Cours de tronc commun de deuxième année de mastère "Concepts Fondamentaux de la Physique", spécialité "Physique Théorique" à l'Ecole normale supérieure (ex DEA de Physique Théorique).
Je donne ce cours depuis 2001. Il introduit les idées et les méthodes théoriques de base communes à la physique statistique et à la théorie quantique des champs. Il est coordonné au cours de théorie quantique des champs. Les sujets traités couvrent:
Table des matières des notes de cours.
Since 2012 this course is in english.
"Perimeter Scholar International" (PSI) Master program au Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Je donne ce cours depuis 2009 (début du programme). Le contenu est grosso modo
Des détails sur le cours et des videos sont disponibles sur le site du Perimeter Institute.
This a short course that I gave in 2012 at "Cours de physique théorique" of l'IPhT (part of the courses of the Ecole Doctorale de la région Parisienne ED107)
Presentation of the course: Quantum mechanics - and its relativistic version: quantum field theory (QFT) - is immensely successful and unrivaled since 80 years. Yet its principles and its seemingly paradoxical aspects are further tested, and actively discussed and commented. The goal of these lectures is to present an introductory but hopefully coherent view of the main formalizations of quantum mechanics, of their interrelations, and of their theoretical foundation. The course is aimed at a non-specialized audience: graduate students and more advanced researchers, not necessarily theorists. The mathematical formalism will be presented and discussed at a simple and not-too-abstract level. This course will not attempt to cover the historical and philosophical aspects of quantum physics.
1 - Reminders: Classical mechanics: states, observables & probabilities The canonical and path integral formulations of quantum mechanics & QFT Causality, reversibility & locality 2 - Algebraic quantum theory The algebra of observables States & real C*-algebras The GNS constructions, complex Hilbert spaces Algebraic QFT & von Neumann algebras |
3 - «Quantum logic» formulations The lattice of propositions & orthomodular geometry Soler's & Gleason's theorems, Hilbert spaces (again) 4 - Quantum information (operational) formulations 5 - A few words (depending on time) on: Quantum correlations: causality, non-localities and contextuality Quantum measurements & the quantum-to-classical transition Interpretations of quantum mechanics versus alternative quantum theories … to say nothing of quantum gravity … |
An extended version of the lecture notes is available at /Docspht//search/article.php?IDA=9842 or http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.5627
A book should be available sometimes...
Doctoral Program of Western Switzerland - EPFL Lausanne - Winter & Spring 2014
This course has strong overlap with my master course at Ecole Normale Supérieure. Details soon available
Cours de 2ème année de 3ème cycle - Ecole Normale Supérieure - 1991
Pas de notes de cours disponibles
Cours de 2ème année du Magistère Interuniversitaire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris - 1998 . Ce cours reprenait pour une année le cours de Jean Zinn-Justin qui faisait cet enseignement régulièrement.
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