The course deals with basic Group Theory ands its application to problems
in atomic physics, molecular physics, solid state physics, and particle physics.
The topics of the course are covered by lecture notes called Group Theory written by Prof. Ferdi Aryasetiawn but
also by the text book Symmetry in Physics, Vols.
I and II, by J.P. Elliot and P.G. Dawber. Topics covered are:
- Basic concepts and the theory of finite groups
- Group representations
- Irreducible representations
- Groups of continuous transformations
- Generators and their Lie algebras
- Representations of the rotation group
- The Wigner-Eckardt theorem
- Applications to the one-elctron problem for atoms, molecules, and solids
- Applications to molecular vibrations
- The term structure of atoms
- SU(2) symmetry
- SU(3) symmetry and "the eight-fold way"
The course gives 5 academic points at the fourth year of the the undergraduate
physics education at Lund University. The course may also be counted as
a 5p graduate course. (5p means 5 weeks of full time studies). The course
is given as self-studies plus one lecture per week. In addition a number
of Assignments shall be completed in the duration
of the course.
Examination of the course will be in the form
a set of rather laborious problems to be solved and handed in for correction
at the end of the course.