Physics 7320, Spring 2023
Useful information
syllabus (PDF)
long version of syllabus (PDF)
``How light interacts with matter" (PDF)
Sophomore-level special relativity (pdf)
Einstein's 1905 article, translated (pdf)
Notes about Lorentz group (PDF)
Noether's theorem
Spontaneous breaking of gauge symmetry (PDF)
Graduate quantum mechanics (pdf)
link to books on reserve
Homework assignments
Set 1 (pdf)
Set 2 (pdf)
Set 3 (pdf)
Set 4 (pdf)
Set 5 (pdf)
Set 6 (pdf)
Set 7 (pdf)
Set 8 (pdf)
Set 9 (pdf)
Set 10 (pdf)
Set 11 (pdf)
Set 12 (pdf)
Homework solutions
Set 1 (pdf)
Set 2 (pdf)
Set 3 (pdf)
Set 4 (pdf)
Set 5 (pdf)
Set 6 (pdf)
Set 7 (pdf)
Set 8 (pdf)
Set 9 (pdf)
Set 10 (pdf)
Set 11 (pdf)
Set 12 (pdf)
Exam solutions
Midterm (pdf)
Final (pdf)
Lecture notes (handwritten)
Set 1 (pdf)
Set 2 (pdf)
Set 3 (pdf)
Set 4 (pdf)
Set 5 (pdf)
Set 6 (pdf)
Set 7 (pdf)
Set 8 (pdf)
Tom DeGrand
Department of Physics
University of Colorado at Boulder
(degrand@aurinko.colorado.edu)