Physics and Astronomy

Richard Rand, Chairperson
Physics and Astronomy Interdisciplinary Science (PAIS) Building
Office 1222
MSC07 4220
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001
(505) 277-2616, FAX (505) 277-1520
https://physics.unm.edu/

Distinguished Professors
Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Gregory B. Taylor, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Regents' Professors
Ivan H. Deutsch, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Wolfgang Rudolph, Ph.D., Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany

Professors
Rouzbeh, Allahverdi, Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada
Kevin E. Cahill, Ph.D., Harvard University
Jean-Claude Diels, Ph.D., University of Brussels, Belgium
David H. Dunlap, Ph.D., University of Rochester
Douglas Fields, Ph.D., University of Indiana
Michael S. Gold, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Patricia A. Henning, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Keith Lidke, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Dinesh Loomba, Ph.D., Boston University
Arash Mafi, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
John A. J. Matthews, Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada
Ylva Pihlström, Ph.D., Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Richard J. Rand, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Sally C. Seidel, Ph.D., University of Michigan

Associate Professors
F. Elohim Becerra Chavez, Ph.D., Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Avanzados, Mexico
Huaiyu Duan, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Akimasa Miyake, Ph.D., University of Tokyo, Japan 
Mousumi Roy, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James L. Thomas, Ph.D., Cornell University

Assistant Professors
Victor M. Acosta, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Darcy Barron, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Tonmoy Chakraborty, Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany
Elizabeth Crosson, Ph.D., University of Washington
Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine, Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Canada
Diana Dragomir, Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Canada
Tara Drake, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder
Alejandro Manjavacas, Ph.D., Universidad Complutense de Madrid/CSIC, Spain

Lecturers
Jessica Dowell, Ph.D., Indiana University
Leandra Boucheron Goldflam, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Mark Morgan-Tracy, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Research Faculty
Alexander R. Albrecht, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Stephen T.P. Boyd, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Jayce Dowell, Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington
Vitaly Gruzdev, Ph.D., S.I. Vavilov State Optical Institute, Russia
Sandeep Pallikkuth, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, India
Pablo Poggi, Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires
Paul Schwoebel, Ph.D., Cornell University

Professors Emeriti
Harjit S. Ahluwalia, Ph.D., University of Gujarat
Bernd Bassalleck, Ph.D., University of Karlsruhe
Howard C. Bryant, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Carlton M. Caves, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Colston Chandler, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Byron D. Dieterle, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Finley, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Stephen A. Gregory, Ph.D., University of Arizona
V.M. Kenkre, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Kevin Malloy, Ph.D., Stanford University
John T. McGraw, Ph.D., University of Texas
John K. McIver, Ph.D., University of Rochester
J. A. Panitz, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Sudhakar Prasad, Ph.D., Harvard University
R. Marcus Price, Ph.D., Australian National University
Derek B. Swinson, Ph.D., University of Alberta
David M. Wolfe, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Michael Zeilik II, Ph.D., Harvard University

Affiliated Faculty
Tameem Albash, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Nick Arge, Ph.D., University of Delaware
Susan R. Atlas, Ph.D., Harvard University
Viktoriia Babicheva, Ph.D., Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Andrew Baczewski, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Robin Blume-Kohout, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Malcomb G. Boshier, D.Phil., Oxford University
Alain Bourdier, Ph.D., University of Paris, Orsay
Stephen M. Carr, Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Malcolm Carroll, Ph.D., Princeton University
Patrick Coles, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
David Emin, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Luke Emmert, Ph.D., Cornell University
Richard Epstein, Ph.D., Stanford University
Jack Goldman, Ph.D., Harvard University
Markus P. Hehlen, Ph.D., University of Bern, Switzerland
Michael H. Holzscheiter, Ph.D., Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany
Tony Hull, M.S., University of Pennsylvania
Ravi Jain, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Andrew J. Landahl, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Marcus Magnor, Ph.D., Erlangen University, Germany
Milad Marvian, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Kent Morrison, Ph.D., University of Washington
Emil Mottola, Ph.D., Columbia University
Vasudevan Nampoothiri, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, India
Kenneth Obenberger, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Andrei Piryatinski, Ph.D., University of Toledo
Stefan Posse, Ph.D., University of Cologne, Germany
Luis Henry Quiroga Nuñez, Ph.D., Leiden University, Netherlands
Keith Rielage, Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis
Mikhail Savrov, Ph.D., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
Frank Schinzel, Ph.D., University of Cologne
Peter Schwindt, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Rolando Somma, Ph.D., Instituto Balseiro, Argentina
Gerald Stephenson, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Strologas, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephen White, Ph.D., University of Sydney


