Instructors: Prof. Dr. Jens Erler
Event type:
Lecture/practice class
Displayed in timetable as:
08.128.733
Hours per week:
4
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
- | -
Contents:
The following topics will be covered:
1) Finite Groups
2) Lie Groups
3) Representation Theory
4) Symmetries in Particle Physics
5) Semisimple Lie Algebras
6) Spacetime Symmetries and Supersymmetry
Recommended reading list:
Pierre Ramond, Group Theory: A Physicist’s Survey, Cambridge University Press 2010
H. F. Jones, Groups, Representations and Physics, CRC Press 1998
Andreas Wipf, Symmetrien in der Physik, Springer-Verlag 2023
Stefan Scherer, Symmetrien und Gruppen in der Teilchenphysik, Springer-Verlag 2016
Howard Georgi, Lie Algebras in Particle Physics: From Isospin to Unified Theories, Front. Phys. 54 (1982) 1-255
Robert N. Cahn, Semi-Simple Lie-Algebras and Their Representations, Addison Wesley Publishing Company 1984
Richard Slansky, Group Theory for Unified Model Building, Phys. Rept. 79 (1981) 1-128
Steven Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields: Volume I: Foundations, Cambridge University Press 1995 (chapter 2)
Steven Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields: Volume III: Supersymmetry, Cambridge University Press 2005
Martin Sohnius, Introducing Supersymmetry, Phys. Rept. 128 (1985) 39-204
Peter G. O. Freund, Introduction to Supersymmetry, Cambridge University Press 1986
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