L13.4 Charged particles in EM fields: potentials and gauge invariance

MIT 8.06 Quantum Physics III, Spring 2018
Instructor: Barton Zwiebach

L13.4 Charged particles in EM fields: potentials and gauge invariance

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[victoriarisko]

No one makes Challenging Physics more fun and entertaining!!!

[SolSystemDiplomat]

I find one notebook for maths and one notebook for chapter notes plus completing the chapter before class… but when I get stuck on a maths problem… and this is the important part… when I get stuck on a maths problem, I write down exactly what my question is and move on to the next maths problem. All those questions I could not answer get answered during my prof’s office hours. Always schedule a time. I dropped my study time a night from 6 hours to 3. There is no class that cannot be conquered with proper study habits.

[AkamiChannel]

I came here bc I wanted to understand c. Now I realized I had better go through a whole EM course before trying to understand this video.

[arlesterchristian]

Great lecture. One question - for the professor or anybody else that might know on this thread - what is an example of the lamda function that needs to be found that makes the equations gauge invariant/symmetrical? I have seen a lot of videos like this that make reference to being able to 'add the gradient of some function lamda' to the equations for the fields but I have not found a worked example of what that might look like. A link to such an example or explanation would be fine. Thanks in advance for response.

[jimmyleo]

If my lecturer can do lecture like this, I will learn better in physics.

[TarunKumar-erqq]

Why he wrote the third equation of maxwell with 1/c2 .

[pharaoh]

When trying to describe anything in nature, in any pedagogical method other than using math on a chalk board he reverts to using his hands to mime what he is trying to convey. Surely describing a Wilson Loop shouldn't look like a game of Charades. I know MIT can spring for something a little more substantial than chalk alone for 100K/year•student.

My personal opinion: This limited approach to teaching is inexcusable 19 years into the 21st century.
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