Courses

Invariance of Physical Laws; relativity of time intervals; Relativity of length; Lorentz transformation; Doppler effect for electromagnetic waves; Relativistic momentum; Relativistic work and energy; Newtonian Mechanics and Relativity.

Random systems; Monte Carlo methods; Random walks, diffusion, and the Ising model; Phase transitions; Molecular dynamics; Variational and Spectral methods; Hartree-Fock method: helium atom, hydrogen ion; Periodic potentials and band structures; Self-organized...

Lattice translation vectors, symmetry operations; types of lattices; simple crystal structures; effect of deformation on crystals and their properties; crystal diffraction and the reciprocal lattice; Bragg's Law; experimental diffraction methods;...

The Atmosphere – an introduction: Origin and composition of the atmosphere; Distribution of constituents; Charged particles; Temperature distribution. Thermodynamics of water vapour and moist air: Thermodynamics of dry and moist air, stability; changes...

Magnetic surveying – principles, geomagnetic field, interpretations, instruments and applications. Electrical surveying – resistivity of rocks and minerals, current flow in the ground, methods, instruments, interpretation, applications. Induced...

Irradiation facilities: Neutron Sources; Nuclear Reactors Source; Isotopic Neutron Sources; Neutron Generator (Accelerator) Sources; Kinetics of activation: Irradiation Scheme (Conditions); Gamma Ray Spectrometry (Measurement of Gamma Rays). Absolute Method;...

Physical properties of the ocean and seawater, sound and light; T-S forcing and conservation laws, Global T-S distribution; Equations of continuity and motion; Balance of forces; the effect of Earth's rotation; Ocean currents; Deep currents and general...

Laboratory experiments including those fundamental to modern physics and those illustrating modern experimental techniques.  Students are introduced to Scientific Report writing and making references.

Laboratory experiments including those fundamental to modern physics and those illustrating modern experimental techniques. Students are introduced to Scientific Report writing and making references.

Divergence and curl of a vector; Force Fields, conservative and non-conservative forces; Gravitation; Equipotential surfaces; Gradient of a potential; Gauss's law and applications; Central forces and applications to two-particle systems; Orbits; Escape...