Introduction

Students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico find themselves immersed in a stimulating atmosphere arising from their exposure to the teaching and research activities of its regular faculty members, many research, adjunct and part-time faculty members, and postdoctoral research associates, and from their interactions with well over 100 undergraduate majors and over 120 graduate students. The atmosphere is enriched by activities of the Center for Quantum Information and Control, the New Mexico Center for Particle Physics, and the Center for Astronomical Research Technologies, which are housed in the department; by the Center for High Technology Materials, in which physicists and engineers are at work on understanding and developing optoelectronic materials and devices with novel properties; by the New Mexico Center for the Spatiotemporal Modeling of Cell Signaling, a collaborative effort that includes physicists, engineers, mathematicians, and biologists to study complex cell signaling networks, and by the collaborative projects the faculty and students in the department carry out with neighboring laboratories such as Sandia National Laboratories, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory; with local industries, and with institutes, universities and other centers of learning in the USA and elsewhere. Outstanding scientists from all over the world visit the department for periods of a few weeks to as long as a year, while seminars and colloquia feature international experts in their fields each week.

World-class research is being pursued in astrophysics and astronomy, optics and photonics, condensed matter physics, quantum information, atomic and subatomic physics, biomedical physics, geophysics, and statistical physics. The research is funded at a high level by various external agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, and NASA.

Application Procedures

Prospective candidates for both undergraduate and graduate degrees should contact the department’s academic advisor by mail, phone or e-mail at:

Department of Physics and Astronomy
Attn: Coordinator, Program Advisement
MSC07 4220
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: (505) 277-1514
e-mail: pandainfo@phys.unm.edu

Prospective candidates should also check the Department of Physics and Astronomy Web site.


Courses

ASTR 1115. Introduction to Astronomy. (3)



ASTR 1115L. Introduction to Astronomy Laboratory. (1)



ASTR 1996. Topics. (1-6, no limit Δ)



ASTR 2110. General Astronomy I. (3)



ASTR 2110L. General Astronomy I Laboratory. (1)



ASTR 2115. General Astronomy II. (3)



ASTR 2115L. General Astronomy II Laboratory. (1)



ASTR 2996. Topics. (1-6, no limit Δ)



ASTR *421. Concepts of Astrophysics I. (3)



ASTR 422 / 538. Concepts of Astrophysics II. (3)



ASTR 423 / 539. Radio Astronomy. (3)



ASTR 426 / 526. Optics and Instrumentation. (3)



ASTR *427. Topics in Planetary Astronomy. (3)



ASTR *455. Problems. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



ASTR 456. Honors Problems. (1, may be repeated once Δ)



ASTR 526 / 426. Optics and Instrumentation. (3)



ASTR 536. Advanced Astrophysics I. (3, may be repeated once Δ)



ASTR 537. Advanced Astrophysics II. (3, may be repeated once Δ)



ASTR 538 / 422. Concepts of Astrophysics II. (3)



ASTR 539 / 423. Radio Astronomy. (3)



PHYS 1110. Physics and Society. (3)



PHYS 1115. Survey of Physics. (3)



PHYS 1115L. Survey of Physics Laboratory. (1)



PHYS 1120. Introduction to Applied Physics. (3)



PHYS 1125. Physics of Music. (3)



PHYS 1125L. Physics of Music Laboratory. (1)



PHYS 1230. Algebra-Based Physics I. (3)



PHYS 1230L. Algebra-Based Physics I Laboratory. (1)



PHYS 1231. Problems in Algebra-Based Physics I. (1)



PHYS 1240. Algebra-Based Physics II. (3)



PHYS 1240L. Algebra-Based Physics II Laboratory. (1)



PHYS 1241. Problems in Algebra-Based Physics II. (1)



PHYS 1310. Calculus-Based Physics I. (3)



PHYS 1310L. Calculus-Based Physics I Laboratory. (1)



PHYS 1311. Problems in Calculus-Based Physics I. (1)



PHYS 1320. Calculus-Based Physics II. (3)



