After successful completion of the course, students are able to understand the contents of the lecture and to use the methods of the lecture to solve problems and develop new strategies in the corresponding field.
The content of this blocked guest lecture will revolve around the topic of quantum vacuum:
1 Quantum Field Theory of Light1.1 Light in Media1.1.1 Maxwell’s Equations1.1.2 Quantum Commutators1.2 Light Modes1.2.1 Modes and their Scalar Product1.2.2 Bose Commutation Relations1.2.3 Interference1.2.4 Monochromatic Modes2 The Casimir Effect2.1 Summing up Zero-Point Energies2.2 Lifshitz Theory2.2.1 Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem 2.2.2 Examples2.3 Temperature 3 Acceleration and Expansion3.1 Uniform Acceleration 3.1.1 Rindler Coordinates3.1.2 Vacuum Correlations3.1.3 A Tale of Two Observers3.2 Expanding Universe3.2.1 De Sitter Spacetime in 1+3 Dimensions3.2.2 Electromagnetic Fields in de Sitter Spacetime3.2.3 A Crash Course in Cosmology3.2.4 Casimir Cosmology
The lecture will take place as a blackboard class with much room for discussion.
The lecture will be given in blocked form at the following times and locations:
Week 4-8 July: Mo, Tue, We 10:00-12:00, Freihaus lecture hall 5 (second floor green section)Week 11-15 July: Mo, Tu, We, Thu, Fr 10:00-12:00, Freihaus seminar room DB gelb 03 (third floor, yellow section, behind the elevators)Week 25-29 July: Mo, Tu, We, Thu, Fr 10:00-12:00, Freihaus lecture hall 6 (second floor green section)
Oral exams are scheduled for the second week of August.
Not necessary
A master-level knowledge of electrodynamics and quantum theory is required.