First Year Graduate Physics

This page summarizes all the things on my site that might be relevant to first year grad physics. I'm sure there are plenty of errors in the content below, so keep your guard up and let me know if you find any. The table below shows the best textbooks that I have seen so far.

Resources

• Physics Questions and Answers
• Physics Derivations
• Glossary of Unapparent Physics Terms
• Equations to Memorize Suggestions:
  • k^2 = omega^2 mu epsilon
  • epsilon = epsilon_b + i sigma omega
• Physics PhD Qualifiers

Pedagogical Papers

• Lagrange's Equation
• Green's Functions
• Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory
• Dirac Notation
• Angular Momentum Algebra
• 4-Vector Notation
• Waveguides
• Thermodynamic Fundamentals
• Partition Functions
• Blackbody Radiation
• Ising Model
• Density of States and Classical Partition Function
• Bose-Einstein Condensation
• Degenerate Perturbation Theory
• Solving Laplace's Equation
• Landau Levels
• Grand Canonical Partition Function
• Reflection
• Time-Energy Uncertainty Principle
• Maxwell Relations Mnemonic
• Minimal Coupling (See Carrol Page 152)
• Simple Harmonic Oscillator
• Wigner-Eckart Selection Rules
• Scattering
• Direct Product and Direct Sum of Representations