KYA Unit Details as at 13th June, 2002
Physics 1A
Enrolment code: KYA101
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Leading to the second semester unit KYA102, this unit is designed for students who expect
to major in physics, as well as for those who will major in other physical sciences,
mathematics and computer science.
Topics that are studied at considerable depth include dynamics and electrical circuits.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 4 lectures, 1 tutorial, weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites *PH866 and *MT841 or TCE score of 80 or more (subject to counselling and
approval by Head of Physics)
Mutual exclusions KYA171, KYA172 and equiv units in previous yrs
Assessment mode 3-hr end-of-sem paper (90%), continuous assessment (10%)
Required texts etc
tba
Courses [S3G] [S3Gc2]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Physics 1B
Enrolment code: KYA102
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Follows on from the first semester unit KYA101. The unit is also designed for students
who expect to major in physics, as well as for those who will major in other physical
sciences, mathematics and computer science. Topics include: atomic physics, oscillatory
phenomena, properties of matter, special relativity and wave motion. Laboratory work
covers electrical measurements in physics and selected experiments.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 3 hrs lab, 1 tutorial, weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites *PH866 and *MT841 or TCE score of 80 or more (subject to counselling and
approval by Head of Physics)
Corequisites KYA101
Mutual exclusions KYA171, KYA172 and equiv units in previous yrs
Assessment mode 3-hr end-of-sem paper (70%), continuous assessment (10%), lab reports
(20%)
Required texts etc
tba
Courses [S3G] [S3Gc2]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
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Physics for Biomedical and Health Sciences
Enrolment code: KYA115
Offered: Launceston: semester 1
Special note: unit content is still being developed and is subject to approval. Students are advised
to check the web version of the handbook where changes will be recorded as they come to hand.
Provides an understanding of the application of the basic principles of physics to biology
and life sciences. Special emphasis is given to the needs of health professionals to have
in-depth knowledge of the scientific basis of modern diagnostic techniques such as ECG
and EEG, imaging techniques such as X-rays, MRI and ultra sound as well as medical
instruments ranging from thermometers to defibrillators.
Note: unit content is still being developed and is subject to approval. Students are advised
to check the web for changes in details.
Staff Dr WN Hugrass, Mr D Visentin
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 hrs lectures, 1 hr tutorial, 3 hrs practical weekly (13 wks)
Assessment mode continuous assessment (50%), final exam (50%)
Required texts etc
tba
Courses [M3H]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Applied Physics
Enrolment code: KYA171
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Is a study of basic applied physics that is designed for students wishing to learn useful
physics life skills, in particular for students of Agriculture [BAgrSc and BAppSc(Ag)], Life
Science and Geomatics. It leads on to Biological Physics KYA172 in second semester.
Studies cover practical electric circuits and measurements, optical principles and
instruments, sound and ultrasound equipment, motion and machines, temperature and
heat, radioactivity with its applications and dangers.
Laboratory experiments give experience in the topics studied and the work includes
training in general laboratory technique, record keeping, data analysis using computers,
report writing and other transferable practical skills.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 3-hr tutorial/practical class weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites *SC768 and (*MT730 or *MT841) or TCE score of 80 or more (subject to
counselling and approval by Head of Physics)
Mutual exclusions all level 100 KYA units except KYA172 and KYA181
Assessment mode end-of-sem written exams on theory and lab work, assignments and
reports throughout sem
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Required texts etc
Bueche and Wallach, Technical Physics, 4th edn, Wiley
Recommended texts etc
Giancoli, Physics, 4th edn, Prentice Hall
Bunn, Physics for a modern world, Jacaranda
De Jong, Physics in context (2 vols), Heinemann.
Courses [N3H] [S3B] [S3C] [S3G] [S3T]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Biological Physics
Enrolment code: KYA172
Offered: Hobart: to be advised
Special note: may not be offered in 2002
Is designed for students wishing to obtain further applied physics understanding and
skills, in particular for Agriculture (BAgrSc), Life Science, Medicine and Pharmacy.
