4020135102 Group Theory in Physics
Digital- & Präsenz-basierter Kurs
- classroom language
- DE
- aims
- see structure/topics/content
- requirements
- Linear algebra; some knowledge of quantum mechanics is useful, but not absolutely necessary.
- structure / topics / contents
- structure of groups; finite groups; Lie groups; representations of groups; group theory and quantum mechanics; applications in molecular and solid state physics; Lie algebras; three-dimensional rotation groups; semi-simple complex Lie algebras; semi-simple real Lie algebras; classical groups and Lie algebras: su(n), so(n), sp(2n); representation theory of Lie algebras; roots and weights; Dynkin diagrams; Young diagrams; characters; classification of Lie algebras; exceptional algebras; Lorentz, Poincaré, and conformal algebras and groups; applications in the theory of elementary particles and in quantum field theory; Lie superalgebras and supergroups; infinite-dimensional Lie algebras.
- assigned modules
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P22.2
P22
- amount, credit points; Exam / major course assessment
- 3 SWS, 5 SP/ECTS (Arbeitsanteil im Modul für diese Lehrveranstaltung, nicht verbindlich)
Written exam
- other
- The lecture will probably be held in English.
- contact
- Prof. Dr. Matthias Staudacher, Raum 2.04, IRIS-Haus (Zum Großen Windkanal 6)