elements of nuclear physics, fission and fusion methods for generating energy. Introduction to particle physics. Ionizing radiation: production, interaction with matter, detection. Medical physics: radiation biophysics, cancer therapy, imaging.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.366*.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.262*, Physics 75.371*; or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.366*
Modern Physics II
Elements of condensed matter physics - semiconductors, superconductivity. Modern optics. Elements of nuclear physics, fission and fusion methods for generating energy. Introduction to particle physics. Ionizing radiation: production, interaction with matter, detection. Medical physics: radiation biophysics, cancer therapy, imaging.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.300 and 75.364*.
Prerequisites: Registration in the Applied Physics or Engineering Physics program and permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.
Physics 75.371*
Elements of Quantum Mechanics
Analysis of interference experiments with waves and particles; fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics, Schrodinger equation; angular momentum, atomic beams; hydrogen atom; atomic and molecular spectroscopy; Pauli principle; simple applications in the physics of elementary particles.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.362*.
Prerequisite: Physics 75.262* or 75.361* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.381*
Classical Mechanics
Introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics: Poisson brackets, tensors and dyadics; rigid body rotations: introductory fluid mechanics coupled systems and normal coordinates; relativistic dynamics.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.211*, 75.222*, 75.235*, Mathematics 69.207*, 69.208*, 69.217*, 69.241* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.382*
Mechanics and Classical Mechanics
Motions of systems of particles and rigid bodies. Introduction to Special Relativity. Hamiltonian and Lagrangian Mechanics.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.211* and 75.381*.
Prerequisite: Registration in the Applied Physics or Engineering Physics programs or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.387*
Mathematical Physics I
Vector calculus; gradient, divergence, curl, Laplacian in various coordinate systems. Theorems of Gauss, Stokes and Green. Functions of a complex variable: analytic functions, contour integration, residue calculus. Fourier series, Fourier and Laplace transforms. Dirac delta function. Second order total differential equations, solution using transform methods.
Precludes additional credit for Mathematics 69.307*, 69.376* and 70.307*, Physics 75.386.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.211*, 75.222*, 75.235*, Mathematics 69.208*, 69.217*, 69.241*, or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.388*
Mathematical Physics II
Solution of second-order total differential equations by Frobenius' method. Sturm-Liouville theory. Special functions: Legendre, Bessel. Hermite, Laguerre and associated functions. Partial differential equations: method of separation of variables, eigenfunctions and eigenvalues and eigenfunction expansions. Green's function techniques for solving inhomogeneous partial differential equations.
Precludes additional credit for Mathematics 69.304*, 69.375*, and Physics 75.386.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.387* or Mathematics 70.307*; or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.394*
Co-operative Work Term Report 1
Provides practical experience for students enrolled in the Co-operative option. To receive course credit students must receive satisfactory evaluations from their work term employer. Written and oral reports will be required. Graded as Sat or Uns.
Prerequisites: Registration in the Physics Co-operative option and permission of the Department.
Not transferable for academic credit.
Physics 75.395*
Co-operative Work Term Report 2
Provides practical experience for students enrolled in the Co-operative option. To receive course credit students must receive satisfactory evaluations from their work term employer. Written and oral reports will be required. Graded as Sat or Uns
Prerequisites: Registration in the Physics Co-operative option and permission of the Department.
Physics 75.396*
Co-operative Work Term Report 3
Provides practical experience for students enrolled in the Co-operative option. To receive course credit students must receive satisfactory evaluations from their work term employer. Written and oral reports will be required. Graded as Sat or Uns.
Prerequisites: Registration in the Physics Co-operative option and permission of the Department.
Physics 75.400
Fourth-Year Laboratory
The student is expected to complete detailed projects involving some original planning in both concept and experimental technique. Projects are similar to Physics 75.300 but are of a more sophisticated nature.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.407* and 75.408*.
Prerequisite: Physics 75.300 or 75.307* or 75.308*.
Laboratory and seminar six hours a week.
Physics 75.407*
Fourth Year Physics Laboratory: Selected Experiments and Seminars
Students complete a small number of experiments selected from modern optics, holography, atomic physics, nuclear spectroscopy, radiation, etc. An exercise on literature searches and student seminars on experimental and numerical methods are included.
Prerequisites: 75.308*, or 75.222* and 75.264* and permission of the department.
Six hours a week.
Physics 75.408*
Fourth Year Physics Laboratory: Selected Experiments and Work Shop
Students complete a small number of experiments selected from modern optics, holography, atomic physics, nuclear spectroscopy, radiation, etc. Instruction on instrumentation building techniques will be given.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.307*, or 75.222* and 75.264* and permission of the department.
Six hours a week.
Physics 75.421*
Topics in Astrophysics and Cosmology
Stellar evolution, including, in particular, stellar modelling, main sequence stars, red giants and the end states of stars. Introduction to general relativity, black holes and related phenomena, big bang cosmology.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.223*, 75.224*, 75.262* or 75.361*, 75.371* or 75.362*; or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.423*
Physical Applications of Fourier Analysis
Laplace transform and its application to electrical circuits. Fourier transform, convolution. Sampling theorem. Applications to imaging: descriptors of spatial resolution, filtering. Correlation, noise power. Discrete Fourier transform, FFT. Filtering of noisy signals. Image reconstruction in computed tomography and magnetic resonance. Integral transforms and their application to boundary value problems.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.424*.
