79 courses in the 1983–84 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Department of Physics
Professor, Chairman of the Department J. Grindlay, BSc (Glasgow), DPhil (Oxford)
Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Science D.E. Brodie, BSc, MSc, PhD (McMaster)
Associate Professor, Associate Chairman of the Department
J.K. Brandon, BSc, PhD (McMaster), MA (Cambridge)
Professors
A. Anderson, MA, DPhil (Oxford)
R.A. Aziz, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
G.A. Bakos, MA (Bratislava), MA, PhD (Toronto)
F.W. Boswell, 8A, MA, PhD (Toronto)
J.A. Cowan, BSc (Manitoba), MA, PhD (Toronto)
1.R. Dagg, BSc (Manitoba), MS (Penn State), PhD (Toronto)
S.G: Davison, PhD, DSc (Manchester)
M.P. FitzGerald, BSc, MSc (Toronto), PhD (Case}
F.O. Goodman’, BSc, PhD, DSc (London), FinstP, FAIP
N.R. tsenor, BSc (Acadia), MSc, PhD (McMaster)
J. Kruuv', BASc (Waterloo), PhD (Western Ontario)
J.W. Leech, BS, PhD (London), FinstP
J.D. Leslie, BASc (Toronto), MS, PhD (Mlinois)
S.P. Lipshitz3, 8Sc (Natal), MSc (South Africa), PhD (Witwatersrand)
A.D.S. Nagi, BA, BSc, MSc (Panjab), PhD (Delhi)
J.L. Ord, BASc {Toronto}, MS, PhD (HMinois)
R.K. Pathria, BSc, MSc (Punjab), PhD (Dethi) Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
W.B. Pearson?, DFC, MA, DSc (Oxford), FRSC, FCIC
M.M. Pintar2, BSc, MSc, PhD (Liubliana)
L.W. Reeves‘, BSc, PhD, DSc (Bristol), FRSC, FCIC
G. Scoles+, BSc, PhD (Genova)
R.A. Snyder, BSc, PhD (Western Ontario)
O.M.R. Taplins, BS¢ (Aston), DPhil (Oxford), OSc, PEng, CEng, FIM
S.F. Wang, DSc (Nagoya)
Associate Professors
J.M. Corbett, BASc (Toronto), MSc, PhD (Waterloo)
A.E. Dixon, BSc (Mt. Allison), MSc (Dalhousie), PhD (McMaster)
P.C. Eastman, BSc, MSc (McMaster), PhD (British Columbia)
H.K. Ellenton, 8Sc (Western Ontario), MA (Toronto).
D. Hémming, 8Sc, PhD (Bristol) .
J.R. Lepock’, BS, MS (W. Virginia), PhD (Penn State)
C.C. Lim, BA (DePauw), MA {Nebraska}, PhD {Toronto}
R.A. Moore, BSc, MSc (McMaster), PhD (Alberta)
H.M. Morrison, 8Sc,. PhD (Edinburgh)
H.J.T. Smith, BSc, PhD (London)
B.H. Torrie, BASc (Toronto), PhD (McMaster)
J. Vanderkooy, BEng, PhD (McMaster)
K.A. Wooiner, BSc (London)
Senior Demonstrators A.B. Haner, 8Sc, MSc (Waterioo) D.S. McVicar, BSc (Waterloo)
Research Assistant Professors
G.L.H. Harris, BA (Mount Holyoke), MA (Wesleyan), PhD (Toronto)
J.W. Hepburn‘, 8Se (Waterloo), PhD (Toronto), NSERC University Research Fellow
W.-K, Liu, 8S, MS, PhD (Iinois) NSERC University Research Fellow
Adjunct Faculty
JA. Blackburn, BSc (Manitoba), MSc, PhD (Waterloo)
W.E. Harris, 8Sc (Alberta), MSc, PhD (Toronto)
MLL. Klein, BSc, PhD (Bristol)
J. Lit, BS¢, DipEd (Hong Kong), DSc (Laval)
L.A.A. Read, BA, MSc (McMaster}, PhD {Waterloo}
R.C. Shukla, BSc, MSc, PhD (Allahabad)
P.G. Sutherland, 8Sc (McGill), MS, PhD (Illinois)
Faculty Members of Physics holding cross appointments to.
