PHYS753 QUANTUM FIELD THEORIES ON FUZZY SPACES
| Course Code: | 2300753 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Physics |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
Geometry of Moyal-Weyl spaces, star products and their uses in quantum physics. Description of fuzzy spaces and their properties. Scalar, spinor, gauge field theories and topologically nontrivial configurations over fuzzy spaces.Fuzzy spaces as extra dimensions in gauge theories. Matrix models in string and M-theory and their fuzzy vacua.