PHYS 598

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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 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	61725	Lecture	ADS	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	276 Loomis Laboratory	Leigh, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: AdS/QFT Correspondence Section Info: This course will give students a working knowledge of the AdS/QFT correspondence, and its applications in particle physics, hydrodynamics, fluid mechanics, and condensed matter physics. Although students will benefit from having already a good knowledge of quantum field theory (such as from Physics 582-583), all other necessary material will be introduced in class, including rudimentary material on general relativity and string theory. Throughout the course, we will collaboratively develop code using Mathematica and/or Matlab to calculate interesting holographic observables. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	76097	Lecture	GR3	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	158 Loomis Laboratory	Yunes, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: General Relativity-CB Section Info: PHYS 598: General Relativity – Compact Binaries Pre-requisite courses: PHYS 515 (GR1) or equivalent This course will cover advanced topics in Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, focusing on the dynamics of compact binaries. Emphasis will be put on widely separated binaries of comparable mass ratio, where the post-Newtonian approximation is valid. The topics discussed will include a subset of the following:orbital dynamics of binary systems, three-body interactions and the Kozai-Lidov mechanism, the radiation-reactionforce, gravitational waves emitted during inspiral. This class is very mathematically intensive, because it has to be to achieve its goals, and it will use technical language, as defined in GR I (see e.g. Carrol’s textbook), which is heavily employed in the gravity and astrophysics scientific literature. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.