1Biology
2Chemistry
Faculty Members holding cross appointments to Physics from: 3Applied Mathematics 4Chemisiry
5Mechanical Engineering
PHYS 111
Courses not offered in the current academic year are listed at the end of this section.
Introductory Notes
Prerequisites are given as a guide to the student and may be waived with the consent of the instructor.
This course covers the topics in Ontario Grades 11 to 13 essential for first year university physics. The course includes mechanics, gravitation, vibrations and waves, heat, electricity, light and optics. Successful completion of this course fulfills the University admission requirements where high school Physics is necessary.
No University Credit.
Offered by Correspondence only
This seminar brings together Honours Physics (including Co-op students) in Years 2,3 and 4, to receive information concerning the activities of the Physics Department and to hear invited speakers.
An introduction to the physical principles required for the analysis of the mechanics of human movement. For Kinesiology students.
Lab alternate weeks; optional tutorial.
Basic electricity, magnetism and
electronics. An introduction to the physical principles required for an understanding of the electrical instruments used in Kinesiology.
For Kinesiology students.
Prereq: PHYS 103. Lab alternate weeks, optional tutorial.
F 3C,1T 05
Physics For the Life Sciences 1
An introduction to physics for students intending to concentrate their further studies in biology, medicine or dentistry; includes particle kinematics and dynamics, energy and momentum conservation, gravitation, rotational mechanics, fluid mechanics, elasticity and oscillations.
Course Descriptions 393
Physics
For students taking PHYS 111. Lab alternate weeks.
A continuation of PHYS 111; includes wave motion, normal modes of vibration, sound, hearing, temperature, heat, kinetic theory of gases, thermodynamics, electrostatic force and potential, electric current and power, DC circuits, magnetic fields and induction.
For students taking PHYS 112. Lab alternative weeks.
Brief review of kinematics. Particle dynamics, work, energy, conservation of energy. Conservation of tinear momentum, collisions. Rotational kinematics and dynamics, conservation of angular momentum. Equilibrium of rigid bodies.
For students in Year 1 Engineering.
An introductory course in physics for students intending to concentrate their future studies in the physical sciences, optometry or mathematics; includes Particle kinematics and dynamics, forces in nature, work and energy, conservation of energy and linear momentum, rotational kinematics and dynamics, and conservation of angular momentum.
Prereq: Ontario Grade 13 Mathmatics.
Functions and Relations, and Calculus; '
Ontario Grade 13 Physics recommended.
Science students must take 121L with this course.
For students taking Phys 121.
Lab alternate weeks.
This course is a continuation of PHYS 121; includes fiuid statics, wave motion, oscillating systems, gravitation, electrical currents and resistive circuits.
capacitative and inductive circuits, alternating currents and resonant Circuits.
Prereq: PHYS 121.
Science students must take 122L with this course.
For students taking PHYS 122. Lab alternate weeks.
Oscillations: simple harmonic motion.
- Wave motion, travelling and standing
waves, transverse and longitudinal waves, including sound. Geometrical optics; reflection and refraction. Physical optics: interference and , diffraction. Quantum physics: quantization of radiation; hydrogen atom.
Students requiring PHYS 222-223 should take PHYS 250 (Fall) and PHYS 243 (Winter).
Reflection and refraction at plane and curved surfaces, thin and thick lenses, optical instruments.
Prereq: First year physics and calculus. Not for Hons. Physics students. Physics Majors must take PHYS 226L with this course.
For students taking PHYS 226. Lab alternate weeks.
Electrostatics, interaction of charges, fields, potential, capacitors and dielectrics. Magnetism, fields due to moving charges, Ampére's law, Faraday’s law, instruments, energy. Prereq: First year physics and calculus.
For students taking PHYS 243.
Lab. alternate weeks.
Nature of light, wave motion, superposition of waves. Interference of light, Fraunhofer diffraction and resolution limit of optical instruments; the diffraction grating and the analysis of light. Fresnel diffraction. Polarized light. Coherence of light, lasers, holography..Fibre Optics.
Prereq: First year Physics and calculus. Coreq: PHYS 246L.
For students taking Phys 246. Lab alternate weeks.
An introduction to the astronomy and astrophysics of the solar system for students with a background in (elementary) University Physics and
- Mathematics. Prereq: First year PHYS and MATH.
