Admission Requirements
Prerequisites: Effective Field Theory, Quantum Theory.
Description
Building on the courses Effective Field Theory and Quantum Theory, this is a first course in the Quantum Theory of Fields, which consistently unifies special relativity with quantum mechanics, and allows the description of many simultaneously quantized excitations.
Course Objectives
A basic understanding of the topics listed below, including the ability to do computations of the most important effects.
Quantum Mechanics from a Lagrangian perspective
The path integral
Spin and the Lorentz Group
The Dirac Equation
The theory of Quantum-ElectroDynamics
Perturbation theory and elementary scattering processes
Timetable
Mode of instruction
Weekly Lectures
Bi-weekly work sessions with associated problem sets.
Assessment method
Attendance of at least 70% of the work sessions and an overall grade of 6/10 in the homework assignments will provide a 1 point bonus to be added to the grade of the exam only after you have reached 5/10.
100% of the grade based on the final exam, including the possible bonus point from above.
Only the final exam can be retaken.
Blackboard
Course material including homework asssigments are also available on Blackboard. To have access to Blackboard you need a ULCN-account.Blackboard UL
Reading list
Primary text book (required): M.E. Peskin, D.V. Schroeder: An introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Westview Press, 1995.
Contact
Lecturer Dr.Alessandra Silvestri