PHYS 1320L. Calculus-Based Physics II Laboratory. (1)



PHYS 1321. Problems in Calculus-Based Physics II. (1)



PHYS 1996. Topics. (1-6, no limit Δ)



PHYS 2310. Calculus-Based Physics III. (3)



PHYS 2310L. Calculus-Based Physics III Laboratory. (1)



PHYS 2311. Problems in Calculus-Based Physics III. (1)



PHYS 2415. Computational Physics. (3)



PHYS 2996. Topics. (1-6, no limit Δ)



PHYS **300. Topics in Physics and Astronomy. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PHYS **301. Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. (3)



PHYS **302. Introduction to Photonics. (3)



PHYS **302L. Optics Lab. (3)



PHYS **303. Analytical Mechanics I. (3)



PHYS **304. Analytical Mechanics II. (3)



PHYS **306L. Junior Laboratory. (3)



PHYS **307L. Junior Laboratory. (3)



PHYS 311. Problems in Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. (1)



PHYS 313. Problems in Analytical Mechanics I. (1)



PHYS 314. Problems in Analytical Mechanics II. (1)



PHYS **327. Geophysics. (3)



PHYS **330. Introduction to Modern Physics. (3)



PHYS 331. Problems in Introduction to Modern Physics. (1)



PHYS **366. Mathematical Methods of Physics. (4)



PHYS *400. Seminar. (1, may be repeated five times Δ)



PHYS *405. Electricity and Magnetism I. (3)



PHYS *406. Electricity and Magnetism II. (3)



PHYS 415. Problems in Electricity and Magnetism I. (1)



PHYS 416. Problems in Electricity and Magnetism II. (1)



PHYS *430. Introduction to Solid State Physics. (3)



PHYS 445 / 545. Introduction to Quantum Information Science. (3)



PHYS *450. Introduction to Subatomic Physics. (3)



PHYS 451 / 551. Problems. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PHYS *452. Research Methods. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PHYS 456. Honors Problems. (1, may be repeated once Δ)



PHYS *463. Advanced Optics I. (3)



PHYS *464. Laser Physics I. (3)



PHYS *466. Methods of Theoretical Physics I. (3)



PHYS *467. Methods of Theoretical Physics II. (3)



PHYS 468. Problems in Methods of Theoretical Physics I. (1)



PHYS *476L. Experimental Techniques of Optics. (3)



PHYS *477L. Experimental Techniques of Optics. (3)



PHYS 480. Special Topics in Physics and Astronomy. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PHYS *491. Intermediate Quantum Mechanics I. (3)



PHYS *492. Intermediate Quantum Mechanics II. (3)



PHYS *493L. Contemporary Physics Laboratory. (3)



PHYS 496. Problems in Intermediate Quantum Mechanics I. (1)



PHYS 497. Problems in Intermediate Quantum Mechanics II. (1)



PHYS 500. Advanced Seminar. (1-3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHYS 501. Advanced Seminar. (1-3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHYS 505. Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics. (3)



PHYS 511. Electrodynamics. (3)



PHYS 521. Graduate Quantum Mechanics I. (3)



PHYS 522. Graduate Quantum Mechanics II. (3)



PHYS 523. Quantum Field Theory I. (3)



PHYS 524. Quantum Field Theory II. (3)



PHYS 529. Condensed Matter I. (3)



PHYS 534. Plasma Physics I. (3)



PHYS 542. Particle Physics I. (3)



PHYS 545/445. Introduction to Quantum Information Science. (3)



PHYS 551 / 451. Problems. (1-4 to a maximum of 16 Δ)



PHYS 552. Problems. (1-4 to a maximum of 16 Δ)



PHYS 554. Advanced Optics II. (3)



PHYS 559. Internship in Optical Science and Engineering. (3)



PHYS 564. Laser Physics II. (3)



PHYS 566. Quantum Optics. (3)



PHYS 568. Nonlinear Optics. (3)



PHYS 569. Advanced Topics in Modern Optics. (3, may be repeated once Δ)



PHYS 571. Quantum Computation. (3)



PHYS 572. Quantum Information Theory. (3)



PHYS 581. Advanced Topics in Physics and Astrophysics. (3, may be repeated three times Δ)



PHYS 599. Master's Thesis. (1-6, no limit Δ)



PHYS 650. Research. (1-12 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



PHYS 699. Dissertation. (3-12, no limit Δ)



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