Spring 2012-2013
PHYS 515 Group Representations
HW sets are here
Instructor:
Seçkin Kürkcüoğlu
Meeting Times:
Wed: 14:40-17:30, P422
Text Book:
Wu-Ki Tung, Group Theory in Physics, World Scientific, 1985.
Some Suggested Books:
H. Georgi, Lie Algebras in Particle Physics, Westview
Press, 1999.
J. Fuchs and C. Schweigert, Symmetries, Lie
Algebras and Representations, Cambridge University Press, 1997
J.F. Cornwell, Group Theory in Physics, Vol.
I and Vol.II, Academic Press
Grading:
HW sets will be assigned fortnightly.
Course
Syllabus:
Basic Notions of Group Theory, Finite Groups
Algebras, Lie Algebras, and Lie Groups,
general considerations
Representation Theory of Lie Algebras and
Lie Groups Classical Lie Groups, SU(N), SO(2N), SO(2N+1)
Roots, Weights, Dynkin Diagrams,
Tensor products of representations,
Enveloping Algebras, Casimir Operators,
Tensor Operators and Invariant Tensors
Representations on Function spaces
Lorentz Group
Applications in Physics