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PHYS662 — Fall 2024

PHYS662: Quantum Field Theory I

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Offering:
Spring, Credits 3.0


Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: PHYS 661.
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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.


Instructor(s):
LASHKARI, NIMA


Email:
lashkari@purdue.edu


Textbook(s) for Fall 2024

Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher Req/Opt Notes
Introduction to Quantum Field Theory Daniel V. Schroeder 9788187169529 Westview Press Required

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