An introduction to the astronomy and astrophysics of objects beyond the solar system for students with a background in (elementary) University Physics and Mathematics.
Prereq: First year PHYS and MATH.
An introductory course in electricity and magnetism; includes Coulomb's Law, electric fields, Gauss’ Law, electric potential, capacitance and dielectrics, magnetic forces and fields, inductance, magnetization, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves. Forms a basis for the understanding of most of today’s electronic and electrical technology. Prereq: First year Physics and calculus, MATH 216.
Physics majors must take 253L with this course.
Recommended for students in Honours programs.
For students taking PHYS 253.
Lab alternate weeks.
Course Descriptions
Physics
An introductory course in thermal physics, kinetic theary and properties of matter; includes thermodynamics, heat engines, kinetic theory of gases, viscosity, diffusion, transport properties elasticity.
Prereq: First year physics and calculus. Recommended for students in Honours programs. .
Matrix treatment of ray tracing and wave propagation, cardinal points of optical systems, reflection and transmission coefficients. Coupled oscillators and normal modes, continuous systems and standing waves, superposition and Fourier analysis, dispersion. Travetling waves and the wave equation. Interference and diffraction.
Prereq: First year physics and calculus. Physics majors must take 256L with this course.
Recommended for students in Honours programs.
For students taking PHYS 256. Lab alternate weeks.
Space lattices, symmetry, crystal structure, crystal geometry and stereographic projections. Electronic structure of atoms and atomic bonding in solids. Theory of X-ray diffraction, X-ray methods and the reciprocal lattice. Crystal formation, crystal defects and physica! properties of crystals.
Prereq: First year physics and calculus. Coreg: PHYS 259L.
Laboratory .
For students taking PHYS 259.
Lab alternate weeks.
Newtonian dynamics of particles and systems of particles; Lagrangian dynamics and generalized coordinates; the Loréntz transformation and relativistic dynamics.
Further experiments in optics and properties of matter, for students taking PHYS 256L.
Lab. alternate weeks.
Further experiments in electricity.
magnetism and properties of matter, for students taking PHYS 253L.
Visible, UV, dark field, phase, interference, polarizing and fluorescence microscopy; electron microscopy; visible and UV spectroscopy; polarography; pH and ion electrodes; osmometers; densitometers; radioactive tracers and counters; introductory electronics; data analysis. Offered alternate years with PHYS 302. Prereq: First year physics. Physics students may not take this course for credit.
spectroscopy; nuclear magnetic and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; optical rotary dispersion and circular dichroism: X-ray diffraction; chromatography and electrophoresis; differential scanning calorimetry; ultra centrifugation; flame photometry; X-ray and atomic absorption spectroscopy; cell counting, cytofluorometry and cell viability. Offered alternate years with PHYS 301. Prereq: First year physics.
Physics students may not take this course for credit.
Fundamentals of modern physics, special theory of relativity, quantization of electromagnetic radiation, wave properties of particles, the hydrogen atom. Prereq: Year two electricity and optics courses.
Recommended for students in General programs.
Many electron atoms, atomic and X-ray spectra, nuclear structure, nuclear reactions, molecular and solid state physics.
Prereq: PHYS 324.
Recommended for students in General programs..
Atomic and molecular spectra, forbidden and permitted transitions. Emission and absorption of radiation. Planck, Saha and Boltzmann equations. Line broadening effects. Radiation transfer theory. Sources of opacity. The spectra of the sun and stars.
Prereq: PHYS 250-251 or consent of instructor. For third and fourth year Students.
Offered in odd calendar years.
Physical properties of the stars. Stellar distance determination. Distribution of the stars in space. The solar motion. Galactic rotation. Stellar dynamics. Characteristics and structure of our galaxy and external systems.
Prereq: PHYS 250-251 or consent of instructor. For third and fourth year students.
Offered in odd calendar years.
PHYS 449, PHYS 451, are also open to third and fourth year students. PHYS 350 alternates with PHYS 451 and PHYS 351 alternates with PHYS 449.
OC and AC circuit theory, p and n materials, pn diodes, junction and FET transistors. Transistor amplifiers and their equivalent circuits. Operational amplifiers. Feedback, oscillators and . power supplies.
Prereq: Knowledge of determinants, elementary calculus and elementary electricity.
Coreq: 352.
For students taking PHYS 352.
Lab alternate weeks.
