Course Identification

Title:

Student seminar in high energy physics, part 1

Code:

20221051

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Ofer Aharony, Prof. Micha Berkooz

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2022

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Thursday, 14:15 - 15:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm A

First Lecture:

28/10/2021

End date:

18/03/2022

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Seminar; Elective; Regular; 1.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Seminar; 1.00 points

Comments

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Prerequisites

Students who are interested in participating in the seminar should contact one of the coordinators - Ofer Aharony or Micha Berkooz - before the end of the first week of the semester.

Restrictions

Participants:

20

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Required in at least 80% of the lectures

Grade Type

Pass / Fail

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

50%

Seminar:

50%

Evaluation Type

Seminar

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

Every student will be assigned one topic from a selection of topics offered in the beginning of the semester. The student will have to master the topic and give a seminar about it. The selection will be from a wide array of seminal papers in quantum field theory (both in the context of high energy theory and condensed matter theory) and classical and quantum gravity. Generally each student is expected to give one talk every semester, and to attend all other talks.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

Read and understand modern research papers.
Demonstrate knowledge of advanced topics that are useful for current research but are not covered in the courses that are given at Weizmann.
Summarize a subject and give a seminar about it.

Reading List

Will be given in the beginning of the semester

Website

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