79 courses in the 1984–85 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 H.M. Morrison, BSc, PhD (Edinburgh)
Professors
A. Anderson, MA, DPhil (Oxford)
R.A. Aziz, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
G.A. Bakos, MA (Bratislava), MA, PhD (Toronto)
F.W. Boswell, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
J.A. Cowan, BSc (Manitoba), MA, PhD (Toronto) -
IR. Dagg, BSc (Manitoba), MS {Pennsylvania State), PhD (Toronto)
S.G. Davison,? PhD, DSc (Manchester)
MP. FitzGerald, 8Sc, MSe (Toronto), PhD (Case)
F.O. Goodman,’ BSd, PhD, DSc (London), FinstP, FAIP
N.R. Isenor, BSc (Acadia), MSc, PhD (McMaster)
J. Kruuv,’ BASe (Waterloo); Phd (Western Ontario)
J.W. Leech, BS, PhD (London), FinstP
J.D. Leslie, BASc (Toronto), MS, PhD (Minois) .
S.P. Lipshitz,? BSc (Natal), MSc (South Africa), PhD (Witwatersrand)
R.A. Moore, BSc, MSc (McMaster), PhD (Alberta)
A.D:S. Nagi, BA, BSc, MSc (Panjab), PhD (Delhi)
J.L. Ord, BASc (Toronto), MS, PhD (Minois)
R.K. Pathria, BSc, MSc (Punjab), PhD (Delhi), Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
W.B. Pearson,? DFC, MA, DSe (Oxford), FRSC, FCIC
MM. Pintar,? BSc, MSc, PhD (Ljubljana)
L.W. Reeves,‘ BSc, PhD, DSc (Bristol), FRSC, FCIC
G. Scoles,* BSc, PhD (Genova)
R.A. Snyder, BSc, PhD (Western Ontario)
S.F. Wang, DSc (Nagoya)
Associate Professors
J.K. Brandon, BSc, PhD (McMaster), MA (Cambridge)
J.M. Corbett, BASc (Toronto), MSc, PhD (Waterloo)
A. Dixon, BSc (Mt. Allison), MSc (Dalhousie), PhD (McMaster)
P.C. Eastman, BSc, MSc (McMaster), PAD (British Columbia)
HK. Ellenton, BSc (Westem Ontario), MA (Toronto)
D. Hemming, BSc, PhD (Bristol)
JR. Lepock’ BS, MS (W. Virginia), PhD (Pennsylvania State)
C.C. Lim, BA (DePauw), MA (Nebraska), PhD (Toronto)
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, BS¢, MSc (Waterloo) C.R. Jayasundera, BSc (Waterloo) O.S. MeVicar, BSc (Waterloo)
Research Assistant Professors
J.W. Hepburn, BSe (Waterloo), PhD (Toronto), NSERC University Research Fellow
W.-K. Liu, BS, MS, PAD (illinois), NSERC University Research Fellow
C.J. Moore, BSc, MSc, PhD (Waterloo), NSERC University Research Fellow
Adjunct Faculty
J.A. Blackburn, BSc (Manitoba), MSc, PhD (Waterloo)
W.E. Harris, BSc, (Alberta), MSc, PhD (Toronto)
MLL. Klein, BSc, PhD (Bristol)
J. Lit, BSc, DipEd (Hong Kong), DSc (Laval)
L.A.A. Read, BA, MSc (McMaster), PhD (Waterloo)
Faculty Members of Physics holding cross appointments to.
Biology
2Chemistry
Faculty Members holding cross appointments to Physics from: JApplied Mathematics a 4Chemistry
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Course Descriptions
Courses not offered in the current academic year are listed at the end of this section.
Introductory Note
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 Physics Department and to hear invited speakers.
An introduction to the physical principles required for the analysis of the mechanics of human movement.
Prereq: MATH 106
For Kinesiology students.
Lab altemate 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. Prereq: PHYS 103 For Kinesiology students. Lab alternate weeks, optional tutorial.
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.
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Laboratory
For students taking PHYS 111. Lab alternative 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
cifcuits, magnetic fields and induction. Prereq: PHYS 111
Laboratory
For students taking PHYS 112. Lab alternative weeks.
Brief review of kinematics. Particle dynamics, work, energy, conservation of energy. Conservation of linear 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 Mathematics; 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 fluid 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 alternative 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.
