The class will explore advanced topics in general relativity, picking up where P568/821 left off. Topics in black hole physics will include BH solutions with rotation and in the presence of a non-zero cosmological constant; BH thermodynamics and Hawking radiation. We will discuss interior solutions to Einstein's equations for stars and neutron stars. The physics of gravitational radiation will be presented in more depth, including the derivation of the quadrupole formula for power radiated by a source.

Weekly seminar series presented by expert speakers on research topics within condensed matter physics including hard condensed matter, quantum materials, soft condensed matter, and biophysics.

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Systematic introduction to one of the most powerful and versatile simulation techniques for large complex systems. The course starts with a short introduction to probability theory and random number generators, followed by the general theory of stochastic sampling techniques and data analysis for classical statistical models (including state-of-the-art schemes) and kinetic equations. The course concludes with the discussion of quantum Monte Carlo methods.

Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations, formal scattering theory, field quantization, interacting fields, S-matrix, reduction formulae, perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams, renormalization, path integrals, and recent developments. Prerequisite: PHYSICS 615.

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Introduction to physics of elementary particles; treating the development of the field, the particle spectrum, symmetries, quarks, experimental methods, an introduction to theories of the strong, electromagnetic and weak interaction, and recent developments. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 614, 606.

Special study in some branch of physics, either theoretical or experimental, under direction of a faculty member.

Special study in some branch of physics, either theoretical or experimental, under direction of a faculty member.

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