Symmetrien in der Physik
Instructors: Prof. Dr. Stefan SchererShortname: 08.128.733
Course No.: 08.128.733
Course Type: Vorlesung/Übung
Format: online
Digital teaching
The lectures will be uploaded each week. In addition, we will have discussion sessions via Microsoft Teams during the official lecture times.Recommended reading list
We make use of the following textbooks:H. F. Jones, Groups, Representations and Physics, Adam Hilger, Bristol, 1990
A. P. Balachandran and C. G. Trahern, Lectures on Group Theory for Physicists, Bibliopolis, Napoli, 1984
S. Scherer, Symmetrien und Gruppen in der Teilchenphysik, Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2016
Additional material is supplemented from
H. Kurzweil und B. Stellmacher, Theorie der endlichen Gruppen, Springer, Berlin, 1998
A. Lindner, Drehimpulse in der Quantenmechanik, Teubner, Stuttgart, 1984
M. Hamermesh, Group Theory, Addison-Wesley, Reading, 1964
H. Georgi, Lie Algebras in Particle Physics, Second Edition, Westview Press, Boulder, 1999
Teubner-Taschenbuch der Mathematik, Teil 2, Teubner, Stuttgart, 1995
Robert Gilmore, Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Some of Their Applications, Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 2005
Contents
Basic terminology of group theoryRepresentations and realizations
Finite groups
Continuous groups: Lie groups and Lie algebras
SO(3) and SU(2)
SU(N) and quarks
Local symmetries
Spontaneous symmetry breaking
Dates
| Date (Day of the week) | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11/02/2020 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 11/05/2020 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |
| 11/09/2020 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 11/12/2020 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |
| 11/16/2020 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 11/19/2020 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |
| 11/23/2020 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 11/26/2020 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |
| 11/30/2020 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 12/03/2020 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |
| 12/07/2020 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 12/10/2020 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |
| 12/14/2020 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 12/17/2020 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |
| 01/04/2021 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 01/07/2021 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |
| 01/11/2021 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 01/14/2021 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |
| 01/18/2021 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 01/21/2021 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |
| 01/25/2021 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 01/28/2021 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |
| 02/01/2021 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 02/04/2021 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |
| 02/08/2021 (Monday) | 08:15 - 09:45 | ONLINE |
| 02/11/2021 (Thursday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | ONLINE |