- Docente: Fiorenzo Bastianelli
- Credits: 6
- SSD: FIS/02
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Physics (cod. 9245)
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from Sep 16, 2024 to Dec 16, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will learn the basic elements of the Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations, and the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics. The student will be familiar with the use of the Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations for the description of relativistic particles of spin 0 and 1/2 and will be able to master the path integral for setting up the perturbative expansions of interacting theories.
Course contents
Group theory and the Lorentz group
Mechanics of relativistic particles
Klein-Gordon equation
Dirac equation
Other relativistic wave equations
Path integrals
Readings/Bibliography
Lecture notes.
Suggested books for further study:
Bjorken and Drell, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics.
Itzykson and Zuber, Quantum Field Theory.
Teaching methods
Lectures at the blackboard
Assessment methods
Oral exam, approximately 30 minutes in duration
Office hours
See the website of Fiorenzo Bastianelli