Digital Teaching
The course will be taught in presence. Photographs of the blackboard and/or pdfs of the tablet writeup will be made available on moodle.
Course Contents
The course gives an introduction into quantum field theory with a special focus on applications in Quantum Electrodynamics (QED). Course outline:
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[*]Introduction: Why quantum field theory?
[*]Review: Classical fields
[*]Relativistic quantum fields
[*]Interacting fields and Feynman diagrams
[*]Elementary processes of QED
[*]Radiative corrections and renormalization
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Literature
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[*]M.E. Peskin, D.V. Schroeder, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Westview Press
[*]D. Ryder, Quantum Field Theory, Cambridge University Press
[*]M.D. Schwartz, Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model, Cambridge University Press
[*]A. Zee, Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell, Princeton University Press
[*]S. Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields 1: Foundations, Cambridge University Press
[*]S. Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields 2: Modern Applications, Cambridge University Press
[*]O. Philipsen, Quantenfeldtheorie und das Standardmodell der Teilchenphysik, Springer Nature [In German]
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Preconditions
Bachelor level courses on quantum mechanics and classical field theory. Prior knowledge of relativistic wave equations is helpful but not required.
Further Information
The course will be taught in English.
Online Offerings
moodle
- Lecturer: Hans-Werner Hammer