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1.'>6 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY<br />
Ph. 123. THEORY OF ELECTROl\[AGNETIC WAVES. 12 units; second<br />
term.<br />
Prerequisites: Ph. 8 a, b, c; Ma. 8 a, b, c, 10 a, b, c.<br />
Mathematical study <strong>of</strong> Maxwell's equations, propagation <strong>of</strong> waves,<br />
absorption and reflection, approximate and rigorous treatment <strong>of</strong> diffraction,<br />
theory <strong>of</strong> dispersion, electro- and magneto-optics.<br />
(Not given in 1929-1930.)<br />
Instructor: Epstein.<br />
Ph. 125. HIGHER DYNAMICS. 12 units; third term.<br />
Prerequisites: Ph. 12 a, b, c, 1.5 a, b, c; Ma. 8 a, b, c, 10 a, b, c.<br />
Methods <strong>of</strong> solution <strong>of</strong> the Hamiltonian equations, conditionally periodic<br />
motions, contact transformations, introduction to the theory <strong>of</strong><br />
perturbations, applications to special cases <strong>of</strong> interest in atomic theory<br />
and the theory <strong>of</strong> quanta.<br />
(Not given in 1929-1930.)<br />
T nstructor: Epstein.<br />
Ph. 126. HEAT RADIATION AND QUANTUl\1 THEORY. 12 units; second<br />
term.<br />
Prerequisitps: Ph. 8, a, b, c, 12 a, b, c, Ill; Ma. 8 a, b, c, 10 a, b, c.<br />
Historical treatment <strong>of</strong> the development <strong>of</strong> the mathematical theory<br />
<strong>of</strong> heat radiation and <strong>of</strong> the application <strong>of</strong> the theory <strong>of</strong> quanta to the<br />
phenomena <strong>of</strong> specific heats <strong>of</strong> solid and gaseous bodies, photoelectricity,<br />
photochemistry, chemical constants, etc.<br />
Instructor: Epstein.<br />
Ph. 127. PHYSICAL OPTICS AND QUANTUM THEORY OF SPECTRAL LINES.<br />
IB units; third term.<br />
Prerequisites: Ph. 12 a, b, c,2B a, b, c; Ma. 8 a, b, c, 10 a, b, c.<br />
Treatment <strong>of</strong> dispersion and optical activity on the basis <strong>of</strong> the classical<br />
theory. Rutherford's atom model and the application <strong>of</strong> the quantum<br />
theory to it. Action <strong>of</strong> magnetic and electric fields on the emission <strong>of</strong><br />
spectral lines. X-ray spectra and the structure <strong>of</strong> atoms.<br />
(Not given in 19Q9-1930.)<br />
Instructor: Epstein.<br />
Ph. IB8. MODERN ASPECTS OF THE QUANTUM THEORY. 19 units; third<br />
term.<br />
Prerequisites: Ph. 12 a, b, c, 15 a, b, c, 126, 127; Ma. 8 a, b, c,<br />
10 a, b, c.<br />
Principle <strong>of</strong> correspondence, Heisenberg's form <strong>of</strong> it, Born and J ordan's<br />
matrix calculus, Schroedinger's wave equations, Weyl's theory,<br />
applications to spectroscopic problems.<br />
Instructor: Epstein.
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