Laboratory of Theoretical Physics 1100-2`LFT
Laboratory of theoretical physics (LFT) is devoted to preparing its participants to carry out scientific calculations and computer modeling with the use of a modern universal tool - the program Mathematica. Sessions will take place in the computer lab, so that all participants will get hands-on experience. Session themes will be directly connected with topical problems of theoretical physics and they will be based on the original scientific publications. These publications will be made available to the participants on the web page. A cursory knowledge of these publications will be necessary before one would start to work on a problem. Each topic will be treated more extensively (one subject in two weeks) as compared to standard exercises.
Program:
1. Classical mechanics
a) Deterministic chaos
b) Classical dynamics in a quantum context
2. Electrodynamics
a) Beams of electromagnetic radiation with orbital angular momentum
b) Surprising solutions of Maxwell equations
3. Quantum theory
a) Nonstandard methods of searching for bound state energies
b) Transport of energy in monomolecular assemblies
4. Statistical physics
a) Monte Carlo simulations in simple systems
Prerequisites:
1. Basic knowledge of classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and electrodynamics.
To pass the course the participants must prepare a presentation devoted to one of the topics covered and show the Mathematica notebooks from the course sessions.
LFT web page:
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~pusos/LaboratoriumFizykiTeoretycznej
Description by E. A. Bartnik i I. Białynicki-Birula, November 2009
Course coordinators
Bibliography
1. Grzymkowski-Kapusta-Kuboszek-Słota, Mathematica 6, Wydawnictwo Skalmierski, Gliwice, 2008.
2. S. Wolfram, The Mathematica Book, Wolfram Media, 2003.
3. http://www.wolfram.com
4. R. M. May, Simple mathematical models with very complicated dynamics, Nature 261, 459 (1976).
5. E.A. Bartnik and J. M. Tuszynski, Theoretical models of energy transfer in two-dimensional molecular assemblies, Phys. Rev. E 48, 1516 (1993).
6. I. Bialynicki-Birula and Z. Bialynicka-Birula, Vortex lines of the electromagnetic field, Phys. Rev. A 67, 062114 (2003).
Items 4-6 are just examples. Complete texts of all papers will be made available on the LFT web page.
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: