2. Advanced Quantum Mechanics Lecture 2
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Leonard Susskind presents an example of rotational symmetry and derives the angular momentum operator as the generator of this symmetry. He then discusses symmetry groups and Lie algebras, and shows how these concepts require that magnetic quantum numbers - i.e. spin - must have whole- or half-integer values.
Leonard Susskind concludes the course by generalizing the presentation of the quantum field theory for spin-1/2 fermions to three dimensions, and demonstrating that the mass of fermions originates from the cross term between the two chiralities in the Dirac equation.
Published 12/14/13
Leonard Susskind develops the quantum field Hamiltonian, and then derives the Dirac equation for fermions. Dirac's theory of fermions was the first to incorporate special relativity into the development of quantum mechanics.
Published 12/14/13