Conservation of Charge and Momentum 
Conservation of Charge and Momentum
by Stanford / Leonard Susskind
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Date Added: September 14, 2008

Lecture Description

Two ideas of momentum:  Mechanical and canonical.

Conservation of momentum and energy in field theory.

Interaction of fields and particles, mechanical momentum vs. canonical momentum.

Invariance under a phase transformation implies conserved electric charge.

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Course Description

This Stanford Continuing Studies course is the second of a six-quarter sequence of classes exploring the essential theoretical foundations of modern physics. The topics covered in this course focus on quantum mechanics. The course is taught by Leonard Susskind, the Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University.

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