ADVANCED QUANTUM MECHANICS
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- Academic year
- 2021/2022
- Teacher
- MAURO MORETTI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- FIS/02
Training objectives
- introduce advanced topics in quantum mechanics
Prerequisites
- First semester course in QM.
Course programme
Topics of the course will include
-) Dirac equation
-) Group theory (emphasis will be on group properties; any phenomenological discussion will not be exaustive and will be presented only to illustrate physical applications of group theory):
--) SU(2)/SO(3) (Rotations, Angular Momentum, Strong and Weak isospin)
--) SU(3) (Quark model, QCD)
--) Lorentz GroupDidactic methods
- theoretical lectures and exercizes
Learning assessment procedures
- Written and oral examination
Reference texts
- H. Georgi
Lie Algebras In Particle Physics: from Isospin To Unified Theories
