ILAS Seminar-E2 :Frontiers in Theoretical Physics I
| Numbering Code | U-LAS70 10002 SE50 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | seminar |
| Target Year | Mainly 1st year students | Target Student | For all majors |
| Language | English | Day/Period | Wed.5 |
| Instructor name | Antonio De Felice (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics Associate Professor) | ||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | This will be in the form of a small class (around 7 students). The purpose is to learn interactively various up-to-date topics in theoretical physics. Topics will be taken from journals like Physics Today, Physics World, Nature etc.. The topics taken in this course are different from those in the course "Frontiers in Theoretical Physics Ⅱ". | ||
| Course Goals |
The students will be able to read an article from some journal and enucleate the main message from it. The student will closely interact with professor and other students, so that ideas/comments can be exchanged. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
1. Each student will read in turn a paper and report her/his impressions to the other people. 2. The paper will be freely chosen consistently with field of theoretical physics. 3. In case the paper requires more work, analysis, the same paper can be discussed in groups. 4. As for the paper, the student must be able to get the key-message and show to the others why the paper might (or might not) be of importance in theoretical physics. 5. Share comments, and toss out possible new ideas to expand the idea of the original paper. 6. In total, at most 14 classes will be offered (one for each week of the semester) plus one feedback. |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Discussion in class. | ||
| Course Requirements | None | ||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | The students will be given a paper to read a week before class, and, in turn, they will present and discuss it with other students. | ||
