Professor : David Kaplan
Office: C433
Telephone: 685-3546
email: dbkaplan@phys.washington.edu
office hrs: Wed. 4:30-5:30, or by appointment, or by luck at other times.Grader: Sukjin Yoon
Office: B427
Telephone: 543-3904
email: sjyoon@u.washington.edu
office hrs: by appointment
Text: Lie Groups in Particle Physics, 2nd edition, by H. Georgi
Books on reserve (titles linked to UW library catalogue):
- Finite groups and quantum theory, by D.B. Chesnut
- Group theory in physics : an introduction, by J.F. Cornwell
- Nonrelativistic Quantum Mechanics, by Landau & Lifschitz
Syllabus:The goal of this course is to cover 2+ weeks on finite groups (going somewhat beyond the first chapter of Georgi), and then a majority of the material in the first 20 chapters of Georgi, with some additional material thrown in, such as representations of the Lorentz group, and a little about the topology of groups. There will be reading assignments each week, along with the problems sets, but you won't be getting a more detailed syllabus!
Grading:
There will be roughly one problem set due every week. Some fraction of the problems will be graded, and the scores of the graded problems will constitute 70% of the grade for the course. Working together on problems sets is fine.
There will be a take-home exam at the end of the quarter which will count for the remaining 30% of the course grade.