Special study in some branch of physics, either theoretical or experimental, under direction of a faculty member.

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Angular momentum, time dependent and time independent perturbation theory, semi-classical and quantum treatment of radiation, scattering theory, Klein-Gordon equation, Dirac equation. Prerequisite: PHYSICS 614.

Abstract quantum mechanics, Hilbert space, representation theory, three-dimensional problems, angular momentum, spin, vector coupling, bound state perturbation theory, variational method. Prerequisite: PHYSICS 605.

Electrostatic and magnetostatic fields in vacuum and material medium. Maxwell's equations, radiation, and special relativity. Covariant formulation of the field equations. Fields of a moving charge, motion of particles, radiation reaction, applications to physical phenomena as time permits. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 601, 605.

Selected topics with application to physics in linear algebra and Hilbert space theory, complex variables, Green's functions, partial differential equations, integral transforms, integral equations.

Special projects; departmental sponsor required. Prerequisite: one or more 400-level physics courses.

Mathematical and conceptual aspects of the special and general theories of relativity. Lorentz transformations, convariant formulation of the laws of nature. The equivalence principle, curved spaces, solutions of the equations of relativity. Prerequisite: Physics 422.