PHYS 701 : Classical Mechanics
| Prerequisites: | Graduate standing; PHYS 460 (may be taken concurrently); PHYS 785 recommended. |
| Description: | Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics; motion in arbitrary central force potentials; canonical transformation theory; Liouville's theorem; computer visualizations of phase space trajectories and topologies; collisionless Boltzmann equation applied to stellar dynamics; Jeans theorems, orbital anisotropy, and phase space distribution fuctions. |
| Units: | 3 |