Prereq: PHYS 115
Reflection and refraction at plane and curved surfaces, thin and thick lenses, optical instruments. Prereq: First year physics and calculus Not for Honours Physics students. Physics Majors must take PHYS 226L with this course.
For students taking PHYS 226. Lab alternate weeks.
Electrostatics, mteraction of charges, fields, potential, capacitors and dielectrics. Magnetism, fields due to moving charges, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s law, instruments, energy.
Prereq: First year physics and calculus
Laboratory
For students taking PHYS 243. Lab alternate weeks.
Physics
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 2461.
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.
Laboratory
For students taking PHYS 253. Lab alternate weeks.
Physics
An introductory course in thermal physics, kinetic theory 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.
Electromagnetic waves and the nature of light. Geometrical optics, matrix treatment. Physical Optics: interference, Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction, X-ray diffraction, polarization. Optical instruments.
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 physical properties of crystals.
Prereq: First year physics and calculus
Coreq: PHYS 259L
Diffraction Laboratory
For students taking PHYS 259 Lab alternate weeks.
Newtonian. dynamics and particles and systems of particles; Lagrangian * dynamics and generalized coordinates; the Lorentz transformation and relativistic dynamics.
Prereq: First year physics and calculus, differential equations ~
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.
Prereq: First year physics
Offered alternate years with PHYS 302.
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.
Prereq: First year physics
Offered alternate years with PHYS 301.
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 2 electricity and optics courses.
Recommended for students in- General programs.
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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 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 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.
DC 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: 352L
For students taking PHYS 352
Lab alternate weeks.
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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.
Coreq: PHYS 353L
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, second year calculus . Antireq: CHEM 358'
Thermodynamic systems, equation of state, the laws of thermodynamics with applications. Change of phase.
Prereq: MATH 213a-213b, PHYS 254, Differential Equations
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
PHYS 3600 W 3L 0.25 intermediate Laboratory - 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, second year calculus
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. Prereq: 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.
Prereq: First year physics and calculus
Cross-listed as EARTH 368.
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.
Prereq: First year physics and calculus Cross-listed as EARTH 369.
Further experiments in atomic, nuclear and solid state physics, optics and electronics. For honours students who are taking PHYS 360a.
18 hours experiments.
PHYS 3715 W 3L 0.25 Intermediate Laboratory Continuation of 371a.
For honours students who are taking PHYS 360b.
18 hours experiments.
” Course Descriptions Physics
Microprocessor Interface Course. A Project laboratory course in which the student will interlace some common microcomputers (e.g. PET, VIC20, Apple) to a variety of parallel and serial devices (e.g. terminal, D.V.M.).
Prereq: PHYS 353
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 intercellular 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 1 of these courses, enrolment 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, 364, and 365
Physics
Introductéry concepts in crystal diffraction and the reciprocal lattice. 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 enroiment will be limited.
Students in the regular Hons Physic program must take either PHYS 437a or PHYS 433. .
Although students in the Co-operative Applied Physics (Hons) program are encouraged to take 1 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 preceding 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 plan 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 transformation.
Prereq: PHYS 435
General 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. Ruids: classification, perfect fluids, Newtonian fluids, boundary layers, turbulence, Viscoelasticity, plastoelasticity. Applications to various system.
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.
Radio telescopes. Radio sources including the sun. H Il regions, H | regions. The galactic centre, pulsars, quasars, other extragalactic sources, cosmological implications.
Prereq: PHYS 253 and PHYS 250-251 or consent of instructor
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: PHYS 250 or consent of instructor
Familiarity with the contents of PHYS 250-251, however, will be assumed.
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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: PHYS 251 or consent of instructor Familiarity with the contents of PHYS 250-251, however, will be assumed. Offered in even calendar years.
PHYS 449, PHYS 451 are also open td 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. Timeindependent and time-dependent perturbation theory. The interaction of atomic systems with radiation. Multiparticle 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, nuglear reactions, nuclear force, elementary particles.
Prereq: PHYS 354.
Applications to Physics of the theory of
functions of a complex variable. Prereq: PHYS 364-365
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.
PHYS 481 and 482 are offered in alternate years.
Neurons; nerve conduction, sensory transducers; coding, processing and starage of information; control of muscles and other effector organs. Recommended for third or fourth year students in Math, Eng, Sci or HKLS.
Not offered in 1984–85.
Not offered in 1984–85.