16:642:662 Topics Math Physics

Spring 2020

Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh

Subtitle:

Introduction to Mathematical Relativity II

Course Description:

(Continuation of fall semester course: Intro. to Mathematical Relativity I)
Special- and General-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics:
1. Dirac's equation on curved backgrounds: self-adjointness, spectral analysis
2. Quantum laws of motion for singularities of spacetime
3. Interacting photon-electron systems
4. Least-invasive quantization

Textbook:

none

Prerequisites:

permission of instructor