QUANTUM FIELD THEORY (QFT) (M2, Peskin)

Lecture Topic : (Math Physics) QUANTUM  FIELD THEORY (QFT)  (M2, Peskin)

Prerequisites : Quantum Field Theory (QFT) (M1,2); Quantum Mechanics (M2);

Recommended Text(s) :

“An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory”, Michael E. Peskin & Daniel V. Schroeder, Perseus, 1995.

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Lectures and Links :

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Lecture 1  (link)

Ch.1   Invitation : Pair Production in e+ e- Annihilation

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Lecture 2  (link)

Ch.2   The Klein-Gordon Field

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Lecture 3  (link)

Ch.3   The Dirac Field

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Lecture 4  (link)

Ch.4   Interacting Fields and Feynman Diagrams

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Lecture 5  (link)

Ch.5   Elementary Processes of Quantum Electrodynamics

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Lecture 6  (link)

Ch.6   Radiative Corrections : Introduction

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Lecture 7  (link)

Ch.7   Radiative Corrections : Some Formal  Developments

Final Project : Radiation of Gluon Jets

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Lecture 8  (link)

Ch.8   Invitation : Ultraviolet Cutoffs and Critical Fluctuations

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Lecture 9  (link)

Ch.9   Functional Methods

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Lecture 10  (link)

Ch.10   Systematics of Renormalization

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Lecture 11  (link)

Ch.11   Renormalization and Symmetry

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Lecture 12  (link)

Ch.12   The Renormalization  Group

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Lecture 13  (link)

Ch.13   Critical Exponents and Scalar Field Theory

Final Project : The Coleman-Weinberg Potential

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Lecture 14  (link)

Ch.14   Invitation : The Parton Model of Hadron Structure

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Lecture 15  (link)

Ch.15   Non-Abelian Gauge Invariance

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Lecture 16  (link)

Ch.16   Quantization of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories

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Lecture 17  (link)

Ch.17   Quantum Chromodynamics

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Lecture 18  (link)

Ch.18   Operator Products and Effective Vertices

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Lecture 19  (link)

Ch.19   Perturbation Theory Anomalies

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Lecture 20  (link)

Ch.20   Gauge Theories with Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

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Lecture 21  (link)

Ch.21   Quantization of Spontaneously Broken  Gauge Theories

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Lecture 22  (link)

Ch.22   Quantum Field Theory at the Frontier

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Lecture 23  (link)

Appendices

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