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.


Course Learning Outcomes