Frontiers of theoretical physics
Competences to be gained during study
Capacity to effectively identify, formulate and solve problems, and to critically interpret and assess the results obtained.
Knowledge forming the basis of original thinking in the development or application of ideas, typically in a research context.
Capacity to apply the acquired knowledge to problem-solving in new or relatively unknown environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
Capacity to communicate conclusions, judgments and the grounds on which they have been reached to specialist and non-specialist audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.
Skills to enable lifelong self-directed and independent learning.
Capacity to communicate, give presentations and write scientific articles in English on fields related to the topics covered in the master’s degree.
Capacity to critically analyze rigour in theory developments.
Capacity to acquire the necessary methodological techniques to develop research tasks in the field of study.
Capacity to understand and apply general gravitation theories and theories on the standard model of particle physics, and to learn their main experimental principles (specialization in Particle Physics and Gravitation).
Capacity to analyze and interpret a physical system in terms of the relevant scales of energy.
Capacity to identify relevant observable magnitudes in a specific physical system.
Capacity to test predictions from theoretical models with experimental and observational data.
Capacity to critically analyze the results of calculations, experiments or observations, and to calculate possible errors.
Learning objectives
Referring to knowledge
Understand the limitations of perturbation theory in quantum field theory.
Be able to extract predictions from Grand Unified Theories and from supersymmetric theories.
Learn how to describe strongly coupled systems by means of the gauge/string duality.
Teaching blocks
1. Renormalisation group
2. Introduction to supersymmetry
3. Introduction to the gauge/string duality
4. Introduction to Grand Unified Theories
5. Phenomenology of supersymmetric theories
6. Open problems in cosmology
Teaching methods and general organization
Theory lectures and sessions on problem resolution.
Official assessment of learning outcomes
Assessment: assessment is based on assignments set throughout the course, and/or an interview at the end of each part of the teaching blocks, and/or a written exam at the end of each section.
Repeat assessment: repeat assessment takes place in September and follows the same rules as regular assessment.
Reading and study resources
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Book
Peskin, Michael E. ; Schroeder, Daniel V. An Introduction to quantum field theory. Reading (Mass.) : Addison Wesley, 1998 Enllaç
https://cercabib.ub.edu/discovery/search?vid=34CSUC_UB:VU1&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&query=any,contains,b1330066* Enllaç
Wess, Julius ; Bagger, Jonathan. Supersymmetry and supergravity. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1992 Enllaç
https://cercabib.ub.edu/discovery/search?vid=34CSUC_UB:VU1&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&query=any,contains,b1062777* Enllaç
Electronic text
O.Aharony, S.S.Gubser, J.M.Maldacena, H.Ooguri and Y.Oz,
``Large N field theories, string theory and gravity,’
Phys. Rept. 323, 183 (2000) [hep-th/9905111].
D.~Mateos,``String Theory and Quantum Chromodynamics,’
Class. Quant. Grav. 24, S713 (2007) [arXiv:0709.1523 [hep-th]].
J.Casalderrey-Solana, H.Liu, D.Mateos, K.Rajagopal and U.A.Wiedemann,
``Gauge/String Duality, Hot QCD and Heavy Ion Collisions,’ arXiv:1101.0618 [hep-th].
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Frontiers of theoretical physics
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