Modern Physics: Special Relativity (Spring 2008)
Stanford Univ. - Modern Physics: Special Relativity (Spring 2008). This course consists of 8 video lectures given by Professor Leonard Susskind. The topics covered in this course focus on special relativity: Lorentz transform, Lagrangian, least action, symmetries and conservation laws, momentum in an electromagnetic force, momentum in field theory, Noether's theorem, gauge theory, and charged particle in a magnetic field.
Lecture 1 | Modern Physics: Special Relativity
Overview, Geometry, Lorentz Transform - brief review of special relativity, circular and hyperbolic trig, Lorentz transform.
Lecture 2 | Modern Physics: Special Relativity
Lagrangian, Least Action - principle of least action, what is field theory? a system composed of springs, deriving the wave equation for a system of springs.
Lecture 3 | Modern Physics: Special Relativity
4-vector Invariant Distance Field Theory - invariance of the laws of nature, find curve that minimizes the distance between two points, covariant/controvariant 4-vectors.
Lecture 4 | Modern Physics: Special Relativity
Symmetry and Conversation - Lagrangian: kinetic and potential energy, symmetries and conservation laws, symmetry violation.
Lecture 5 | Modern Physics: Special Relativity
Noether, Momentum Conservation - momentum in an electromagnetic force, momentum in field theory, Noether's theorem.
Lecture 6 | Modern Physics: Special Relativity
Charge Conservation, Continuity, Momentum Energy - conservation of charge, continuity equation, Noether's theorem provides a definition of a charge density.
Lecture 7 | Modern Physics: Special Relativity
Gauge Theory, Charged Particles - gauge theory, charged particle in a magnetic field.
Lecture 8 | Modern Physics: Special Relativity
Review, Lorentz Force, EM tensor, Charged particle
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