The topics of the lectures in the site include: Classical Mechanics,
Dynamics and Relativity, Classical Dynamics, Electromagnetism, Vector Calculus,
Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Topics in Quantum
Mechanics, Condensed Matter, Solid State Physics, Quantum Hall Effect, Fluid
Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Kinetic Theory, Statistical Physics, Statistical
Physics, Statistical Field Theory, Gravitation and Cosmology, General
Relativity, Cosmology, Quantum Field Theory, Particle Physics, Quantum Field
Theory, Gauge Theory, Solitons, Supersymmetry and String Theory, Supersymmetric
Quantum Mechanics, Supersymmetric Field Theory, String Theory.
The Theoretical
Physics Reference is an attempt to derive all theoretical physics equations
from the general and special relativity
and the standard model of particle physics.The topics in this pdf include:
Introduction, Contributors, Mathematics, Classical Mechanics, Special and
General Relativity, Classical Electromagnetism, Thermodynamics and Statistical
Physics, Fluid Dynamics, Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Mechanics.
The topics of the lectures in the site include: Classical Mechanics,
Dynamics and Relativity, Classical Dynamics, Electromagnetism, Vector Calculus,
Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Topics in Quantum
Mechanics, Condensed Matter, Solid State Physics, Quantum Hall Effect, Fluid
Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Kinetic Theory, Statistical Physics, Statistical
Physics, Statistical Field Theory, Gravitation and Cosmology, General
Relativity, Cosmology, Quantum Field Theory, Particle Physics, Quantum Field
Theory, Gauge Theory, Solitons, Supersymmetry and String Theory, Supersymmetric
Quantum Mechanics, Supersymmetric Field Theory, String Theory.
This note describes the following topics: Random Walk
models of polymer conformations, Gaussian chain, Self-avoiding walks and
excluded-volume interaction, Scale invariance, Relation between self-avoiding
walks and critical phenomena, Self-consistent field theory for polymers,
Screening of excluded volume interactions, Flory-Huggins theory, Theta collapse,
Blob concept, Generic phase diagram of polymer solutions, Rouse model, Zimm
model, Hydrodynamic screening in semidilute solutions, Reptation model.
This note describes
mathematical concepts that are at the basis of the modern theories of particle
and condensed matter physics, as well as of some advanced topics in quantum
mechanics. Topics covered includes: From Mechanics to Quantum Field Theory, Lie
Groups and Lie Algebras, Galilei, Lorentz, and PoincarŽe Algebras, Abelian and
Non-Abelian Gauge Fields, Topology of Gauge Fields, Angular Momentum in Quantum
Mechanics.
This note
covers the following topics: Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics, Stochastic
Processes and Path Integrals, Statistical mechanics in one dimension, Classical
Field Theory , Canonical Quantization, Interacting Quantum Fields, Path
Integrals in Quantum Field Theory, Many-Particle Quantum Systems, Phase
Transitions.
This note covers the following
topics: Reversibility and Irreversibility, Thermodynamic States of Equilibrium
in Dilute Solutions, Atomic Theory of Matter, Equation of State for a Monatomic
Gas, Heat Radiation and Electrodynamic Theory, Heat Radiation. Statistical
Theory, General Dynamics. Principle of Least Action, Principle of Relativity.
This note covers the following topics: Lorentz transformations, Light-cone
coordinates, Energy and momentum, Compact dimensions, orbifolds, Relativistic
electrodynamics, Gauss' law, Gravitation and Planck's length, Gravitational
potentials, compactification, and large extra dimensions, area formula for
spatial surfaces, Relativistic strings: Nambu-Goto action, equations of motion
and boundary conditions, Periodicity conditions for the motion of closed
strings, The formation of cusps, Conserved currents in E&M, Conserved charges in
lagrangian mechanics, Closed strings and Heterotic string theory.
Author(s): Prof. Barton Zwiebach and Prof. Alan
Guth
These
lectures provide bite sized introductions to a handful of topics in theoretical
physics, aimed at first year undergraduates. They were given from 2008 to 2011.
Presentations can be downloaded below.The lecture notes can be downloaded in
both PDF and PS formats