77 courses in the 1987–88 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Professor, Chairman of the Department J. Grindlay, BSc (Glasgow), DPhil (Oxford)
Associate Professor, Associate Chairman of the Department ° D. Hemming, BSc, PhD (Bristol)
Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Science D.E. Brodie, BSc, MSc, PhD (McMaster)
Associate Professor, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Science
H.M. Morrison, BSc, PhD (Edinburgh)
Professor, Graduate Officer UR. Dagg, 8Se (Manitoba), MS (Pennsyt vania State), PhD (Toronto)
Associate Professor, Graduate Officer J.K. Brandon, BSc, PhD (McMaster), MA (Cambridge)
Professor, Undergraduate Officer J.A. Cowan, BSc (Manitoba), MA, PhD (Toronto)
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Officer K.A. Wooiner, BSc (London)
Course Descriptions 16:129 Physics
Professor Emeritus W.B. Pearson,® ,” DFC, MA, DSc (Oxtord), FRSC, FCIC
Professors
A. Anderson, MA, DPhil (Oxford)
R.A. Aziz, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
F.W. Boswell, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
S.G. Davison, PhD, DSc (Manchester)
MP. FitzGerald, BSc, MSc (Toronto), PhD (Case)
F.O. Goodman,’ BSc, PhD, DSc (London), FinstP, FAIP
NLR. Isenor,? 88e (Acadia), MSc, PhD (McMaster)
J. Kruuv,’ BASc (Waterloo), PhD (Western Ontario)
J.D. Leslie, BASc (Toronto), MS, PhD (titnois)
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 (Mk nois)
R.K. Pathria, BSc, MSc (Punjab), PhD (Delhi), Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
MM. Pintar,? BSc, MSc, PhD (Ljubljana)
L.W. Reeves,* BSc, PhD, DSc (Bristol), FRSC, FCIC
H.J.T. Smith, BSc, PhD (London)
R.A. Snyder, BSc, PhD (Western Ontario)
S.F. Wang, DSe (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, BSc (Western Ontario), MA (Toronto)
G.L. Harris, BA (Mount Holyoke College), MA (Wesleyan), PhD (Toronto)
J.R. Lepock’ 8S, MS (W. Virginia), PhD (Pennsylvania State)
S.P. Lipshitz,? BSc (Natal), MSc (South Africa), PhD (Witwatersrand)
W.-K. Liu, BS, MS, PhD (ilinois), NSERC University Research Fellow
H. Peemoeller, 8Sc (Winnipeg), MSc (Victoria), PhD (Waterloo)
B.H.Torrie, BASc (Toronto), PhD (McMaster)
J. Vanderkooy, BEng, PhD (McMaster)
P.S. Wesson, BSc (London), PhD (Cambridge), FRAS, NSERC University Research Fellow
Assistant Professors
M. Fich, BSc (Waterloo), MSc, PhD (Calfornia, Berkeley)
J.W. Hepburn,* BSc (Waterloo), PhD (Toronto), NSERC University Research Fellow .
16:130 Course Descriptions Physics
D. Nobes,® BSc, MSc, PhD (Toronto)
Research Assistant Professor
G. Scholz, BSc (Simon Fraser), MSc (McMaster), PhD (Simon Fraser), NSERC University Research Fellow
Adjunct Faculty
G.A. Bakos, MA (Bratisiava), MA, PhD (Toronto)
J.A. Blackburn, 8Se (Manitoba), MSc, PhD (Waterloo) .
W.E. Harris, BSc, (Alberta), MSc, PhD (Toronto)
J.W. Leech, BSc, PhD (London), FinstP
C.C. Lim, BA (DePauw), MA (Nebraska), PhD (Toronto)
J. Lit, BSc, DipEd (Hong Kong), DSc (Laval)
C.J. Moore, BSc, MSc, PhD (Waterloo)
L.A.A. Read, BA, MSc (McMaster), PhD (Waterloo)
G. Scoles, Dottore in Chimica (Genova), LibDoc, FCIC
Senior Demonstrators A.B. Haner, BSc, MSc (Waterloo) D.S. McVicar, BSc (Waterloo)
Demonstrator C.R. Jayasundera, BSc (Waterloo)
Faculty Members of Physics holding cross appointments to.
"Biology
2Chemistry.
Faculty Members holding cross appointments to Physics from: %Applied Mathematics “Chemistry
Faculty Members holding joint appointments with.
5€arth Sciences
5Chemistry
"Faculty Member holding Adjunct Faculty Status.