Logic gates, flip-flops and shift registers. Binary numbers and Boolean algebra. An introduction to microprocessors is discussed based on the 6800. This will include arithmetic logic units, parallel input/output ports, assembly language and a number of examples.
Prereq: PHYS 352 or equivalent. Coreq: PHYS 353L.
Course Descriptions 395
Physics
For students taking PHYS 353. Lab alternate weeks.
The Schrédinger equation applied to simple one-and three-dimension potentials, hydrogen atoms, angular momentum and spin, molecular vibrations and rotations, many electron atoms, radiation processes.
Prereq: PHYS 263
Antireq: CHEM 355
Thermodynamic systems, equation of State, the laws of thermodynamics with applications. Change of phase.
Prereq: MATH 213a-213b and a first year physics course.
Basic theory. Ideal classical and quantum gas. Occupation numbers. Effects of statistics. Applications to metals, perfect crystals, radiation and dense fluids.
Prereq: PHYS 358
Selected experiments in mechanics, atomic physics, solid state physics, optics and electronics.
18 hours of experiments
Continuation of 360A.
18 hours of experiments
Application of the methods of classical mechanics to central force motion, rigid body rotation, coupled oscillations and motion in non-inertial frames; survey of Hamiltonian dynamics.
Prereq: PHYS 263.
Primarily intended for Honours Physics
Students.
Vector analysis and applications. Vector operators using curvilinear coordinates. Cartesian tensors. inertia tensor; stress, strain and rate of strain tensors.
Applications to elasticity, fluids, electromagnetism and relativity. Prereg: MATH 213a-213b and 216. Primarily intended for Honours Physics
Students.
Fourier series, integral and transform with applications. Use of the Laplace transform in physics. Partial differential equations of mathematical physics. Separation of variables. Bessel and Legendre functions with applications. Sturm-Liouville theory. Other special functions.
Prereq: MATH 213a-213b and 216. Primarily intended for Honours Physics students.
Introductory topics on the physics of the earth. Seismology and the earth's interior. Thermal history of the earth, gravity and isostasy. Origin of the continents and continental drift. (Identical to EARTH 368).
Prereq: First year physics and caiculus.
The geology of the ocean basins. Topics in physical oceanography. Physical properties of ocean water, heat budget of the world oceans. Oceanic circulations. Coriolis effects. Some idealized current regimes. (Identical to EARTH 369).
Prereq: First year physics and calculus.
Further experiments in atomic, nuclear and solid state physics, optics and electronics. For honours students who are taking PHYS 360A.
18 hours experiments.
Continuation of 371A.
For honours students who are taking Phys 360B.
18 hours experiments.
Macromolecular structure and function, weak interactions, DNA replication, protein synthesis, energy production, photosynthesis, control of intracellular processes, structure of viruses. physical techniques.
Structure and function of cellular membranes and organelles, membrane potentials and ion transport, nerve conduction, muscle contraction, vision and interaction of light with cells inter-
- cellular communication, growth control.
The theories of solid state physics are applied to explain the operation and use of several modern electronic devices, including the p-n junction, transistors, thyristors, tunnel diodes, field effect devices, optical devices, etc.
Prereq: PHYS 435
An experimental research project. This course is designed for students in the Honours Physics program and in the Cooperative Applied Physics program. Students in the regular Hons Physics program must take either PHYS 433 or PHYS 437.
Although students in the Co-operative Applied Physics (Hons) program are advised to take one of these courses, enroiment may be limited.
Origins and necessity for quantum ‘mechanics and its concepts and formulation. The Hamiltonian operator and Schrédinger’s equation, the harmonic oscillator (Schrédinger's treatment). The uncertainty principle. Momentum representation. One dimensional potential problems. Angular momentum. The hydrogen atom. Prereq: PHYS 354.
Introductory concepts in crystal diffraction and the reciprocal tattice. Crystal bonding, lattice vibrations, thermal properties of insulators, freeelectron theory of metals, band theory, semiconductors.
Prereq: Completion of Year 3 Honours Physics.
Selected subjects for advanced study by theoretically inclined students, topics in relativistic, quantum, and statistical physics. Fall term enrolment will be limited.
Course Descriptions
Physics
Students in the regular Hons Physics Program must take either PHYS 437A or PHYS 433.
