Course Plan
The course covers relativistic quantum field theory, assuming a background in quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, electromagnetic fields, and relativity (Theorie I, II, and III).
- Meaning of classical and quantum fields
- canonical and path integral quantization
- Lehmann representation and LSZ reduction
- Scattering and cross-sections
- Path integral formalism
- Perturbation theory
- Representation theory of the Lorentz group
- Dirac equation and its solutions
- Quantum Electrodynamics
- Introduction to renormalization theory
Literature
1) An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, M.E. Peskin and D.V. Schroeder,
2) Quantum Field Theory, Srednicki
3) Quantum Field Theory, Sterman
Recitations on Fridays are replaced by lectures.
Students who get more than 60% of available points on the homeworks do not need to take an exam to pass the course.
Lectures and all materials will be in English.
- Lehrende: Guy David Moore
Semester: ST 2024