Although the main emphasis is in the biological area of science, the topics and practical
work will be of wide general interest.
Studies are more advanced than for KYA171 Applied Physics. They cover electric
instrumentation and systems, bioelectricity, applications of oscillations and waves, optical
instruments, systems theory and thermodynamics, elasticity and fluid flow, ionising
radiation and health physics, computed imaging.
Laboratory experiments develop understanding of the topics studied and build experience
and skills in use of scientific instrumentation. The work includes training in general
laboratory technique, record keeping, data analysis using computers, report writing and
other transferable practical skills.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 3-hr tutorial/practical class weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites KYA171 or (*PH866 and *MT841) or TCE score of 80 or more (subject to
counselling and approval by Head of Physics)
Mutual exclusions all level 100 KYA units except KYA171 and KYA181
Assessment mode end-of-sem written exams on theory and lab work, assignments and
reports throughout sem
Required texts etc
Bueche and Wallach, Technical Physics, 4th edn, Wiley
Recommended texts etc
Giancoli, Physics, 4th edn, Prentice Hall
Bunn, Physics for a modern world, Jacaranda
Courses [M3F] [S3G]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
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Astronomy
Enrolment code: KYA181
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Is an introductory unit covering the foundations of astronomy, the Copernican revolution,
radiation, spectroscopy, telescopes, the solar system, Earth, the Moon and Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the outer planets, comets and asteroids, the formation of the
solar system, the Sun, measuring the stars, the interstellar medium, star formation, star
evolution, stellar explosions, neutron stars and black holes, the Milky Way, normal
galaxies, active galaxies and quasars, cosmology, the big bang, and the search for
extra-terrestrial intelligence. The practical classes include day-time visits to the Canopus
Optical Observatory and Mt Pleasant Radio-astronomy observatory and, weather
permitting, a night-time observing session at Mt Canopus.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1–3 hrs lectures/tutorials weekly, 6x3-hr practical classes
Assessment mode 2-hr mid-sem test, 2-hr end-of-sem exam
Required texts etc
Chiasson and McMillan, Astronomy Today, Prentice Hall
Courses [S3G]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Physics 2A
Electromagnetism, kinetic theory and waves
Enrolment code: KYA201
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Develops a sound basis for advanced work in both theoretical and experimental physics.
Students gain experience in model building and problem solving techniques, and acquire
practical skills in a wide range of electrical and optical instrumentation, as well as general
transferable practical skills of data acquisition, data analysis and report writing.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, a tutorial and 3 hrs lab weekly
Prerequisites KYA100 and KMA152 and KMA154 or equiv
Assessment mode 3-hr end-of-sem exam (75%), internal assessment (25%)
Required texts etc
Pendlebury JM, Kinetic Theory, Hilger
Squires GL, Practical Physics, 3rd edn, McGraw Hill
Courses [S3G]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
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Physics 2B
Waves and thermodynamics
Enrolment code: KYA202
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Develops a sound basis for advanced work in both theoretical and experimental physics.
Students gain experience in model building and problem solving techniques, and acquire
practical skills in a wide range of electrical and optical instrumentation, as well as general
transferable practical skills of data acquisition, data analysis and report writing.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, a tutorial and 3 hrs lab weekly
Prerequisites KYA201
Assessment mode 3-hr end-of-sem exam (75%), internal assessment (25%)
Required texts etc
Pain HJ, The Physics of Vibrations and Waves, 3rd edn, Wiley
Adkins CJ, Equilibrium Thermodynamics, 3rd edn, Camb
Squires GL, Practical Physics, 3rd edn, McGraw Hill
Courses [S3G]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Physics 2C
Topics in modern physics
Enrolment code: KYA204 or KYA304
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Develops a sound basis for advanced work in both theoretical and experimental physics.
