PHYS 598

Fall 2017 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 28-Dec 13

Special Topics in Physics

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Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in physics intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites.

May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

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PHYS 598 class schedule data for fall 2017
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	68944	Lecture	AQG	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	Loomis Laboratory	Gadway, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/28/17-12/13/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topics to be covered include: atomic structure ; the interaction of atoms with electromagnetic fields ; atom trapping with lasers and magnetic fields ; laser cooling and evaporative cooling ; ultracold collisions & Feshbach resonances ; Bose & Fermi quantum gases ; properties of interacting atomic Bose-Einstein condensates ; quantum simulation with cold atoms & molecules. Prerequisite - Phys 486
	68945	Lecture	QEN	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	Loomis Laboratory	Faulkner, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/28/17-12/13/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: The course description: An introduction to quantum entanglement methods in Quantum Field Theory and gravity. Topics covered will include: entanglement in Conformal Field Theory, Renormalization Group flows, dynamical settings, topological theories and AdS/CFT. Additional topics to include black hole thermodynamics and the area law, energy conditions, the thermofield double, hawking radiation and the information paradox.