Prerequisite: Physics 75.387*; or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.428*
Modern Optics
Laser theory: stimulated emission, cavity optics, modes; gain and bandwidth; Gaussian beams; atomic and molecular lasers. Mode locking, Q switching. Diffraction theory, coherence, Fourier optics, holography, laser applications. Optical communication systems: nonlinear effects - devices, fiber optics, fiber sensors, integrated optics.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.427*.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.222*, 75.338*, 75.364*, 75.371* or 75.362*; or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.437*
Electromagnetic Radiation
Electromagnetic wave propagation in a vacuum, dielectrics, conductors, and ionized gases, reflection, refraction, polarization at the plane boundary between two media; waveguide and transmission line propagation; dipole and quadrupole radiation fields; antenna systems. Electromagnetic mass, radiation pressure. Tensor notation, transformation of the electromagnetic fields.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.338*, 75.381*, 75.387* and 75.388* (except for Mathematics and Physics Double Honours students), or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.447*
Statistical Physics
Equilibrium statistical mechanics and its relation to thermodynamics. Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics are derived, and applied in appropriate physical situations. Fluctuations. Kinetics and transport processes, including the Boltzmann transport equation and some of its applications.
Prerequisite: Physics 75.342*, 75.262* or 75.361*, 75.371* or 75.362*, 75.477* (may be taken concurrently); or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.449*
Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
The three Laws of Thermodynamics, enthalpy, Helmholtz and Gibbs functions and the Maxwell relations. Equilibrium statistical mechanics and its relation to thermodynamics. Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics.
Precludes additional credit for Physics 75.342* and 75.447*.
Prerequisites: Registration in the Applied Physics or Engineering Physics program and permission of the Department.
Lecture three hours a week.
Physics 75.458*
Solid State Physics
An introduction to solid state physics. Topics include crystal structure, phonons and lattice vibrations, conductors, semiconductors, insulators and superconductivity.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.262* or 75.361*, 75.371* or 75.362*; or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.462*
Particle Physics
Properties of leptons, quarks and hadrons. The fundamental interactions, conservation laws, invariance principles and quantum numbers. Resonances in hadron-hadron interactions. Three body phase space. Dalitz plots. Quark model of hadrons, mass formulae. Weak interactions, parity violation, decay of neutral kaons, CP violation, Cabibbo theory. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Physics 75.562, for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisite: Physics 75.477* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.468*
Nuclear Physics
Ground state properties of nuclei, nuclear forces, nuclear levels. Qualitative treatment of Fermi gas model, liquid drop model, shell model and collective model. Alpha, beta and gamma radioactivities. Fission. Passage of particles through matter. Particle detectors. Elements of neutron physics and nuclear reactors.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.361* and 75.362* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.477*
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics I
The basic interpretative postulates of quantum mechanics are applied to simple one-dimensional problems, and angular momentum theory.
Prerequisites: Physics 75.371* or 75.362*, 75.387*, 75.388*; or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.478*
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics II
Scattering theory and application; bound state problems; approximation methods.
Prerequisite: Physics 75.477* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.487*
Computational Physics
The UNIX operating system. Numerical methods for solving problems in linear algebra, interpolation, integration, root finding, minimization, and differential equations. Monte Carlo methods for simulation of random processes. Statistical methods for parameter estimation and hypothesis tests. Chaotic dynamics. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Physics 75.502, for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisite: Permission of the department and an ability to program in FORTRAN, C, or C++.
Lectures three hours a week.
Physics 75.491*
Special Topics in Physics
Each year, at the direction of the Department, a course on a special topic may be offered.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
Physics 75.495*
Cooperative Work Term Report 4
Provides practical experience for students enrolled in the Co-operative option. To receive course credit students must receive satisfactory evaluations from their work term employer. Written and oral reports will be required. Graded as Sat or Uns.
Prerequisites: Registration in the Physics Co-operative education option and permission of the Department.
Physics 75.496*
Cooperative Work Term Report 5
Provides practical experience for students enrolled in the Co-operative option. To receive course credit students must receive satisfactory evaluations from their work term employer. Written and oral reports will be required. Graded as Sat or Uns.
Prerequisites: Registration in the Physics Co-operative education option and permission of the Department.
Physics 75.497*
Fourth-Year Project
Same as Physics 75.499 except that it extends over the Fall term only. (See Physics 75.499 for details.)
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
A minimum of six hours laboratory or private study a week.
Physics 75.498*
Fourth-Year Project
Same as Physics 75.499 except that it extends over the Winter term only. (See Physics 75.499 for details.)
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
A minimum of six hours laboratory or private study a week.
Physics 75.499
Fourth-Year Project
These are advanced projects of an experimental or theoretical nature with an orientation towards research. A written progress report, by mid-term for Physics 75.497*, 75.498*, and by mid-year for Physics 75.499, must be submitted to the student's supervisor prior to the last day for withdrawal from the course. A written and an oral report is required at the conclusion of the project.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
A minimum of six hours laboratory or private study a week.
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