Students gain experience in model building and problem solving techniques, as well as
general transferable practical skills of data acquisition, data analysis and report writing.
The unit, which may be taken in either the second or third year of study, is not required
for a major in physics but is required for students intending to proceed to honours in
physics.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, a tutorial weekly
Prerequisites KYA201
Corequisites KYA202
Assessment mode 3-hr end-of-sem exam (75%), internal assessment (25%)
Required texts etc
tba
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Courses [S3G]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Engineering Physics
Enrolment code: KYA275
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Special note: restricted to Engineering students
Provides the physics background material needed for subsequent engineering subjects and
applications in later years. Topics will be selected from dynamics of rigid bodies in planar
motion, oscillating systems, wave theory, light, electromagnetism, atomic physics and
semiconductor physics.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly, 5x3-hr lab sessions
Prerequisites KMA152, KMA154 and KNM112
Assessment mode exam (85%), lab and assignments (15%)
Required texts etc
tba
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Physics 3A
Wave mechanics, electromagnetism and statistical
physics
Enrolment code: KYA301
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Topics include Schroedinger’s equation, one dimensional and three dimensional
applications such as the potential box, hydrogenic atoms, angular momentum and
uncertainty principle, identical particles, spin, and the periodic table; atomic structure and
spectroscopy, electromagnetic waves, polarisation, coherence, waveguides and antennas,
radiation, statistical mechanics and applications including Maxwell-Boltzmann,
Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics. The laboratory program includes analogue and
digital electronics and their applications in experimental physics.
Staff Prof PM McCulloch and others
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern 5 lectures, 6 lab hrs weekly, tutorial fortnightly
Prerequisites KYA200 and KMA252
Mutual exclusions KYA310 or equiv
Assessment mode 2x3-hr end-of-sem exams (75%), continuous assessment in electronics
(25%)
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Courses [S3G]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Physics 3B
Atomic, nuclear and solid state physics
Enrolment code: KYA302
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Topics include particle classification, interactions and the standard model, nuclear
structure physics, stability and decay, absorption, x-ray diffraction and reciprocal lattice;
lattice vibrations, Brillouin zones, thermal properties, electrical properties, conduction,
semiconductors, magnetic properties and superconductivity. The laboratory program
covers selected experiments in physics.
Staff Prof PM McCulloch and others
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 33 lectures, 6 tutorials, 39 hrs lab
Prerequisites KYA200 and KMA252
Corequisites KYA301
Mutual exclusions KYA311 or equiv
Assessment mode 3-hr end-of-sem exam (75%), lab reports (25%)
Courses [S3G]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Physics 3C
Semi-conductor physics and astrophysics
Enrolment code: KYA303
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Provides a grounding in applied physics and astrophysics for students intending to
proceed to honours in experimental physics and for students wishing to complete a
second major while not intending to proceed with physics. The laboratory program covers
appropriate experiments.
Staff Prof PM McCulloch and others
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 33 lectures, 6 tutorials, 39 hrs lab
Prerequisites KYA200 and KMA252
Corequisites KYA301 and KYA302
Mutual exclusions KYA312 or equiv
Assessment mode 3-hr end-of-sem exam (75%), lab reports (25%)
Courses [S3G]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
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Dynamical Systems and Chaos
Enrolment code: KYA314
Offered: not offered in 2002
Special note: offered only in odd-numbered years
Provides a grounding in theoretical physics, for students interested in doing Honours in
Theoretical Physics or Applied Mathematics. Topics covered include: Linear and
Non-linear systems, examples. Phase plane and phase space. The Hartmann Linearisation
theorem. Co-dimension 1 bifurcations; saddle-node, pitchfork and Hopf bifurcations.
Limit cycles and oscillations. Global bifurcations. Homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits.
Characterisation of chaos. Routes to chaos, period doubling, secondary Hopf bifurcations,
intermittency. Homoclinic chaos. Mel’nikov theory.
