Physics-Lecture-notes

Lessons from Cambridge Professor David Tong
Lectures on Theoretical Physics (from birth to dearth)

contents

Classical Mechanics

1. Dynamics and Relativity
   (You can learn Newtonian mechanics and special relativity.)

2. Classical Dynamics
   (You can learn Lagrangian Formulation and Hamiltonian Formulation ! come on baby)

Electromagnetism

1. Vector Calculus (You can learn gradient, div, curl and tensor.)

2. Electromagnetism
   (You can learn electrodynamics)

Quantum Mechanics

1. Quantum Mechanics
   (basic)

2. Topics in Quantum Mechanics
   (Important! You can learn many useful knowledge from professor! The variational method,WKB,The Born-Oppenheimer approximation, Hartree-Fock method,The EPR paradox,Bell's inquality, CHSH inequality,Quantum key distribution, Density matrices, The Bloch sphere, Entropy,Decoherence...)

Condensed Matter

1. Solid State Physics (useful)

2. Quantum Hall Effect

Fluid Mechanics

1. Fluid Mechanics
   (You can learn Navier-Stokes Equation)

Statistical Physics

1. Statistical Physics
   (You can learn Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics)

2. Kinetic Theory
   (You can learn non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, covering kinetic theory, stochastic processes and linear response)

3. Statistical Field Theory
   (you can learn phase transitions, the renormalisation group,path integral).

Gravitation and Cosmology

1. General Relativity
   (You can learn Manifold,Differential Geometry,Riemannian Geometry)

2. Cosmology

Particle Physics

1. Particle Physics

2. Quantum Field Theory

3. Gauge Theory

4. TASI Lectures on Solitons

Supersymmetry and String Theory

1. Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics

2. Supersymmetric Field Theory

3. String Theory