Minicurso "Introduction to Topological Solitons" | Prof. Richard MacKenzie - Université de Montréal, Canadá
Fecha:
De 03/10/2020 - 10:30 hasta 03/12/2020 - 10:30
Con mucho agrado los invitamos a participar del minicurso Introduction to Topological Solitons, que dictará el Prof. Richard MacKenzie, de la Université de Montréal, Canadá, los días martes 10, miércoles 11 y jueves 12 de marzo de 2020 en los horarios de 10:30-11:30 y 15:00-16:00 horas (2 clases por día) en la Sala de Conferencia del 3er piso del Departamento de Física.
Inscripción:
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Lecture 1: Overview of the course. Classical field theory (part 1): Lagrangian, Euler-Lagrange equations, Noether’s Theorem.
Lecture 2: Classical field theory (part 2): Spontaneous symmetry breaking, abelian gauge theories, Higgs mechanism, non-abelian gauge theories.
Lecture 3: Topological solitons: general discussion. Examples in 1+1 dimensions.
Context: conducting polymers, ferromagnetic domains.
Lecture 4: Topological solitons in 2+1 dimensions: Vortices, baby skyrmions.
Context: superconducting vortices.
Lecture 5: Topological solitons in 3+1 dimensions (part 1): Monopoles.
Context: topological defects in the early universe; Kibble mechanism.
Lecture 6: Topological solitons in 3+1 dimensions (part 2): Skyrmions.
Context: baryons as skyrmions.
REFERENCES (not followed closely, but will give you an idea of the content and level):
• R. Rajaraman, Solitons and instantons: an introduction to solitons and
• instantons in quantum field theory (North-Holland, 1982)
• S. Coleman, Classical Lumps and their Quantum Descendents, in Aspects of
• Symmetry (Cambridge University Press, 1985)
MARTES 10, MIÉRCOLES 11 Y JUEVES 12 MARZO 20202 CLASES POR DÍA10:30 - 11:30 Y 15:00 -16:00 HORASSALA DE CONFERENCIA 3ER PISODEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA
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