Dorival Goncalves

Associate Professor

Physics

TEACHING

  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation Research
    8 Jun 2026 - 31 Jul 2026
    Offered for variable credit, 1-15 credit hours, maximum of 60 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Admission to candidacy and permission of major professor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Quantum Computing
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Special topics of an advanced nature in physics.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 15 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Methods for Physicists
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    Introduction to mathematical techniques used in analyzing problems in physics.Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation Research
    9 Jun 2025 - 1 Aug 2025
    Offered for variable credit, 1-15 credit hours, maximum of 60 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Admission to candidacy and permission of major professor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation Research
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Offered for variable credit, 1-15 credit hours, maximum of 60 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Admission to candidacy and permission of major professor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Particle Physics
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Phenomenology of elementary particles: quark model, electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions of quarks, leptons, and gauge bosons, Feynman diagram techniques, parton model, gauge symmetries, spontaneous symmetry breaking, Standard model, experimental tests.Prerequisite(s): PHYS 5613 or consent of instructor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation Research
    19 Aug 2024 - 6 Dec 2024
    Offered for variable credit, 1-15 credit hours, maximum of 60 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Admission to candidacy and permission of major professor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Methods for Physicists
    19 Aug 2024 - 6 Dec 2024
    Introduction to mathematical techniques used in analyzing problems in physics.Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation Research
    10 Jun 2024 - 2 Aug 2024
    Offered for variable credit, 1-15 credit hours, maximum of 60 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Admission to candidacy and permission of major professor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation Research
    16 Jan 2024 - 3 May 2024
    Offered for variable credit, 1-15 credit hours, maximum of 60 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Admission to candidacy and permission of major professor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Special Topic (Quantum Field Theory 2)
    16 Jan 2024 - 3 May 2024
    Advanced topics of current interest in high-energy physics: collider physics, supersymmetry, unification, flavor physics, string phenomenology, extra dimensions.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): PHYS 5263 or consent of instructor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation Research
    21 Aug 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
    Offered for variable credit, 1-15 credit hours, maximum of 60 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Admission to candidacy and permission of major professor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Quantum Field Theory
    21 Aug 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
    Relativistic Quantum Mechanics: Klein-Gordon field, path integral formulation of Quantum Mechanics, Feynman diagrams, Quantum Electrodynamics, relativistic scattering radiative corrections, renormalization and critical exponents, non-Abelian gauge theories, spontaneous symmetry breaking.Prerequisite(s): PHYS 6313 or consent of instructor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation Research
    12 Jun 2023 - 4 Aug 2023
    Offered for variable credit, 1-15 credit hours, maximum of 60 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Admission to candidacy and permission of major professor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation Research
    17 Jan 2023 - 5 May 2023
    Offered for variable credit, 1-15 credit hours, maximum of 60 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Admission to candidacy and permission of major professor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Particle Physics
    17 Jan 2023 - 5 May 2023
    Phenomenology of elementary particles: quark model, electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions of quarks, leptons, and gauge bosons, Feynman diagram techniques, parton model, gauge symmetries, spontaneous symmetry breaking, Standard model, experimental tests.Prerequisite(s): PHYS 5613 or consent of instructor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Advanced Graduate Seminar: Special Topics in HEP
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Special topics of an advanced nature in physics.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 15 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    College Physics I (LN)
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Algebra-based introductory course covering physics appropriate for applied and life sciences or pre-professional majors. Topics covered - Newtonian mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, waves, and sound.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1513 or higher with a “C” or better, or an acceptable placement score (see placement.okstate.edu).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    College Physics I (LN)
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Algebra-based introductory course covering physics appropriate for applied and life sciences or pre-professional majors. Topics covered - Newtonian mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, waves, and sound.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1513 or higher with a “C” or better, or an acceptable placement score (see placement.okstate.edu).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    College Physics I (LN)
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Algebra-based introductory course covering physics appropriate for applied and life sciences or pre-professional majors. Topics covered - Newtonian mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, waves, and sound.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1513 or higher with a “C” or better, or an acceptable placement score (see placement.okstate.edu).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    College Physics I (LN)
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Algebra-based introductory course covering physics appropriate for applied and life sciences or pre-professional majors. Topics covered - Newtonian mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, waves, and sound.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1513 or higher with a “C” or better, or an acceptable placement score (see placement.okstate.edu).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    College Physics I (LN)
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Algebra-based introductory course covering physics appropriate for applied and life sciences or pre-professional majors. Topics covered - Newtonian mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, waves, and sound.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1513 or higher with a “C” or better, or an acceptable placement score (see placement.okstate.edu).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    College Physics I (LN)
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Algebra-based introductory course covering physics appropriate for applied and life sciences or pre-professional majors. Topics covered - Newtonian mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, waves, and sound.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1513 or higher with a “C” or better, or an acceptable placement score (see placement.okstate.edu).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    College Physics I (LN)
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Algebra-based introductory course covering physics appropriate for applied and life sciences or pre-professional majors. Topics covered - Newtonian mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, waves, and sound.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1513 or higher with a “C” or better, or an acceptable placement score (see placement.okstate.edu).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    College Physics I (LN)
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Algebra-based introductory course covering physics appropriate for applied and life sciences or pre-professional majors. Topics covered - Newtonian mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, waves, and sound.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1513 or higher with a “C” or better, or an acceptable placement score (see placement.okstate.edu).