Free resources on theoretical physics.
A collection of high quality video lectures and notes. (Last revised: November 12th, 2019)
The following is a collection of high quality video lectures, and accompanying notes, on theoretical physics. All of the resources are freely available on the Web. Every resource has been reviewed, and should allow you to make "quick" progress in fundamental physics. It should be possible to more or less work your way downwards through the list of material. You should find the additional articles very helpful in developing your understanding.
If you have successfully completed a college course in mathematics / physics you could definitely work your way through the material on this website in just a few years. You would then be able to follow progress in fundamental physics at CERN, LIGO etc.
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Classical Mechanics & Special Relativity
Classical Mechanics, Jacob Linder
Special Relativity and Electrodynamics, Leonard Susskind
Lectures on Classical Dynamics, David Tong | Notes | PDF
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Volume I & II
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Physics I, Barton Zwiebach, Video Lectures & Lecture Notes
Quantum Physics II, Barton Zwiebach, Video Lectures & Lecture Notes
Quantum Mechanics, Professor J.J. Binney | Notes
Mastering Quantum Mechanics, Barton Zwiebach [1], [2] & [3] Lecture Notes
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Volume III
Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Advanced quantum theory, Tobias Osborne
Quantum Mechanics II, Prof. Dr. Namık Kemal PAK
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Volume III
Mathematical Physics
Multivariable Calculus, Edward Frenkel
Differential Equations and Linear Algebra, Gilbert Strang
Physical Mathematics (15), Kevin Cahill | Physical Mathematics (16), Kevin Cahill | Physical Mathematics (17), Kevin Cahill
Quantum Field Theory
Particle Physics 1: Basic Concepts, Leonard Susskind
Quantum Field Theory, David Tong | Notes
Quantum Field Theory, Tobias Osborne | Notes
Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Matthew Schwartz. This book was previously available for download on the harvard.edu website.
If you would like to purchase a book: I can also highly recommend Field Quantization by Walter Greiner et al. & Gauge Theories in Particle Physics (Volume I From Relativistic Quantum Mechanics to QED) by I J R Aitchison and A J G Hey
Advanced Quantum Field Theory
Advanced quantum field theory: the theory of elementary interactions, Tobias Osborne | Notes
Quantum Field Theory (Fall 2012), Kevin Cahill | Lecture Notes | Kevin Cahill's Website
Quantum Field Theory (2014-15), Kevin Cahill | Lecture Notes | Kevin Cahill's Website
The following book along with solutions [1] [2] may be helpful for reference: Quantum Field Theory, Mark Srednicki. This book was previously available for download on the ucsb.edu website. There is also the following on the arXiv: Quantum Field Theory: Spin Zero | Quantum Field Theory: Spin One Half | Quantum Field Theory: Spin One
Introduction to conformal field theory, Tobias Osborne
Standard Model of Particle Physics
Particle Physics, Alan Martin, African Summer Theory Institute, in 2004. | Q&A | Slides
Introduction to High Energy Physics, Paul Langacker
The Standard Model, Paul Langacker | Lecture Notes
The Future of Particle Physics, David Gross
General Relativity & Cosmology
General Relativity, Leonard Susskind
General Relativity, Neil Turok
Lecture Notes on General Relativity, Sean M. Carroll | PDF
Supersymmetry
Particle Physics 3: Supersymmetry and Grand Unification, Leonard Susskind
Explorations in Particle Theory, Ben Allanach | Notes
Cambridge Lectures on Supersymmetry and Extra Dimensions, Fernando Quevedo
Supersymmetry and Gauge Theory, Neil Lambert
String Theory
String Theory, Barton Zwiebach
Lectures on String Theory, David Tong
An Introduction to String Theory, Kevin Wray
Introduction to String Theory, Neil Lambert | Notes | Exercises
String Theory and Holographic Duality, Prof. Hong Liu | Notes
Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory, Michio Kaku (Free download from Springer)
Strings, Conformal Fields, and M-Theory, Michio Kaku (Free download from Springer)
If you would like to purchase a book: I can also highly recommend A First Course in String Theory by Barton Zwiebach & Supersymmetric Gauge Field Theory and String Theory by D. Balin and A. Love
String theory to the rescue, Joe Polchinski
Quantum Gravity / Loop Quantum Gravity
Space and Time in Loop Quantum Gravity, Carlo Rovelli
Quantum Gravity, Carlo Rovelli
Covariant Loop Quantum Gravity, Carlo Rovelli, Francesca Vidotto
These also look very interesting but have not been reviewed, so far!
