Introduction to Quantum Field Theory

Autumn 2011

10 ECTS credits

                
Dedicated to the memory 
                  of Professor Ioan Gottlieb
(1929-2011)   
Lecturer: Anca Tureanu B322  191 50688
Assistant: Tapio Salminen A222
Lectures: Tue 12-14  A315 First lecture on the 6th September
Wed 12-14  A315
Exercises: Thu 12-14
 A315


Exam: 15.12. at 10:00-15:00 in B222, Exactum

         

                   
                     

Course description:

Topics covered include: Canonical quantization of field; for Bose and Fermi fields;
                                    Interacting fields; S-matrix theory and Feynman diagrams;    
                                    Applications to quantum electrodynamics.

Literature: F. Mandl, G. Shaw: Quantum Field Theory, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 1993
M.E. Peskin, D.V. Schroeder: An introduction to quantum field theory, Addison-Wesley, 1995
S. Weinberg: The Quantum Theory of Fields, Vol. I, Foundations, Cambridge University Press, 1995
D. Lurie: Particles and Fields, Interscience Publishers/John Wiley & Sons, New-York, 1968
C. Itzykson and J. B. Zuber: Quantum Field Theory, McGraw-Hill Education, 1980 (or any other edition)
S. Schweber: An Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Field Theory, Dover Publications, 2005 (or any other edition)



Lecture notes: 1-8   9-18    19-24    25-35      36-44  45-54    55-77    78-97    98-124    125-154    155-164    165-187   

   
Supplementary reading:

            Lie Groups and Algebras
                Lorentz and Poincaré groups
                Lepton production
Homeworks:


Homework 1 Homework 2 Homework 3 Homework 4 Homework 5 Homework 6 Homework 7 Homework 8 Homework 9