Postgraduate Resources
Table of contents
- Classical Mechanics
- Quantum Physics
- Mathematical Physics
- Special Relativity
- Nuclear Physics
- Statistical Mechanics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electronics
- Particle Physics
- General Relativity
- Quantum Field theory and Quantum Electrodynamics
- Cosmology and Astrophysics
- String Theory
- Effective Field Theory
- Loop Quantum Gravity
- and some more…
This section lists topic wise online resources that can be found useful by an postgraduate student. Most of the resources cover an entire course including videos, lecture notes and assignments. The video lectures constitute only a small portion of a course. One should download related tutorials, lecture notes, problem sets, and exam papers and work out those as they do in the classroom to gather the full benefit of these vast resources.
Classical Mechanics
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Lecture series on Classical Physics by Prof. V. Balakrishnan, Department of Physics, IIT Madras.
- Lectures - Watch on NPTEL
- Assignments - Access here
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Lecture series on Theoretical mechanics by Prof . Charudatt Kadolkar, IIT Guwahathi.
- Lectures - Watch on NPTEL
- Assignments - Access here
Quantum Physics
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Lectures on Quantum Physics by Prof. V. Balakrishnan, Dept. of Physics, IIT Madras.
- Lectures - Watch on NPTEL
- Assignments - Access here
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Lectures on Quantum Physics (II) by Prof. Barton Zwiebach, brought to you by MIT OCW. This course cover quantum physics with applications drawn from modern physics. Topics covered in this course include the general formalism of quantum mechanics, harmonic oscillator, quantum mechanics in three-dimensions, angular momentum, spin, and addition of angular momentum.
- Lectures - Watch MIT video lecture here
- Lecture note - Access here
- Assignments - Access here
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Lectures on Quantum Mechanics by Prof. Namik Kemal Pak, Middle East Technical University Department of Physics. Topics covered by him include systems of identical particles and second quantization, semi-classical and quantum theory of radiation, scattering theory, relativistic single-particle equations, Dirac equation and central potential problems.
- Quantum Mechanics lectures by Prof. S. Lakshmi Bala, Dept. of Physics, IIT Madras.
- Some ace lectures on Quantum Mechanics by P. A. M. Dirac, who was one of the founders of Quantum Mechanics.
Access here or on YouTube
- Quantum Mechanics Lectures by Prof. Douglas Smith, held at African Summer Theory Institute.
- Lecture series on Quantum Mechanics by Prof. J. J. Binney, where he explains how probabilities are obtained from quantum amplitudes, why they give rise to quantum interference, the concept of a complete set of amplitudes and how this defines a quantum state.
- Lectures on Quantum Entanglements by Prof. Leonard Susskind, Stanford University.
- Lectures on Quantum Mechanics and its Applications by Prof. Ajoy Ghatak, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi.
- Lectures on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics by Prof. Robert Spekkens, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Quantum Theory lectures by Prof. Joseph Emerson.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives.
- Lectures on Quantum Mechanical View of Reality by none other than Richard P. Feynman
- Lectures on Quantum Information by Prof. Andrew Childs, PSI
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Explorations on Quantum Information by Prof. David Cory, PSI.
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- Several talks and discussions on a wide range of subjects such as theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum entanglement and non-locality, relativistic causality, quantum measurement problem, probability theory, etc., PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Topos Quantum Physics by Prof. Cecilia Flori, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
Mathematical Physics
- Lectures on Mathematical Physics by Prof. Michael Dennin, University of California, Irvine.
- Mathematical Physics lectures by Prof. Carl Bender, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Numerical Methods and Programming by Prof. P. B. Sunil Kumar, Department of Physics, IIT Madras.
- Tons of lectures on Mathematical Physics by TheDigitalUniversity.
- Lectures on Selected Topics in Mathematical Physics by Prof. V. Balakrishnan, Department of Physics, IIT Madras.
Special Relativity
- Special relativity lectures by Prof. Leonard Susskind, at Stanford University.(Lectures are mistakenly labeled as Quantum Entanglements Part 3)
- Prof. Leonard Susskind's lectures on Special Relativity from his course; The Theoretical Minimum.
- Lectures on Special Relativity by Prof. Shiva Prasad, Department of Physics, IIT Bombay.
Nuclear Physics
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Lectures on Nuclear Physics by Prof. H. C. Verma, Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur.
- Lectures - Watch on NPTEL here
- Assignments - Access here
Statistical Mechanics
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Lecture series on Classical Physics by Prof. V. Balakrishnan, Department of Physics, IIT Madras. The lectures from 20 to 30 cover the basics of statistical mechanics.
- Lectures - Watch on NPTEL
- Lecture notes and problem sets - Access here
- Statistical Mechanics I: Statistical Mechanics of Particles by Prof. Mehran Kardar; brought to you by MIT OCW.
