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OPT / QE1
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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OPT
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QE1
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Title
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Quantum Electrodynamics 1
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
3
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Written
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Type of completion
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Written
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Time requirements
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Přednáška
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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Czech, English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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Czech, English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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OPT/QED2, OPT/QE2
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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Introduction to the physics of elementary particles and relativistic quantum mechanics
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Requirements on student
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Knowledge within the scope of the course topics (examination)
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Content
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-Introduction to the physics of elementary particles -Lorentz transformation of the spacetime, special theory of relativity, covariant and contravariant symbology -Klein-Gordon equation and its interpretation from the viewpoint of relativistic quantum mechanics -Spinor representation of Lorentz group, Dirac equation and its mathematical solution, vacuum and antiparticles, algebra of gamma-matrices, non-relativistic limit -Maxwell equations in a covariant form -Variation principle and Lagrangian formalism, symmetry and calibration field -Noether's theorem and laws of conservation -Scalar complex field and electromagnetic field, interaction, Bohm-Ahronov effect, Yang-Mills field, field, geometry of calibration fields -Interpretation of equations of relativistic quantum mechanics in the terms of canonical quantization, scalar complex field -Canonical quantization of Dirac field, anticommutation rule and Fermi exclusion principle -Canonic quantization of electromagnetic field, calibration invariance, radiation and Lorentz calibration, Feymman path integral
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Ryder, L.H. Quantum Field Theory. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 1997.
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Recommended:
Formánek, J. Úvod do relativistické kvantové mechaniky a kvantové teorie pole. Karolinum, Praha, 2000.
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On-line library catalogues
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
Non relativistic quantum mechanics
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Competences acquired |
Knowledge Define the main ideas and conceptions of the subject, describe the main approaches of the studied topics, recall the theoretical knowledge for solution of model problems. |
Teaching methods |
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