Danilo Pescia: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2018

Name	Prof. em. Dr. Danilo Pescia
Field	Experimentalphysik
Address	Dep. Physik ETH Zürich, HPZ G 27 John-von-Neumann-Weg 9 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND
E-mail	pesciad@ethz.ch
Department	Physics
Relationship	Professor emeritus

Number	Title	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
402-0040-00L	Physics I	5 credits	4V + 2U	Y. M. Acremann, D. Pescia
Abstract	Part A: Introduction to mechanics, wave phenomena, Kelpler problem, rotational motion. Part B: electrostatics of metals and isolators, magnetostatics, Maxwell equations.
Learning objective	Fundamentals of mechanics, oscillations, waves, electrostatics and magnetostatics.
Content	Part A: Introduction to mechanics, wave phenomena, Kelpler problem, rotational motion. Part B: electrostatics of metals and isolators, magnetostatics, Maxwell equations.
Lecture notes	A copy of the blackboard is made available online.
Literature	(Fakultativ): Teil A: W. Nolting, "Klassische Mechanik", Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2011. Teil B: W. Nolting, "Elektrodynamik", Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2011
402-0101-00L	The Zurich Physics Colloquium	0 credits	1K	R. Renner, G. Aeppli, C. Anastasiou, N. Beisert, G. Blatter, S. Cantalupo, C. Degen, G. Dissertori, K. Ensslin, T. Esslinger, J. Faist, M. Gaberdiel, G. M. Graf, R. Grange, J. Home, S. Huber, A. Imamoglu, P. Jetzer, S. Johnson, U. Keller, K. S. Kirch, S. Lilly, L. M. Mayer, J. Mesot, B. Moore, D. Pescia, A. Refregier, A. Rubbia, K. Schawinski, T. C. Schulthess, M. Sigrist, A. Vaterlaus, R. Wallny, A. Wallraff, W. Wegscheider, A. Zheludev, O. Zilberberg
Abstract	Research colloquium
Learning objective
Prerequisites / Notice	Occasionally, talks may be delivered in German.
402-0501-00L	Solid State Physics	0 credits	1S	G. Blatter, C. Degen, K. Ensslin, D. Pescia, M. Sigrist, A. Wallraff, A. Zheludev
Abstract	Research colloquium
Learning objective
402-0516-10L	Group Theoretical Methods in Solid State Physics Does not take place this semester.	12 credits	3V + 3U	D. Pescia
Abstract	This lecture introduces the fundamental concepts of group theory and their representations. The accent is on the concrete applications of the mathematical concepts to practical quantum mechanical problems of solid state physics and other fields of physics rather than on their mathematical proof.
Learning objective	The aim of this lecture is to give a fundamental knowledge on the application of symmetry in atoms, molecules and solids. The lecture is intended for students at the master and Phd. level in Physics that would like to have a practical and comprehensive view of the role of symmetry in physics. Students in their third year of Bachelor will be perfectly able to follow the lecture and can use it for their future master curriculuum. Students from other Departement are welcome, but they should have a solid background in mathematics and physics, although the lecture is quite self-contained.
Content	1. Groups, Classes, Representation theory, Characters of a representation and theorems involving them. 2. The symmetry group of the Schrödinger equation, Invariant subspaces, Atomic orbitals, Molecular vibrations, Cristal field splitting, Compatibility relations, Band structure of crystals. 3. SU(2) and spin, The double group, The Kronecker Product, The Clebsch-Gordan coefficients, Clebsch-Gordan coeffients for point groups,The Wigner-Eckart theorem and its applications to optical transitions.
Lecture notes	The copy of the blackboard is made available online.
Literature	This lecture is essentially a practical application of the concepts discussed in: - L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz, Lehrbuch der Theor. Pyhsik, Band III, "Quantenmechanik", Akademie-Verlag Berlin, 1979, Kap. XII - Ibidem, Band V, "Statistische Physik", Teil 1, Akademie-Verlag 1987, Kap. XIII and XIV.