物理学理学硕士

该部门内的研究大致分为三类：理论和实验凝聚态物理，其中包括量子系统的动力学及其在纳米材料（例如，富勒烯衍生的固体和纳米管）的电子，磁性，光学，结构和热性质中的应用。 ，量子多体物理学，超导性和超流动性，石墨烯及其衍生物的电子性质，强相关的电子系统和量子磁性，自旋电子学，薄膜的光学性质和磁性，有机半导体和纳米结构（教授：Clougherty，Del Maestro， Kotov，Headrick，Furis），天体物理学，射电天文学的研究脉冲星（教授：Rankin）和生​​物物理学，其中包括利用原子力显微镜
Research within the department is broadly defined in three categories: Theoretical and Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, which includes dynamics of quantum systems with application to electronic, magnetic, optical, structural, and thermal properties of nanomaterials (eg. fullerene-derived solids and nanotubes), quantum many-body physics, superconductivity and superfluidity, electronic properties of graphene and its derivatives, strongly-correlated electronic systems and quantum magnetism, spintronics, optical properties and magnetism of thin films, organic semiconductors and nanostructures (professors: Clougherty, Del Maestro, Kotov, Headrick, Furis), Astrophysics, the use of radio astronomy to study pulsars (Professor: Rankin), and Biological Physics, which includes use of Atomic Force Microscopy to study DNA, lipid membranes, and viruses, studies of the application of ultrasound to biological systems, protein crystallography to study the shapes of proteins and how function follows form. (Professors: Vanegas, Wu, Yang) This degree requires thirty credit hours of course work course work and thesis research for graduation. At least six of these, but no more than 15, must be master's thesis research credits. At least nine credit hours must be taken from 300-level courses, the remaining courses can be taken at the 200-level. At least 21 credit hours must be taken at UVM in order to satisfy residency requirements. At the start of their second semester at UVM, students are expected to sit for the written part of the Comprehensive Exam which covers classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, electricity and magnetism, statistical thermal physics, modern physics, and experimental physics. Students are given two opportunities to pass the comprehensive exam. In addition to the written portion, there is also an oral portion that consists of a Master's thesis proposal given after the start of a thesis research project.