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PHYSICS 3006 - Advanced Dynamics and Relativity III

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 3620
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 4 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Pre-Requisite: PHYSICS 2532, PHYSICS 2534, MATHS 2101 or MATHS 2202, MATHS 2102 or MATHS 2201
Assessment: Tests, assignments, written exam
Syllabus:

This course will give students a working knowledge of analytical mechanics and relativity to the standard required for further study in physics. Content will include: Mechanics: Lagrangian mechanics, variational techniques, conservation laws, Noether's theorem, small oscillations, Hamiltonian mechanics, Poisson brackets. Relativity: space-time vectors and tensors, relativistic mechanics, electrodynamics; field-strength tensor, Lienard-Wiechert potentials.

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Units
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3
 0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
3620 Mon 08/08/2016 Wed 31/08/2016 Fri 16/09/2016 Fri 28/10/2016


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
24186 LE01 45 4 25 Jul - 12 Sep Monday 12pm - 1pm Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
27 Jul - 14 Sep Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Hughes, 309, Hughes Lecture Theatre
29 Jul - 16 Sep Friday 10am - 11am Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
3 Oct - 24 Oct Monday 12pm - 1pm Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
5 Oct - 26 Oct Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Hughes, 309, Hughes Lecture Theatre
7 Oct - 28 Oct Friday 10am - 11am Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
Note: The Thursday 9am lecture slot is used for Level III lecture tests and is shared with Quantum Mech. III, Adv Dyn. & Rel. and Optics & Photonics III.
Related Class: Tutorial
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
23806 TU02 25 7 29 Jul - 16 Sep Friday 2pm - 3pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
7 Oct - 28 Oct Friday 2pm - 3pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
24187 TU01 25 2 27 Jul - 14 Sep Wednesday 2pm - 3pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
5 Oct - 26 Oct Wednesday 2pm - 3pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room