PHYS66200 (PHYS662) Spring 2012
Quantum Field Theory I
Offering:
Spring, Credits 3.0
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: PHYS 661. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and co-requisites.
Description:
Introduction to relativistic quantum field theory. Representations of the Lorentz and Poincare groups. Noether's theorem: symmetries and conservation laws. Canonical quantization of free Klein-Gordon, Dirac, Maxwell fields. Interacting field theory: Lehmann-Kallen representations. LSZ reduction formula. Schwinger action principle. Quantum Electrodynamics (QED): Gell-Mann Low expansion, Wick's theorem, Feynman rules for Green functions and S-matrix elements. Scattering processes in QED: cross sections in low orders of perturbation theory.
Textbook(s) for Spring 2012
| Course | Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYS662 | An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (Frontiers in Physics) | Michael E. Peskin & Daniel V. Schroeder | October 1, 1995 | 0201503972 | Westview Press |