PHYS 598

Spring 2020 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 6

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.

PHYS 598 class schedule data for spring 2020
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
70558
Lecture
CPA
12:30PM -1:50PM
TR
Loomis Laboratory
Gammie, C
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/20-05/06/20
Credit:
4 hours
Section Info:
COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS Computational Physics and Astrophysics builds a basic understanding of numerical analysis and then reinforces through problem sets. Topics covered include numerical differentiation, root finding, minimization, numerical integration, solutions of ODEs, FFTs, elliptic PDEs in one and two dimensions, hyperbolic PDEs in one and two dimensions, Monte Carlo methods, and some data analysis. Example problems include self-gravitating compressible hydrodynamics, a quantum mechanical scattering problem, the Ising problem, and a search for correlations in noisy data. The course is based entirely on problem sets; there are no exams.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to students with Graduate class standing.
58646
Lecture
PEN
11:00AM -12:50PM
F
Loomis Laboratory
Cooper, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/20-05/06/20
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Communicating Physics Research
Section Info:
Scientific communication skills development through extensive writing and oral-presentation activities. Topics and associated activities will include creating effective scientific abstracts, research papers, referee reports, scientific proposals, figures and figure captions, journal club presentations, research presentations, and scientific posters.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to students with Graduate class standing.
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