Symmetries in Physics (WS 2022/23)

Lecturer:

     Dr. Wolfgang Ungerunger at physik.uni-bielefeld.deRoom E6-118

Lecture:

Tue. 10:15-11:45 in Room D6-135,

Fr. 10:15-11:45 in Room U2-113

Exercises:

 (Bagrat Makhmutov)    We. 12:15-13:45 in Room D6-135
► The course material and the exersices are available at Lernraum Plus

Content:

 ► Group Theory
► Representation Theory
► Discrete Groups
► Lie Groups, Poincare Groups
► Applications

Prequisites:

 Course in Quantum Mechanics is helpful

Literature:

Books:

► H.F. Jones, Groups, Representations and Physics, Taylor & Francis 1998.

► J.F. Cornwell, Group Theory in Physics, Vol. I and II, Academic Press 1984.

► W. Ludwig and C. Falter, Symmetries in Physics, Springer 1995.

► H.Georgi, Lie Algebras in Particle Physics, Reading, Benjamin 1982.

► W.K. Tung, Group Theory in Physics, World Scientific, 1985.

Skripts:

► Andreas Wipf, Uni Jena

► Nicolas Borghini, Uni Bielefeld

► Mikko Laine, Uni Bern

External Links:

►Natural Patterns: https://ecstep.com/natural-patterns

►GAP (Groups, Algorithm, Programming): https://www.gap-system.org/