Staff Prof LK Forbes
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly
Prerequisites (KYA201 and KYA202 and KMA254) or (KYA275 and KME271)
Mutual exclusions KYA304
Assessment mode 3-hr end-of-sem exam (80%), assignments (20%)
Recommended texts etc
Guckenheimer J and Holmes P, Nonlinear Oscillations, Dynamical Systems, and Bifurcations of
Vector Fields, ISBN 0387908196
Courses [S3G]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Fluid Mechanics
Enrolment code: KYA315
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Special note: offered only in even-numbered years
Provides a grounding in theoretical physics, for students interested in doing Honours in
Theoretical Physics or Applied Mathematics. Topics covered include: Introduction to the
state of stress in a continuum. Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of motion.
Conservation laws for mass and momentum. Inviscid flow. Elementary sources and sinks.
The use of complex-variable methods for ideal fluid flow in two dimensions. Conformal
mapping. Airfoil theory, wings, the Kutta-Joukowski theorem. Viscous flow. Exact
solutions. Boundary layers, viscosity and turbulence. Surface waves.
Staff Prof LK Forbes
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly
Prerequisites (KYA201 and KYA202 and KMA252) or (KYA275 and KME271)
Assessment mode 3-hr end-of-sem exam (80%), assignments (20%)
Recommended texts etc
Batchelor GK, An introduction to fluid dynamics, ISBN 0521098173
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Milne-Thomson LM, Theoretical Hydrodynamics, ISBN 0333078764
Courses [S3G]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Physics 2 (Engineering)
Enrolment code: KYA375
Offered: not offered in 2002
Special note: restricted to Engineering students
Covers Electromagnetism – electrostatics; Gauss’s law and applications; gradient and
divergence; electric energy; dielectrics; currents and electromotive force;
electromagnetism; Ampere’s law; curl of a vector; Biot-Savart law; Faraday’s law and
applications; magnetic materials; Maxwell’s equations; and electromagnetic waves.
Unit weight 7.5%
Teaching pattern 2 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly
Prerequisites ACM100
Assessment mode 2-hr end-of-sem exam, assignments
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Physics 4 (Honours)
Full time/Part time
Enrolment code: KYA410 or KYA411
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Special note: full-time students enrol in KYA410 (100%); part-time students in KYA411 (50%)
Includes: (a) advanced lectures on a number of fields of Physics – Plasma physics;
Astrophysics; Advanced quantum mechanics; General relativity and cosmology; and
Auroral physics; and (b) Research work (leading to a thesis) in one of the following –
Radio astronomy; Optical astronomy; Theoretical physics
Staff Prof PM McCulloch and others
Unit weight 100%/50%
Teaching pattern 8 lectures weekly in sem1, research program throughout the year
Prerequisites BSc with major in Physics or equivalent
Assessment mode combination of exams on coursework and quality of research thesis. A
seminar talk in mid-Nov will be taken into consideration in determining the final
result of the year
Courses [S4E] [S6X]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Graduate Diploma in Science with Honours,
specialising in Physics
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Enrolment code: KYA510 or KYA511
Offered:
Has the same objectives as KYA410/411. Full time/part time ‘umbrella’ code.
Courses [S6X]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Honours unit
Enrolment code: KYA583
Offered:
Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Science, specialising in Physics, course who
undertake units from Physics honours courses use this code if enrolling in an 8.33% unit.
Courses [S6D]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Honours unit
Enrolment code: KYA586
Offered:
Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma of Science, specialising in Physics, course who
undertake units from Physics honours courses use this code if enrolling in two 8.33% units
or a single 16.67% unit.
Courses [S6D]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Honours unit
Enrolment code: KYA589
Offered:
Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Science, specialising in Physics, course who
undertake units from Physics honours courses use this code if enrolling in units with a
total weight of 25%.
Courses [S6D]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
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