Human Neuropsycholgy

Introduction to causes, diagnosis, effects, and treatment of human neurological and neuropsychological disorders. Emphasis on inferences that can be made about human brain functions from the effects of neurological disorders. Prerequisite: PSYCH 330 or equivalent.

Adv Statistcl Physic

Phase transitions and mean field theory, critical exponents and universality. Ginzburg-Landau theory: fluctuations, Ginzburg criterion, upper/lower critical dimensions, Goldstone modes. Renormalization group: Foundations, Perturbative RG, epsilon expansion, Large N expansion. XY model: Topological defects, Coulomb gas and Kosterlitz?Thouless transition. Nonlinear sigma models. Random Systems. Introduction to conformal invariance. Prerequisite: PHYSICS 602

Intro Adv Quantum Mechanics

The breakdown of classical physics, the quantum mechanics of one-dimensional systems, and an introduction to three-dimensional problems. Emphasis on the physical interpretation of quantum mechanics. A first course in graduate level quantum mechanics. Prerequisite: PHYSICS 424 or equivalent.
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