Ph.D. Program in Physics
Student must complete 48 credit hours
Speciality Requirements Student must complete 36 credit hours
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequests |
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| 422922 | Advanced Electrodynamics | 3 |
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| Radiation, EM waves scattering, special theory of relativistic electrodynamics. | |||
| 422932 | Advanced Quantum Mechanics | 3 |
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| Time-independent perturbation, time-dependent perturbation, quantized radiation and relativistic quantum mechanics, second quantization, feynman path integral. | |||
| 422940 | Advanced Atomic and Molecular Physics | 3 |
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| Hydrogen spectra and hydrogen-like ions, multi-electron atoms, fine srtructure and relativistic corrections. | |||
| 422952 | Advanced Solid State Physics | 3 |
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| Theories in superconductors, properties of materials, solid surfaces properties, interaction of solids with nuclear radiations. | |||
| 422962 | Advanced Mathematical Physics | 3 |
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| Complex analytical variables, integral equations, contour theories, fourier and Laplace transforms, introduction to group theory, linear integrals and applications in nuclear physics. | |||
| 422971 | Advanced Statistical Mechanics | 3 |
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| Change of state, transport coefficients, statistical groups, super fluidity, partition functions and Bose condensations, interacting statistical systems, ordered and disordered theories, quantum statistical mechanics. | |||
| 422990 | Comprehensive Exam | 0 |
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| 422999 | Thesis | 18 |
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Speciality Optional Requirements Student must complete 12 credit hours
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequests |
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| 422913 | Advanced Classical Mechanics | 3 |
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| Fluid mechanics, rigid body dynamics with modified shapes, strain and stress, small oscillations and waves. | |||
| 422942 | Advanced Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3 |
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| Experimental techniques in particle physics, space – time symmetries, excited states and field theories, week nuclear interactions, strong nuclear interactions, quarks and gluons. | |||
| 422943 | Accelerators Physics | 3 |
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| Linear accelerators, gamma ray spectroscopy, charged particles spectroscopy, synchrotron radiation and its applications, particle collisions. | |||
| 422944 | Radiation Physics | 3 |
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| Radiation detection and measurements, nuclear spectroscopy, scattering of radiations, biological and chemical effects of radiation, radiation protection, ionization chambers. Radiation and cancer. | |||
| 422953 | Semiconductor Physics | 3 |
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| Principles in electronic conduction, energy band theories in semiconductors, scattering of charge carriers in semiconductors and their recombination, light absorption in semiconductors, methods in preparation of semiconductor samples, physical properties of some semiconductors, noncrystalline semiconductors. | |||
| 422958 | Quantum Field Theory | 3 |
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| Classical field theory, Klein-Gordon and Dirac fields. Interacting fields, S-Matrix and Feynman diagrams, quantum electrodynamics. | |||
| 422973 | Condensed Matter Physics | 3 |
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| Simple liquids, electronic systems, electronic bindings, one-dimensional electronic systems, two-dimensional electronic systems, transition and localization. | |||
| 422981 | Special Topics | 3 |
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| Important special topics in physics. | |||
| 422982 | Selected Topics | 3 |
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| Important selected topics in physics. | |||
| 422983 | Advanced Methods in Computational Condensed Matter Physics | 3 |
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| Density functional theory, LDA and GGA approximations, introduction to FP-LMTO, FP-LAPW and applications. | |||
| 422984 | Advanced Methods in Theoretical Physics | 3 |
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| Study important techniques in theoretical physics, different approximation methods in theoretical physics. | |||
| 422985 | Advanced Methods in Experimental Physics | 3 |
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| Measurements methods in nuclear physics, atomic physics, solid states and condensed matter. | |||