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Course unit
THEORETICAL PHYSICS
SCP7081638, A.A. 2018/19
Information concerning the students who enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19
ECTS: details
Type |
Scientific-Disciplinary Sector |
Credits allocated |
Core courses |
FIS/02 |
Theoretical Physics, Mathematical Models and Methods |
6.0 |
Course unit organization
Period |
First semester |
Year |
1st Year |
Teaching method |
frontal |
Type of hours |
Credits |
Teaching hours |
Hours of Individual study |
Shifts |
Lecture |
6.0 |
48 |
102.0 |
No turn |
Examination board
Board |
From |
To |
Members of the board |
2 THEORETICAL PHYSICS |
01/10/2018 |
30/11/2019 |
RIGOLIN
STEFANO
(Presidente)
MARCHETTI
PIERALBERTO
(Membro Effettivo)
DALL'AGATA
GIANGUIDO
(Supplente)
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1 THEORETICAL PHYSICS |
01/10/2017 |
30/11/2018 |
RIGOLIN
STEFANO
(Presidente)
MARCHETTI
PIERALBERTO
(Membro Effettivo)
DALL'AGATA
GIANGUIDO
(Supplente)
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Prerequisites:
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Principle of Theoretical Physics |
Target skills and knowledge:
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Knowledge and comprehension of the fundamental tools needed for describing a quantum field theory. |
Examination methods:
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Written and oral exam |
Assessment criteria:
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Test of the comprehension of the content of the course and of the ability to solve related exercises. |
Course unit contents:
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Lorentz and Poincaré groups and their representations. Relativistic waves equations. Introduction to classical field theory: Lagrangian and variational principle, Noether theorem, Schroedinger, Klein-Gordon, Dirac and Electromagnetic field theory. Canonical quantization of relativistic free field theories. Interacting quantum field theory: S-matrix expansion and Feynman rules. QED Feynman rules. |
Planned learning activities and teaching methods:
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Lectures: theory and exercises |
Textbooks (and optional supplementary readings) |
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B.C. Hall, Lie groups, Lie algebras and Representations. An elementary introduction.. --: Springer-Verlag, 2004.
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R. D’Auria , M. Trigiante, From Special Relativity to Feynman Diagrams. --: Springer, 2011.
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F. Mandl , G. Shaw, Quantum Field Theory (2nd edition). --: John Wiley and Sons, 2010.
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Innovative teaching methods: Teaching and learning strategies
- Lecturing
- Problem based learning
- Problem solving
Innovative teaching methods: Software or applications used
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