Course MA444

Quantum Field Theory

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Course Description

• Feynman diagram formalism for scalar theory
• Feynman rules for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED),
  
• Elementary processes of QED,
  
• S-matrix: Scattering and decay,
• Trace technology,
  
• Crossing symmetry,
  
• Radiative corrections: Infrared and Ultraviolet divergencies, Loop computations, LSZ reduction formula, Optical theorem, Ward-Takahashi identities,
  
• renormalization of electric charge.

Books

Textbook:

1. Michael E. Peskin, Daniel V. Schroeder, "An introduction to quantum field theory," HarperCollins Publishers; Reissue edition (1995)
2. Paul A. M. Dirac, "Lectures on Quantum Mechanics,"  Dover Publications (2001)
3. Mark Srednicki, "Quantum Field Theory," Cambridge University Press, (2007)
   (you can download a pdf file of this book from http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~mark/qft.html)
   

Recommended:

1. Steven Weinberg, "The quantum theory of fields. Vol.1,; Foundations,"   Cambridge University Press (1995)
   
   
2. N.N. Bogoliubov and D.V. Shirkov, "Introduction to the theory of quantized fields," John Wiley & Sons (1959)
   
   
3. Francis Halzen and Alan D. Martin, "Quarks and Leptons: An Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics," Wiley (1984)
   
   
4. James D. Bjorken, Sidney D. Drell, "Relativistic Quantum Mechanics" (International Series in Pure & Applied P) , Mcgraw-Hill College (1965)
   
   

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Exams 

1. End of year Final exam: 3 hours

Grading

Homework