UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG
INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK

Lecture course ''Mathematical Physics II. Gauge Field Theory''

Prof. Dr. Gerd Rudolph

Winter term 2015/16


Contents
G-Manifolds, principal bundles and connections
Classical Yang-Mills theory
Classification of principal bundles and Chern classes
Introduction to the theory of instantons
Associated bundles, matter fields and the Higgs-mechanism
Clifford algebras and spinor fields
The standard model
Linear connections, Riemannian geometry and the Einstein equations

Lecture
Thursday 15:30, Small Lecture Hall (KlHS)
Friday 11:00, Small Lecture Hall (KlHS)

Tutorial (Dr. Matthias Schmidt)
Monday 15:15, room 114 in the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Brüderstr. 16

Script (password protected)

Link to the course Mathematical Physics I (summer term 2015)

Seminar
Matching the lecture, the advanced seminar "Quantum Field Theory and Gravitation" centers around magnetic monopoles.

Evaluation
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