Credits: 1 Credit, may not be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Physics 207-208 or equivalent.
Meetings: Tuesdays, 1:20 - 2:10, 2223 Chamberlin.
Recommended Text: Invitation to Contemporary Physics, 2nd edition, Q. Ho-Kim, N. Kumar & C.S. Lam, World Scientific Press, 2004.
Coursework: Describe a particular piece of physics research being actively pursued this year. The paper is due in class on May 6. The topic selected with a one page outline must be submitted in class on April 8. The paper must be typed, use proper footnotes and have a total length of not less than 7 and not more than 10 pages. The primary resource for this paper is the Physics Dept. Library . The librarian, Kerry Kresse , will be able to assist you. Honors students must proceed under the direction of a faculty member of their own choice.
Office Hours: By appointment, 4275 Chamberlin, 262-4690. wsmith@hep.wisc.edu , http://www.hep.wisc.edu/wsmith/
Course Schedule: (Get course poster here).
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Marshall |
Onellion | Ultrafast Phenomena in Solids | January 22, 2008 |
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Sue |
Coppersmith | Using physics to understand seashell growth | January 29, 2008 |
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Karsten |
Heeger | Experimental Neutrino Research | February 5, 2008 |
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Dan |
McCammon | X-ray Astronomy | February 12, 2008 |
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Micheal |
Ramsey-Musolf | Baryogenesis: The Origin of Matter | February 19, 2008 |
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Clint |
Sprott | Chaos | February 26, 2008 |
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Stefan |
Westerhoff | Origin of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays | March 4, 2008 |
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Micheal |
Winokur | Polymer Electronics | March 11, 2008 |
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Hagar |
Landsman | Neutrino astronomy at the South Pole | March 25, 2008 |
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Bob |
Joynt | Superconductivity | April 1, 2008 |
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Mark |
Saffman | Atoms & media with negative index of refraction | April 8, 2008 |
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Mark |
Eriksson | Silicon, Spin, and Quantum Electronics | April 15, 2008 |
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Matt |
Herndon | Origin of Mass | April 22, 2008 |
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Maxim |
Vavilov | Coulomb blockade in metallic nanoparticles | April 29, 2008 |
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John |
Everett | Galaxy Ecology: Black Holes & Outflows | May 6, 2008 |