Course description Quantum Field Theory

 

Quantum Field Theory                                                                   last update 4 July 2011
Curriculum	Master of Science in Physics
Instructor(s)	Dr. K. Schalm
ECTS	6
Level	500
Academic year	2010-2011
Language of instruction	English
Target group	MSc students
Synopsis	Building on the Effective Field Theory course, this is a first course in the Quantum Theory of Fields which consistently unifies special relativity with quantum mechanics. Topics covered are: Quantum Mechanics from a Lagrangian perspective, the path integral. Spin and the Lorentz Group, the Dirac Equation, QED, Perturbation theory and elementary Scattering Processes, concluding with renormalization, the renormalization group and the connection with critical phenomena.
Prerequisites	Quantum theory, Effective Field Theory (MSc courses)
Programme form	Lectures, tutorials.
Required literature	An introduction to Quantum Field Theory, M.E. Peskin and D.V. Schroeder, Harper Collins publishers 1995, ISBN 0201503972 Paperback College Press Ltd, University of Bejing: ISBN 7-5158-0359-2 (vol. 1), 1998, ISBN 7-5158-0358-4 (vol. 2).
Form of examination	8 weekly assignments counting 60% of the total grade. Final exam counting for 40% of the total grade with the condition that you must pass the final exam to pass the course.
Period	Spring 2012, weeks 7-16. Each year
Time table	http://www.physics.leidenuniv.nl/edu/master/schedule/RMSc_N.PDF
Notes	Recommended for specialisation theoretical physics
For more information	Instructor: Dr. K. Schalm and/or: Blackboard

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