77 courses in the 1989–90 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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 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, dentistry, medicine and paramedicine; includes particle kinematics and dynamics, energy and momentum conservation, gravitation, rotational mechanics, properties of liquids, temperature and heat.
For students taking PHYS 111. Lab alternate weeks.
A continuation of PHYS 111; includes simple harmonic motion, electrostatic force and potential, electric current and power, DC circuits, magnetic field and induction, wave motion, sound, light, optics and nuclear physics.
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 tanguages, structured
programming, algorithms applicable to
the solution of problems in physics. For Co-op Physics students or
students intending to major in Physics. Antireq: 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 1989-90
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 1989-90
Course Descriptions 16:137 Physics
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.
Wave packets and uncertainty. The
Schrédinger equation. Eigenstates and
eigenvalues. Probability interpretation
of the wave function. Bound states and
transmission problems in one dimen-
sion. Special theory of relativity. Prereq: First year physics and
calculus, MATH 216
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, 256, 259
For students in Honours Chemistry, Regular and Co-operative Applied
16:138 Course Descriptions Physics
Diffraction 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 calculus
Antireq: PHYS 275
Offered by Correspondence only in 1989-90.
Coulomb's law, electric fields, Gauss’ law, potential, capacitance, properties of dielectrics, current, resistance, electromotive force, D.C. circuits, A.C. circuits, instrumentation.
Prereq: First year physics and calculus
Recommended for students in Honours programs
Magnetic fields, Ampére's law, induced electromotive forces, magnetic devices, magnetic properties of materials, inductance, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves.
Coreq: MATH 213B
Physics majors must take PHYS 2531 with this course
Laboratory
For students taking PHYS 253. Lab alternate weeks.
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
Diffraction
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 of one-particle and of many-particle systems. Oscillations. Gravitation and central-force motion. e
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 to year to keep students abreast of current developments in the subject.
Biologists 1
Radioactive labelling and counting, liquid scintillation counting, autoradiography. Techniques for studying biological macromolecules including chromatography (get sieving, affinity, ion-exchange), electrophoresis, absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, centrifugation and separation. Cell Techniques: sorting, counting, viability and separation. Ligand binding. Immunological assay methods. Fluorescence microscopy. Cytofluorometry.
Postulates of quantum mechanics.
Angular momentum. The hydrogen
atom. Time independent perturbation
theory. Applications in atomic physics. Prereq: PHYS 234, MATH 213A/B Antireq: CHEM 355
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.
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, parailel input/output ports, assembly language and a number of examples.
Prereq: PHYS 122
Coreq: PHYS 3581.
For students taking PHYS 353 Lab alternate weeks.
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.
Prereq: PHYS 358
Selected experiments in mechanics, atomic physics, solid state physics, optics and electronics. Prereg: PHYS 263, MATH 213A/B 18 hours of experiments
Calculus of variations, Hamilton's principle. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics. Noninertiai frames of reference. Rigid-body dynamics. Coupled oscillations.
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/B 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/B 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: PHYS 121/122, MATH 113A/B
Cross-listed as EARTH 368
The geology of the ocean basins. Topics in physicat oceanography. Physical properties of ocean water, heat budget of the world oceans. Oceanic circulations. Coriolis effects. Some idealized current regimes. Prereq: PHYS 121/122, MATH 113A/B 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. For honours
students who are taking PHYS 360B. 18 hours experiments.
Stellar spectra, spectral classification. Observational techniques, motions of stars, properties of stars, stellar distances, open clusters, globular clusters, stellar populations, gas, dust, the galactic piane, 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, molecular growth and evolution.
Prereq: Year One Physics and Chemistry, or consent of instructor
Course Descriptions 16:139 Physics
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 modern electronic
devices, including the p-n junction, tran-
sistors, 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 (Schrédinger's treatment). The uncertainty principie. Momentum representation. One dimensional potential problems. Angular momentum. The hydrogen atom.
Prereq: PHYS 354, 364, and 365
Introductory concepts in crystal diffraction and the reciprocal lattice. Crystal bonding. Lattice vibrations, thermal properties 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% average in the third year core are advised not to take this course. Enrolment will be limited.
16:140 Course Descriptions 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 plane waves, theory of wave guides and introduction to radiation.
Prereq: PHYS 253, PHYS 364/365
No credit or grade is given for the first term course unless the two term sequence, PHYS 441A/B, is completed.
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. Fluids: classification, perfect fluids, Newtonian fluids, boundary layers, turbulence, Viscoelasticity, plastoelasticity. Applications to various systems.
Prereq: PHYS 364/365
Theory of deuteron. Nucleon-nucieon scattering. Nuclear models. Basic concepts in particle physics. Conservation laws and invariance principles, SU {3) model. The quark model.
Prereq: PHYS 455, 434
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.
Prereq: PHYS 256, 354
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, 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. Applications of non-
linear mathematics.
Prereq: PHYS 464
Properties and origin of galaxies, quasars, clusters of galaxies, observational cosmology, the big-bang theory, introduction to general relativity and Riemannian geometry, the origin and fate 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.
Astrophysics
A lecture course offered upon demand.
and upon availability of instructors in a
particular branch of astrophysics. Prereq: Consent of instructor
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 a mesons); other types of cancer therapies used in conjunction with radiotherapy (e.g. hypothermia); late effects of radiation; carcinogenesis; risk vs. benefit; applications.
Physics of the cardiovascular system: hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, electrocardiograms. Anatomy and physics of respiration, gas transport and gas exchange, applications to diving. Transplantation of organs: storage of organs at suboptimal and subzero temperatures, theories of freezing damage (-196 degrees C) to cells and organs, banking of tissues, blood cells and sperm at -196 degrees C, future application. Temperature regulation, hypothermia.
Not offered in 1989–90.
Not offered in 1989–90.
Not offered in 1989–90.
Not offered in 1989–90.
Not offered in 1989–90.