Although students in the Co-operative Applied Physics (Hons) program are encouraged to take one of these courses, enrolment may be limited.
A continuation and extension of the project initiated in PHYS 437A. Available only to those students who have satisfactorily completed that portion of the project contained in PHYS 437A in the immediately preceeding term.
Students intending to take both PHYS 437A and 437B must register for both courses, and have their registration approved by the Theoretical Physics Project co-ordinator, at the start of the Fall term.
A generalized treatment of the basic laws of electricity and magnetism, mathematical techniques for the problems of electrostatics, solution of Maxwell's equations in free space and the study of plane waves, theory of waveguides and introduction to radiation.
A survey with emphasis on the physical Properties and behaviour of metals and alloys. Elastic and plastic deformations of crystals. Solidification, structure of alloys, free energy of alloy systems, equilibrium diagrams, diffusion, solid state phase transformations.
Prereq: PHYS 435
Genera! description of continuum © behaviour: stress, strain, rate of strain, constitutive relations, equations of motion, effect of symmetry, thermodynamics. Elastic media: Hooke's law, simple problems, elastic waves. Fluids: classification, perfect fluids. Newtonian fluids, boundary layers, turbulence. Viscoelasticity, plastoelasticity. Applications to various systems.
Prereq: PHYS 364-365.
Theory of deuteron. Nucleon-nucleon scattering. Nuclear models. Basic concepts in particle physics. Conservation laws and invariance principles. SU (3) model. The quark model.
Basic electromagnetic wave theory. Polarization reflection, refraction and dispersion. Fibre optics and communications. Temporal coherence and spectra. Spatial coherence and diffraction. Phase contrast microscopy. Basics of Holography. Crystal optics and nonlinear effects. Lasers, modes, pulses and propagation of beams. Prereq: PHYS 256 and PHYS 354.
Radio telescopes. Radio sources including the sun. H {I regions, H | regions. The galactic centre, pulsars, quasars, other extragalactic sources, cosmological implications.
Prereq: PHYS 253 and PHYS 250-251 Offered in even calendar years.
Solar system astrophysics (excluding the sun). The physical nature of planetary (and satellite) surfaces, atmospheres and interiors. Asteroids, meteorites and comets. The interplanetary medium (solar wind). Solar interactions with the interplanetary medium and earth’s magnetosphere. Prereq: none.
Familiarity with the contents of PHYS 250-251, however, will be assumed.
The structure of stellar interiors, nuclear reactions and energy sources in the stars of the main sequence, early evolution of stars from the main sequence. Lifetimes of the stars.
Prereq: None. Familiarity with the contents of PHYS 250-251, however, will be assumed.
Offered in even calendar years.
PHYS 449, PHYS 451 are also open to third and fourth year students. PHYS 350 alternates with PHYS 451 and PHYS 351 alternates with PHYS 449.
A variety of topics in the operation of systems. Transistors, modern circuit techniques, noise, stability under feedback, information theory, and possible student motivated topics. Includes laboratory demonstrations.
Prereq: PHYS 352-353
The matrix formulation of quantum mechanics. The harmonic oscillator (Heisenberg’s treatment). The matrices for angular momentum. Time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory. The interaction of atomic systems with radiation. Multiparticie systems, identical particles. Pauli exclusion principle. The helium atom. Prereq: PHYS 434.
PHYS 454 is strongly recommended for students intending to do graduate work.
Nuclear structure, interactions of nuclear radiations with matter, radioactive decay, nuclear reactions, nuclear force, elementary particles. Prereq: PHYS 354.
Applications to Physics of the theory of functions of a complex variable. Prereqg: PHYS 364-368.
Theory and. applications of integral transforms, integral equations and Green's functions. Asymptotic analysis. Prereq: PHYS 464
The effect of radiation of various kinds on cells and tissues, exposure calculations, mechanism of damage, repair theories, genetic effect, target theory.
isotopic tracers in biophysical research.
Physics of hemeostasis, interactions with the environment, circulation of blood, temperature regulation, respiration, transport problems and special organ systems.
Course Descriptions 397
Physics
Neurons; nerve conduction, sensory transducers; coding, processing and storage of information; control of muscles and other effector organs. Recommended for third or fourth year
* students in Math, Eng, Sci or HKLS.
PHYS 481 and 482 are offered in alternate years.
Not Offered 1983-84.
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