Symmetry in Physics, 10 credits
Academic year 2022/2023
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Spring 2023, 67%, Campus
Start date: 20 March 2023
End date: 4 June 2023
Application deadline: 17 October 2022
Application code: UU-63023 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
Registration: 6 March 2023 – 19 March 2023
Entry requirements: 120 credits with Analytical Mechanics and Special Relativity Theory. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
Fees:
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Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 24,167
Tuition fee, total: SEK 24,167
About the course
Symmetry aspects in classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and string theory. Gauge and global symmetries, group theory applications to symmetries, non-Abelian gauge theories, spontaneous symmetry breaking and Goldstone's theorem, the Breit-Englert-Higgs Effect.
Nontrivial classical solutions: Kinks, vortices, Skyrmions and magnetic monopoles. The quantisation of gauge fields, the Faddeev-Popov procedure and Ward identities, Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) symmetry, supersymmetry.