PHYS548 SUPERSYMMETRY AND SUPERGRAVITY

Course Code:2300548
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:Fall or Spring Semesters.

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Course Content

Lie superalgebras. Superspace and superfields. Dynamics of spinning point particles. Spinning string dynamics. Wess-Zumino model. Supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories. Simple supergravity theory. Extended supergravities.


Course Learning Outcomes