Renato Renner: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2021

Award: The Golden Owl
Name Prof. Dr. Renato Renner
FieldTheoretical Physics
Address
Institut für Theoretische Physik
ETH Zürich, HIT K 41.2
Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 633 34 58
Fax+41 44 633 11 15
E-mailrenner@itp.phys.ethz.ch
URLhttp://www.itp.phys.ethz.ch/people/renner/
DepartmentPhysics
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
402-2203-01LClassical Mechanics Information 7 credits4V + 2UR. Renner
AbstractA conceptual introduction to theoretical physics: Newtonian mechanics, central force problem, oscillations, Lagrangian mechanics, symmetries and conservation laws, spinning top, relativistic space-time structure, particles in an electromagnetic field, Hamiltonian mechanics, canonical transformations, integrable systems, Hamilton-Jacobi equation.
ObjectiveFundamental understanding of the description of Mechanics in the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation. Detailed understanding of important applications, in particular, the Kepler problem, the physics of rigid bodies (spinning top) and of oscillatory systems.