Joseph Conlon
Homepage for C6 Theoretical Physics (Hilary 2019)
Note (May 2024): this is a legacy homepage and will not be updated. Some links may be useful but expire.
Coordinator: Joseph Conlon
Lecturers: Siddharth Parameswaran (Michaelmas), Amin Doostmohammadi (Michaelmas, Hilary), Joseph Conlon (Hilary)
The homepage for Sid's lectures (1-19 of the course).
The homepage for Amin's lectures (lectures 20 - 25)
Aims and Objectives of the Course
This course is intended to give an introduction to some aspects of many-particle systems, field theory and related ideas. These form the basis of our current theoretical understanding of particle physics, condensed matter and statistical physics. An aim is to present some core ideas and important applications in a unified way. These applications include the classical mechanics of continuum systems, the quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics of many-particle systems, and some basic aspects of relativistic quantum field theory.
Course Contents
1. Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics (Sid)2. Quantum Many-Particle Systems (Sid)
3. Phase Transitions (Sid)
4. Stochastic Processes (Amin)
5. Classical Field Theory (Joe)
6. Canonical Quantisation of Fields (Joe)
7. Interacting Quantum Fields (Joe)
Lecture Notes
The first lecture notes on Classical Field TheoryThe second lecture notes on Canonical Quantisation
The third lecture notes on Interacting Quantum Fields
The fourth lecture notes on Path Integrals
Problem Sheets
Problem Sheet 5 Problem Sheet 6
Problem Sheet 7