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 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 Kine-
siology.
Prereq: PHYS 103
For Kinesiology Students.
Lab alternate weeks, optional tutorial.
f
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.
Laboratory
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. . Prereq: PHYS 111
Laboratory
For students taking PHYS 112. Lab alternate 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 One 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 oscillating systems, wave motion, gravitation, fluid mechanics, heat and thermodynamics.
Prereq: PHYS 121
Science students must take 122L with this course.
For students taking PHYS 122.
Lab alternate weeks.
Introduction to hardware and software
organization of digital computers.
Features of the FORTRAN and BASIC
programming languages, structured .
programming, algorithms-applicable to
the solution of problems in physics. For Co-op Physics students or
Students intending to major in Physics. Antireg: CS 102
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
Coulomb's law, electric field, Gauss’ law, potential, capacitance, properties of dielectrics, current, resistance, electromotive force, D.C. circuits and instruments. Prereq: First-year physics and calculus Not for Honours Physics students Offered by Correspondence only in 1987-88
Magnetic fields, induced electromotive forces, magnetic properties of matter, - alternating currents, electromagnetic waves.
Prereq: PHYS 222
Not for Honours Physics students
Offered by Correspondence only in 1987-88
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.
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
Nature of light, wave motion and superposition of waves, interference, diffraction. Basic properties of laser light, monochromaticity, coherence and polarization. Theory of X-ray diffraction, X-ray methods. Space lattices, symmetry and. crystal structure. Application of diffraction to physical and chemical problems including solid state structure.
Prereq: First year physics
Antireq: PHYS 246, PHYS 256, PHYS 259
For students in Honours Chemistry, Regular and Co-operative Applied
Laboratory For students taking PHYS 249 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 physics and caiculus Antireg: PHYS 275 Offered by Correspondence only in 1987-88 .
Course Descriptions 16:131 Physics
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 2531. with this course.
Recommended for students in Honours programs.
For students taking PHYS 253.
Lab alternate weeks.
An introductory course in thermal physics, kinetic theory and properties of matter; inchudes 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 struc: ture, 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, crysta! defects and physical properties of crystals. \ Prereq: First year physics and calculus Coreq: PHYS 259L
16:132 Course Descriptions Physics ’
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, MATH 216
celestial mechanics, the formation of stars and planets, meteorites, asteroids, comets, planetary interiors, planetary surfaces, planetary atmospheres, the origin of life.
Students with a weak background in Mathematics or Physics might do well to take SCI 238 first. The content and level of the core material of PHYS 275 will remain the same. Additional material will change from year fo year to keep students abreast of current developments in the subject.
Radioactive labelling and counting, liquid scintillation counting, autoradiography. Techniques for studying biological macromolecules including chromatography (gel sieving, affinity, ion-exchange), electrophoresis, absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, centrifugation and separation. Celt Techniques: sorting, counting, viability and separation. Ligand binding. Immunological assay methods. Fluorescence microscopy. Cytofluorometry.
Infrared and Raman spectroscopy; nuclear magnetic and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; optical rotary dispersion and circular dichroism; X-ray diffraction; differential scanning calorimetry; flame photometry; X-ray and atomic absorption spectroscopy.
Prereq: First-year physics
Offered alternate years with PHYS 301.
Physics students may not take this course for credit..
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: 3521.
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
For students taking PHYS 353 Lab alternate weeks.
The Schrédinger equation applied to simple one- and three-dimensionat potentials, hydrogen atoms, angular momentum and spin, molecular vibrations and rotations, many-electron atoms, radiation processes. Prereq: PHYS 263, MATH 213A/B Antireq: CHEM 355
Thermodynamic systems, equation of state, the laws of thermodynamics with applications, Change of phase.
Basic theory. Ideal classical and quantum
gas. Occupation numbers. Effects of
statistics. Applications to metals, perfect
crystals, radiation and dense fluids. Prereg: PHYS 358
Selected experiments in mechanics, atomic physics, solid state physics, optics and electronics. Prereq: PHYS 263, MATH 213A/B 18 hours of experiments
Continuation of 360A. Prereq: PHYS 263, MATH 213A/B 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/8 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: MA TH2 13A/B and 216 Primanily 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.
Continuation of 371A. Fer honours students who are taking, PHYS 3608.
18 hours experiments.
