Some Physics Seminar Presentations

Physics 111: Analytical Dynamics

  • Reponse of an Oscillator to an Impulse and Green's Method
  • Mercury and the Relativistic Correction for Precession of the Apsides
  • Euler's Equations
  • The Tippy-Top
  • The Rings of Saturn

    Physics 112: Electrodynamics

  • Dipole Interactions and Biophysics
  • Plasma Waves
  • Relativistic E&M Field Transformations

    Physics 114: Statistical Mechanics

  • Summary of the Renormalization Group Approach
  • Monte Carlo Simulation of 2D Ising Model

    Physics 115: Quantum Applications

  • Spin 1/2 Particle in Magnetic Field
  • The Path Integral Method
  • Spin-Orbit Interaction through the Dirac Equation
  • The Born Approximation (Time-Dependent Description)
  • E&M Field Quantization
  • The Casimir Effect

    Physics 116: Modern Optics

  • Multimode and Continuous-Mode Quantum Optics
  • Dispersion in Prisms
  • Optical Solitons