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Physics 499x: Independent Research (Senior Thesis)
Your independent research project should be the capstone of your undergraduate education. One of the benefits of our small department is that you have the opportunity to be directly involved in resea
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Physics Department Learning Goals
Georgetown University Department of Physics: Programmatic Learning Goals The programmatic learning goals for the majors and minors in our department include both general and specific objectives.
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Research Opportunities
The opportunity to work directly with faculty on research is one of the strengths of our program, and it's possible to get involved as early as Freshman year. It is a great way to see how new discove
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Planning Your Physics or Biological Physics Major
Whether you are starting your Physics or Biological Physics major as a Freshman or Sophomore, it is always a good idea to plan ahead. Many of our physics courses have prerequisites, so it helps to si
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Requirements for a Major in Biological Physics
The Physics Department offers programs leading to a B.S. or an A.B. in Biological Physics. Students planning to attend graduate school in physics, biological physics, biophysics, or engineering usual
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Requirements for a Major or Minor in Physics
The Physics Department offers programs leading to a B.S., an A.B. or a minor in Physics. Students planning to attend graduate school in physics or engineering will typically pursue a B.S. degree. Stu
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CMT seminar: Quantum Simulation of Many-Body Spin Systems: From Ground States to Dynamics
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm Regents 351 Phil Richerme Joint Quantum Institute of the University of Maryland and NIST For quantum systems of only 30 interacting spins, it can become diff
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CMT seminar: Generating shortcuts to adiabaticity in quantum and classical dynamics
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm Regents 351 Christopher Jarzynski Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland Within the field of quantum control, the term "shortcuts to adiabaticity" re
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CMT seminar: Virial expansion in cold quantum gases
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm Regents 351 Johannes Hofmann Joint Quantum Institute of UMD and NIST Ultracold gases offer us a unique way to study strongly interacting systems, the most pr
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CMT seminar: Collective excitations of strongly correlated electrons, vertex corrections and gauge invariance
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm Regents 351 Hartmut Hafermann Center of theoretical physics, Ecole Polytechnic, Paris In this talk, I consider the collective, long-wavelength charge excita
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