Introduction in the importance of topological effects in field theories
Sine-Gordon model
Topology in electrodynamics: Aharonov-Bohm effect, Dirac monopoles
Geometrical phase
Wu-Yang monopoles, 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles
Topological objects in QCD: instantons, vortices, monopoles
Solitons in 3+1 dimensions: Skyrmions, topological fermions
Differential geometry, homotopy
oral
Not necessary
basic knowledge of mathematics