- Lectures - Watch MIT video lectures here
- Lecture notes - Access here
- Assignments - Access here
- Lectures on Statistical Mechanics by Prof. Leonard Susskind, Stanford University.
- Lectures on Statistical Mechanics by Prof. Leo Kadanoff, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures in Statistical Mechanics by Prof. George Phillies, based on his book; Elementary Lectures in Statistical Mechanics (Springer-Verlag, 2000).
- Lectures in Statistical Mechanics by Prof. John Berlinsky, PSI. Please note that the acoustics/audio quality of the lectures are not that good.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures in Statistical Mechanics by Prof. Anton Burkov, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
Condensed Matter Physics
- Lectures in Condensed Matter Physics by Prof. Nandini Trivedi, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures in Condensed Matter Physics by Prof. Dmitry Abanin and Prof. Assa Auerbach, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures in Condensed Matter Physics (II) by Prof. John Berlinsky, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Some ace lectures in Condensed Matter Physics, brought to you by Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Material Physics.
- Lectures on Condensed Matter (Review) by Prof. Dmitry Abanin and Prof. Alioscia Hamma, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Condensed Matter Physics by Prof. Anushya Chandran, Prof. Roger Melko, and Prof. Xiao-Gang Wen, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Explorations in Condensed Matter Physics by Prof. Guifre Vidal, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures in Condensed Matter Physics by Prof. Marcel Franz, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
Electronics
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Digital electronics by Neso Academy :
- Lectures - Watch Neso Academy lectures here
- Problems - Access here
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Analogue electronics Neso Academy :
- Lectures - Watch Neso Academy lectures here
- Problems - Access here
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A course on Circuits and Electronics by Prof. Anant Agarwal, brought to you by MIT OCW.
- Lectures - Watch here
- Lecture notes - Access here
- Assignments - Access here
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Lectures by Prof. S. Srinivasan on Digital VLSI System Design, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras.
Particle Physics
- A decent and short course on Particle Physics from YouTube.
- Lectures on Basic Concepts of Particle Physics given by Prof. Leonard Susskind, Stanford University.
- Lectures given by Prof. Leonard Susskind on Particle Physics: Standard Model, Recorded on January 11, 2010 at Stanford University.
- Lectures on introduction to Super- Symmetry by Prof. Alex Buchel, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Super-Symmetry lectures by Prof. Jim Gates, held at African Summer Theory Institute.
- Lectures on Particle Physics 3: Super-Symmetry and Grand Unification by Prof. Leonard Susskind, Stanford University.
- A course on Super -Symmetry (SUSY) by Prof. Fernando Quevedo, University of Cambridge.
- Lectures on the Standard Model of Particle Physics by Prof. Michael Peskin, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Standard Model (Review) by Prof. Mark Wise, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures in Quantum Chromodynamics, organised at CERN.
- Particle Physics lectures by Prof. Alan Martin, held at African Summer Theory Institute.
- Lectures on Explorations in Particle Theory by Prof. Ben Allanach, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Explorations in Particle Theory by Prof. David Morrissey, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures in Standard Model: Review by Prof. Paul Langacker, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures in Explorations in Particle Theory by Prof. Brian Shuve, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures in Beyond the Standard Model by Prof. Robert Mann, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
General Relativity
- Lectures on General Relativity by Prof. Leonard Susskind, Recorded on September 22, 2008 at Stanford University.
- Prof. Leonard Susskind's course on General Relativity, Recorded on December 3, 2012 at Stanford University.
- Lectures on General Relativity by Prof. Neil Turok, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on General Relativity by Prof. Sunil Mukhi, TIFR. His lectures are based on Robert M. Wald's and James B. Hartle's books on General Relativity.
- Lectures on General Relativity by Prof. Shiraz Minwalla, TIFR.
- Course on General Relativity by Prof. T. Padmanabhan, IUCAA.
- Lectures on Advanced General Relativity by Prof. T. Padmanabhan, IUCAA. Lectures were given at Geneva, Switzerland. For User ID and Password send an email to library@iucaa.ernet.in or nagesh@iucaa.ernet.in.
- Lectures on General Relativity by Prof. Michael Duff, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Advanced General Relativity by Prof. Eric Poisson, PSI.
- Lectures on Advanced General Relativity by Prof. Rafael Sorkin, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Gravitational Physics by Prof. Ruth Gregory, PSI. Watch these lectures after you have completed the above lectures on General Relativity, or have a pretty good understanding of General Relativity.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on General Relativity for Cosmology by Prof. Achim Kempf, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
Quantum Field theory and Quantum Electrodynamics
- A brilliant but pretty old course on Quantum Field Theory by Prof. Sidney Coleman, Harvard University.
- A pretty neat course on Quantum Field Theory by Prof. Anthony Zee, held at African Summer Theory Institute.
