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Digitale Lehre
Instructions with study materials and problem sets are offered on moodle.
In addition, the lecture and the exercise sessions are delivered as a  live stream
via Zoom. A recording of the live stream is provided on moodle.
Participation in the live stream is optional, but recommended.

The access data for the live stream and everything else will be published on moodle.
 

Lehrinhalte
The lecture treats advanced topics in Quantum Field Theory.

0) Short Review of QFT I
1) Ultraviolet cutoffs, renormalization, and critical fluctuations
2) Path integral formalism and gauge fields
3) Renormalization group
4) Effective Field Theories: Foundations and Applications

Literatur
- M. E. Peskin, Daniel V. Schroeder: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
- L. H. Ryder: Quantum Field Theory
- M. D. Schwartz: Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model
- S. Weinberg: The Quantum Theory of Fields, Vol. 1 and 2
- A. Zee: Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell

Voraussetzungen
The lecture discusses advanced  topics of quantum field theory. Knowledge of field quantization in the operator formalism as conveyed in the lecture "Introduction to Quantum Field Theory" is assumed.

Further Grading Information
Lecture and exercise sessions alternate (not quite regularly). The respective dates will be announced on moodle.

Lecture and exercise sessions in German or English at the discretion of the audience.
 

Gefährdungsbeurteilung
The lecture is taught digitally.

Online-Angebote
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