Microprocessor Interface Course. A’ Project laboratory course in which the student will interface 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
Stellar spectra, spectral classification. Observational techniques, motions.of stars, properties of stars, stellar distances, open clusters, globular clusters, stellar populations, gas, dust, the galactic plane, the galactic halo, galactic rotation. Statistical methods. Stellar evolution.
Prereq: PHYS 275 or consent of instructor
The content and level of the core material of PHYS 375 will remain the same. Additional material will change from year to year to keep students abreast of current developments in the subject.
Behaviour of biological macromolecules, Protein structure and function, weak interactions, physical techniques for determination of macromolecular structure, structure and function of nucleic acids, protein synthesis, energy in biological systems, moiecular growth and evolution.
Prereq: Year One Physics and Chemistry, or consent of instructor
Structure and function of cellular membranes, membrane lipid and protein structure and dynamics, membrane potential and ion transport, nerve conduction, vision-and interaction of light with membranes, muscle contraction and energy transduction.
Prereq: Year One Physics and Chemistry, or consent of instructor
The theories of solid state physics are applied to explain the operation and use of several modem electronic devices, including the p-n junction, transistors, thyristors, tunnel diodes, field effect devices, optical devices, etc.
Prereq: PHYS 435°
Origins and necessity for quantum mechanics and its concepts and formulation. The Hamiltonian operator and Schrédinger’s equation, the harmonic oscillator (Schridinger’s treatment). The uncertainty principle. Momentum representation. Oye dimensional potential problems. /ingular momentum. The hydrogen atom.
Prereq: PHYS 354, 364, and 365
Introductory concepts in crystal diffrac-
tion and the reciprocal lattice. Crystal
bonding. Lattice vibrations, thermal prop-
erties of insulators, free-electron theory
of metals, band theory. Semiconductors. Prereq: Completion of Year Three
Honours Physics
A research project in any area of Physics approved by the course coordinators. The student is required to submit a written report and present a summary of the project orally, before the end of the term of registration.
Prereq: Completion of all third year honours physics program requirements and registration in the fourth year of an honours physics program. Students with <70% averagevin the third year core are advised not to take this course. Enrok ment will be limited.
Course Descriptions 16:133 Physics
A continuation of the project undertaken in Physics 437A. The student is required to submit a written report and present a summary of the project by poster and/or orally before the end of the term of registration.
Prereq: Completion of Physics 437A and approval of the course coordinators
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 pian waves, theory of wave guides and introduction to radiation.
Prereq: PHYS 253, PHYS 364-365 '
No credit or grace is given for the first term course unless the two term sequence, PHYS 441A/B, is completed.
General description of continuum behavjour: 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 (8) model. The quark model.
Basic electromagentic wave theory. Polarization reflection, refraction and dispersion. Fibre optics and communications. Temporal coherence and spectra. Spatial coherence and diffraction. Spatial filtering. Basics of Holography.’ Cyrstal optics and nonlinear effects. Lasers, modes, pulses and propagation of beams. nN Prereq: PHYS 256 and PHYS 354
16:134 Course Descriptions Physics
A variety of topics in the operation of systems. Transistors, modem 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 (H¢is-
enberg's treatment). The matrices for angular momentum. Time-independent 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 4654 is strongly fecommended 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. Prereq: PHYS 364/365
Theory and applications of integral transforms, integral equations and Green's functions. Asymptotic analysis.
Prereq: PHYS 464
Ordinary galaxies, dynamics of galaxies, galactic haloes and disks, evolution of galaxies, peculiar galaxies, active galaxies, interacting galaxies, quasars, the Local Group, clusters of galaxies, observational cosmology, theoretical cosmology, the original of the Universe.
Prereq: PHYS 375 or consent of instructor
The content and level of the core material of PHYS 475 will remain the same. Additional material will change from year to year to keep students abreast of current developments in the subject.
PHYS 476A-Z ‘
Astrophysics 4 - Special Topics in
Astrophysics
A lecture course offered upon. demand.
and upon availability of instructors in a
particular branch of astrophysics. Prereq: Consent of insructor
The effect of radiation of various kinds on cells and tissues; mechanisms of damage, repair theories, genetic effect, dose-response relationships; cancer radiotherapy (x-rays, electrons, neutrons, protons, negative m mesons); other types of cancer therapies used in conjunction with radiotherapy (e.g. hyperthermia); late effects of radiation, carcinogenesis; fisk vs. benefit; applications..
Not offered in 1987–88.
Not offered in 1987–88.
Not offered in 1987–88.
Not offered in 1987–88.
Not offered in 1987–88.
Not offered in 1987–88.