Physics 851 - Advanced Quantum Field Theory
Spring 2012
Instructor: Raman Sundrum - raman@umd.edu
TA: Prateek Agrawal - apr@umd.edu
Announcements
Feb 19: Homework 1 uploaded, due March 1
Homeworks
Homework 1 Solutions
(+Mathematica notebook)
Homework 2
Solutions
Homework 3
Homework 4
Reading material
Why do we need local gauge invariance? -
Gerard 't Hooft
Textbook: Quantum Field Theory - Peskin and Schroeder
Timing
Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Room #0201 Math building
Fridays, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Room #1201
Topics
(pre-requisite: Phys624)
renormalization and loop-level feynman diagrams and processes,
S-matrix construction and unitarity,
non-abelian gauge theory, path
integral techniques.
The topics covered in class are in roughly the following order of
Peskin and Schroeder chapters:
Chapter 7 - Radiative Corrections: Some Formal Developments (Optical
Theorem, LSZ Formulation...)
Chapter 6 - Radiative Corrections: Introduction (g-2...)
Chapter 9 - Functional Methods (Path Integrals)
Chapter 10 - Systematics of Renormalization
Chapter 15 - Non-Abelian Gauge Invariance
Chapter 16 - Quantization of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories
Format
There will be a final exam (30% of grade) and a few assignments (70% of grade).