- Lectures on Quantum Field Theory by Prof. David Tong, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Quantum Field Theory by Prof. Prasanta Tripathy, Department of Physics, IIT Madras.
- Lectures on Quantum Field Theory by Prof. T. Padmanabhan, IUCAA. For User ID and Password send an email to library@iucaa.ernet.in or nagesh@iucaa.ernet.in.
- Lectures on Quantum Field Theory(QFT - I) by Prof. Konstantin Zarembo, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Quantum Field Theory (QFT - II) by Prof. Francois David, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Quantum Field Theory by Prof. Tim Evans, Imperial College London. Check the bottom half of the webpage for the video lectures. Some of the lectures have not been recorded and some have poor audio quality.
- Lectures on Quantum Field Theory - II by Prof. Shiraz Minwall, PSI.
- Lectures by Prof. Achim Kempf on Quantum Field Theory for Cosmology, PSI
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures by Prof. Ugo Moschella on Topics in QFT on Flat and Curved Spacetimes, PSI
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures in Quantum Electrodynamics by none other than Prof. Richard Feynman, held at Auckland University.
- Lectures on Relativistic Quantum Mechanics by Prof. Apoorva D. Patel, IISc Bangalore.
Lecture - Watch here
Lecture note - Access here
Cosmology and Astrophysics
- Lectures on Cosmology by Prof. James Bullock, University of California, Irvine.
- Lectures on Cosmology by Prof. Leonard Susskind, Recorded January 13, 2009 at Stanford University.
- Lectures on Cosmology by Prof. Leonard Susskind from his course; The Theoretical Minimum.
- Lectures on Cosmology by Prof. George Ellis, held at African Summer Theory Institute
- A mini course on Cosmology, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Astrophysics from University of California, Berkeley
- A course on Exploring Black Holes: General Relativity & Astrophysics, from MIT OCW.
- Lectures on Explorations in Cosmology by Prof. Matthew Johnson, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- A series of lectures on Astrophysics and Cosmology: science of the cosmos, science in the cosmos brought to you by BBVA Foundation.
- Lectures in Cosmology: Review by Prof. Latham Boyle, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Astrophysics Lectures by Prof. Catherine Chess, held at African Summer Theory Institute
String Theory
- Lectures in String Theory and M-Theory by Prof. Leonard Susskind, Stanford University.
- Lectures on Topics in String Theory by Prof. Leonard Susskind, Stanford University.
- Lectures on Explorations in String Theory by Prof. Pedro Vieira, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on String Theory (Review) by Prof. Freddy Cachazo, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures in Explorations in String Theory by Prof. Andrei Starinets, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on String Theory (Review) by Prof. Davide Gaiotto, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures in String Theory by Prof. Melanie Becker, held at African Summer Theory Institute
- Lectures in String Theory by Prof. Shiraz Minwalla, TIFR].
Effective Field Theory
- Lectures on Effective Field Theory by Prof. Iain Stewart, brought to you by MIT OCW
Lectures - Watch here
Lectures notes - Access here
Assignments - Access here
- Lectures on Introduction to Effective Field Theories by Prof. Cliff Burgess, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
Loop Quantum Gravity
- Lectures on Loop Quantum Gravity by Prof. Lee Smolin, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Loop Quantum Gravity by Prof. Renate Loll, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Explorations in Quantum Gravity by Prof. Carlo Rovelli, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- Lectures on Quantum Gravity (Review) by Prof. Bianca Dittrich, PSI.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
and some more…
- There are tons of lectures at Perimeter Institute's Recorded Seminar Archive (PIRSA). Tip: Go to section "4. Collections" Select: Year. Select: Conference/School or Course. Then click on: View.
Watch on Perimeter Institute Archives
- A series of playlists on different topics in Physics by DrPhysicsA.
- 50 Best Sources of Free STEM Education Online.
- Some ACE talks held at University of California, Berkeley.
- Harvard University's Video Archive.
- Lectures given by Nobel Prize winners, held in Stockholm, Sweden.
- This website provides comprehensive collection of audio/video courses and lectures in Physics from educational institutions around the world.
- Lectures/Talks on various subjects in Physics for all of you, brought to you by Aspen Center for Physics.
- Video/Audio lectures on different topics of Physics, recorded at African Summer Theory Institute.
- Tons of courses in Physics from NPTEL.
- Videos of the Lectures at the program on Topology and Field Theories, held at Center of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame.
- A series of lectures in Honour of the 90th Birthday of Freeman Dyson, organized by Institute of Advances Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
- Tons of Physics Courses by MIT OCW.
- Tons of Courses from UC Irvine
- Tons of lectures and talks on many disciplines, brought to you by International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, TIFR.
- Talks from Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, Caltech.
- Talks and lectures from Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton.
- Talks and Lectures by Ace Physicists on many topics in Theoretical Physics.