Master lectures

This series of lecture blocks is intended to complement the standard UiO courses for the master program in theoretical physics. The lectures cover a variety of theory-related topics both of current and more general interest, in a condensed way, similar to what one can find at summer schools. They are primarily targeted at master and (early) PhD students, and thus considerably more introductory than our theory seminars.

The lectures will typically take place in the common area of the Theory Section, mostly blackboard-based, unless announced differently on the theory mailing list. The setting is highly informal, so bring your lunch along and do not hesitate to interrupt frequently with questions!

Date	Time	Lecturer Title	pdf
11/11 18/11	TBD	Álvaro Parra-López Introduction to analogue gravity
23/09	12:30-14:00	Cecilie Glittum Introduction to frustrated magnetism	lecture
29/04 2026	12:30-14:00	Jan Gulla & Johannes Skaar Local algebras and the Reeh-Schlieder theorem
11/03 2026	12:30-13:30	Marco Palmiotto Dark matter thermal relic density computations	slides
05/11 & 12/11 2025	12:30-14:00	Marcos Flores Introduction to Cosmological Inflation	lectures
27/08 & 03/09 2025	12:30-14:00	Torsten Bringmann Phase transitions in field theory and cosmology	lecture1 lecture2
02/04 & 09/04 2025	13:05-14:00	Joakim Bergli Geometric phases (quantum and classical)	lectures
19/02 & 26/02 2025	13:05-14:00	Olav Syljuåsen Magnons	lectures slides
06/11 & 13/11 2024	13:05-14:00	Are Raklev Group theory and Lie algebras	(references)
15/10 & 16/10 2024	13:05-14:00	Zhao Zang Conformal field theory på 1-2-3	(references)
28/02 & 06/03 2024	13:05-14:00	Johannes Skaar Elements of quantum information theory	lectures
07/02 & 14/03 2024	12:30-14:00	Kai Schmidt-Hoberg (DESY) A brief tour through the axiverse	lecture1 (notes by F. Kahlhoefer) lecture2
15/11 & 22/11 2023	13:05-14:00	Olav Syljuåsen Finite Temperature Quantum Monte Carlo	lectures
04/10 & 11/10 2023	12:30-14:00	Torsten Bringmann Kaluza-Klein theories	lecture1 lecture2

Published Aug. 30, 2023 8:31 AM - Last modified Sep. 23, 2026 3:17 PM

Master lectures

Lecturer