http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ 2020-01-27T03:42:02-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-07-03T12:17:16-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:catalog:cfcat?rev=1215112636 Catalog Description PH 426/526 PARADIGMS IN PHYSICS: CENTRAL FORCES (2 credits) Central forces: gravitational and electrostatic, angular momentum and spherical harmonics, separation of variables in classical and quantum mechanics, hydrogen atom. PREREQ: PH 314, PH 422/PH 522, PH 424/PH 524. text/html 2008-08-01T11:39:36-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:catalog:mmcat?rev=1217615976 Catalog Description PH 461/561 CAPSTONES IN PHYSICS: MATHEMATICAL METHODS (3 credits) Complex algebra, special functions, partial differential equations, series solutions, complex integration, calculus of residues. PREREQ: PH 424/PH 524, PH 426/PH 526, MTH 256. text/html 2008-08-01T11:43:02-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:catalog:opcat?rev=1217616182 Catalog Description PH 481/581 PHYSICAL OPTICS (4 credits) Wave propagation, polarization, interference, diffraction, and selected topics in modern optics. PREREQ: PH 431/PH 531 or equivalent. text/html 2008-07-10T10:58:30-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:catalog:oscat?rev=1215712710 Catalog Description PH 421/521 PARADIGMS IN PHYSICS: OSCILLATIONS (2 credits) Dynamics of mechanical and electrical oscillations using Fourier series and integrals, time and frequency representations for driven damped oscillators, resonance, coupled oscillators, and vector spaces. PREREQ: PH 213. text/html 2008-07-03T12:16:05-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:catalog:spcat?rev=1215112565 Catalog Description PH 425/525 PARADIGMS IN PHYSICS: QUANTUM MEASUREMENTS AND SPIN (2 credits) Introduction to quantum mechanics through Stern-Gerlach spin measurements. Probability, eigenvalues, operators, measurement, state reduction, Dirac notation, matrix mechanics, time evolution, spin precession, Rabi oscillations. PREREQ: PH 314. COREQ: MTH 341. text/html 2011-06-20T12:02:12-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:catalog:start?rev=1308596532 Click on the links below for catalog descriptions of Paradigms and Capstones: Symmetries & Idealizations Static Vector Fields Oscillations Spin & Quantum Measurement 1-D Waves Central Forces Energy & Entropy Periodic Potentials Reference Frames text/html 2008-11-11T15:01:12-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:catalog:sycat?rev=1226444472 Catalog Description PH 320 PARADIGM IN PHYSICS: SYMMETRIES AND IDEALIZATIONS (2 credits) Symmetry and idealization in problem-solving. Gauss's and Ampere's laws in orthonormal coordinates, power series as approximations, complex numbers. PREREQ: PH 213. COREQ: MTH 255. text/html 2009-03-27T14:56:04-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:catalog:vfcat?rev=1238190964 Catalog Description PH 422/522 PARADIGMS IN PHYSICS: STATIC VECTOR FIELDS (2 credits) Theory of static electric and magnetic fields, including sources superposition, using the techniques of vector calculus, including Stokes and divergence theorems, and computer visualizations. PREREQ: PH 213. COREQ: MTH 255. text/html 2008-07-10T11:05:46-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:catalog:wvcat?rev=1215713146 Catalog Description PH 424/524 PARADIGMS IN PHYSICS: WAVES IN ONE DIMENSION (2 credits) One-dimensional waves in classical and quantum mechanics, barriers and wells, reflection and transmission, resonance and normal modes, wave packets with and without dispersion. PREREQ: PH 314, PH 421/PH 521.