PHYS 598

Fall 2025 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10

Special Topics in Physics

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Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in physics intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites.

May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

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PHYS 598 class schedule data for fall 2025
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	73364	Online Lecture	LFT	3:30PM -5:00PM	TR	n.a.	Chauhan, A El-Khadra, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Lattice Field Theory and HPC Section Info: This course meets: 3 September 2025 through 5 December 2025 Please contact prof. El-Khadra for permission to add this course. This is the first semester course of two-semester sequence on lattice field theory and high performance computing. The topics covered in the first semester are: From path integral to QCD: overview of continuum theory; Lattice scalar theory to gauge theories on a lattice; Common Fermion actions and chiral fermions; Renormalization on the lattice; Computing Algorithms and High Performance Computing on the lattice; Quantum Computing and Simulation; Machine Learning in lattice field theory. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	34936	Lecture	QF3	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	222 Loomis Laboratory	Draper, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Quantum Field Theory III Section Info: This course functions as a third semester in the quantum field theory sequence. The course is organized in three broad components, with unifying theme of studying the phase structure of QFTs. The first component of the course will survey analysis techniques, including effective field theory, large N expansions, lattice methods, and others. The second component will cover nonperturbative semiclassical phenomena, including domain walls, strings, monopoles, instantons, and bounces. The third component will introduce supersymmetry and supersymmetric gauge theory. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.