Symmetries and groups, Hugh Osborn
1951 Lectures on Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Freeman J. Dyson
Notes from Sidney Coleman's Physics 253a, Sidney Coleman
Grand Unification and the Standard Model, Paul Langacker
Introduction to the Standard Model and Electroweak Physics, Paul Langacker
Quantum Theory, Groups and Representations: An Introduction, Peter Woit
A Supersymmetry Primer, Stephen P. Martin
D-Brane Primer, Clifford V. Johnson | PDF
Introduction to Superstring Theory, John H. Schwarz
Introduction to Supersymmetry, Joseph D. Lykken
Introduction to String Theory and D–Branes, Clifford V. Johnson
Memories of a Theoretical Physicist, Joseph Polchinski
An Introduction to String Theory, James Bedford
What is String Theory?, Joseph Polchinski
TASI-2002 Lectures: Non-perturbative Supersymmetry, John Terning
Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (Second edition), F. Mandl
Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, R.P. Feynman
Gravitation and Cosmology, Steven Weinberg
Symplectic geometry & classical mechanics, Tobias Osborne
Introduction to Modern Canonical Quantum General Relativity, Thomas Thiemann Thanks Dr Ian Baynham (friend from university).
Theoretical Physics websites:
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Richard Feynman’s Messenger Lecture Series
David Tong: Lectures on Theoretical Physics
The collected papers of Albert Einstein
2015 - General Relativity’s Centennial
World Science U | Youtube playlists
Articles:
Dear Dr. B: How come we never hear of a force that the Higgs boson carries?, Sabine Hossenfelder
You Should Love (or at least respect) the Schrödinger Equation, Sean M. Carroll
Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire, Jennifer Ouellette
Why Stephen Hawking’s Black Hole Puzzle Keeps Puzzling, Jennifer Ouellette
Why Is There Something, Rather Than Nothing?, Sean M. Carroll
QCD Made Simple, Frank Wilczek
Space and Time in Loop Quantum Gravity, Carlo Rovelli
Parallel Universes, Max Tegmark
Fields of Color, The Triumph of Quantum Field Theroy, Rodney A. Brooks
Pure Mathematics:
A Course of Pure Mathematics, G. H. Hardy
An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, G.H. Hardy, E.M. Wright
The Theory of Functions, E. C. Titchmarsh
A Course of Modern Analysis, E. T. Whittaker & G. N. Watson
Selected papers on Relativity
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, A. Einstein, 1905
Does the Inertia of a Body depend on its Energy-Content, A. Einstein, 1905
The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity, A. Einstein, 1916
Selected papers on Quantum Mechanics & Quantum Electrodynamics
An Undulatory Theory of the Mechanics of Atoms and Molecules, E. Schrodinger, 1926
The Quantum Theory of the Electron, P. A. M. Dirac, 1928
The Lagrangian in Quantum Mechanics, P. A. M. Dirac, 1932
The Connection Between Spin and Statistics', W. Pauli, 1940
The Radiation Theories of Tomonaga, Schwinger, and Feynman, F. J. Dyson, 1948
The S Matrix in Quantum Electrodynamics, F. J. Dyson, 1949
Space-Time Approach to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, R. P. Feynman, 1948
On the Invariant Regularization in Relativistic Quantum Theory, W. Paul and F. Villars, 1949
The Theory of Positrons, R. P. Feynman, 1949
Space-Time Approach to Quantum Electrodynamics, R. P. Feynman, 1949
Mathematical Formulation of the Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Interaction, R. P. Feynman, 1950
On Gauge Invariance and Vacuum Polarization, J. Schwinger, 1950
The Theory of Quantized Fields, J. Schwinger, 1951
On the Green's Functions of Quantized Fields I, J. Schwinger, 1951
On the Green's Functions of Quantized Fields II, J. Schwinger, 1951
The Theory of Quantized Fields II, J. Schwinger, 1953
The Theory of Quantized Fields III, J. Schwinger, 1953
The Theory of Quantized Fields IV, J. Schwinger, 1953
The Theory of Quantized Fields V, J. Schwinger, 1954
The Theory of Quantized Fields V,I J. Schwinger, 1954
Miscellaneous: