Module MA4445: Quantum field theory I
- Credit weighting (ECTS)
- 5 credits
- Semester/term taught
- Michaelmas term 2012-13
- Contact Hours
- 11 weeks, 3 lectures including tutorials per week
- Lecturer
- Prof. Sergey Frolov
- Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
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- Noether's theorem, the Klein-Gordon field and its quantisation;
- The Dirac field and its quantisation;
- Quantisation of constrained systems;
- The Maxwell field and its quantisation;
- Perturbation theory, Wick's theorem, Feynman diagrams, S-matrix
- Module Prerequisite
- MA3442 - Quantum Mechanics I (recommended MA3444 Statistical Physics II)
- Required Reading
Michael E. Pesking and Daniel V. Schroeder, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Westview Press
For constrained systems, see;
Chapter 3 of L.D. Faddeev and A.A. Slavnov, Gauge Fields: Introduction to Quantum Theory, and Mark Henneaux an dClaudio Teitelboim, Quantization of Gauge Systems, and read my notes, Quantization of electromagnetic field.
Recommended Reading
See the list - Quantum Field Theory Textbooks
Assessment Detail
- This module will be examined jointly with MA4446 in a 3-hour examination in Trinity term, except that those taking just one of the two modules will have a 2 hour examination.