PWF Ivory Coast: Course on Applications of Group Theory in Physics (02-13 December 2024)

Administration

Description

The course on Applications of Group Theory in Physics will be held at Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY (UPGC) from December 02^nd to 13^th , 2024.

The participants are 50 students formally registered for the first year and the second year Master’s programme in Physics, 2024–2025, at the Department of Mathematics-Physics-Chemisty, UFR-SB, UPGC.

The duration of the activity is 24-h and is scheduled for the same period as other courses of the Master’s programme in Physics. It includes 08-h tutorial and discussion sessions and 02-h of a session about careers and opportunities in theoretical physics.

The main parts of the course include:

Historical introduction to the concept of group and an introduction to group theory in theoretical physics.
Generalities about representation theory.
List of groups used by physicists.
Crystallography.
Eigenvectors of an operator and irreducible representations of a group.
Wave functions and rotation group.
Irreducible representations of rotation groups and spin.
Two general theorems: Noether's theorem (1915) and Goldstone's theorem.
Tutorial and discussion sessions.

SPEAKER:
Dr. Laure GOUBA, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy.

LOCAL COORDINATORS:
Dr. (MC) Siélé SILUE and Dr. Alain KOUADIO
Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY (UPGC)
UFR des Sciences Biologiques, Département de Mathématiques-Physique-Chimie. B.P 1328 Korhogo (Côte d’Ivoire)

Material

Poster

PWF Ivory Coast: Course on Applications of Group Theory in Physics

Go to day

Monday, 2 December 2024
- 08:00 - 12:30 Day 1
  - 08:00 Registration 30'
  - 08:30 Historical introduction to the concept of group and Introduction to group theory in theoretical physics 2h0' ( Room F )
  - 10:30 Opening ceremony PWF UPGC 15'
  - 10:45 Group Photo and Coffee Break 15'
  - 11:00 Session 2 - Tutorial 1h30'
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
- 08:30 - 12:30 Day 2
  - 08:30 Session 3 - Generalities about representation theory 2h0' ( Room F )
  - 10:30 Break 30'
  - 11:00 Session 4 - Tutorial 1h30'
Friday, 6 December 2024
- 08:30 - 12:30 Day 3
  - 08:30 Session 5 - Groups used by physicists 2h0' ( Room F )
  - 10:30 Break 30'
  - 11:00 Session 6 - Tutorial 1h30'
Monday, 9 December 2024
- 08:30 - 12:30 Day 4
  - 08:30 Session 7 - Crystallography 2h0' ( Room F )
  - 10:30 Break 30'
  - 11:00 Session 8 - Tutorial 1h30'
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- 08:30 - 12:30 Day 5
  - 08:30 Session 9 - Eigenvectors of an operator and irreducible representations of a group and discussions 2h0' ( Room F )
  - 10:30 Break 30'
  - 11:00 Session 10 - Wave functions and rotation group, irreducible representations of rotation groups and spin and discussions 1h30'
Friday, 13 December 2024
- 08:30 - 12:30 Day 6
  - 08:30 Session 11 - Two general theorems: Noether's theorem (1915) and Goldstone's theorem 2h0' ( Room F )
  - 10:30 Break 30'
  - 11:00 Session 12 - 12 Career and opportunities, Certificates, Closing 1h30'