PHY552 Quantum Field Theory II
General Information
| Lecturer: | Prof. Massimiliano Grazzini (Y36 K76) |
| Assistants: |
Jorrit Bosma (HIT K31.4) Simone Devoto (Y36 K36) Marius Hofer (Y36 K30) Julie Pagès (Y36 J42) |
| Module Code: | PHY552, 402-0844-00L |
| ECTS Credits: | 10 |
Description
- Path Integral formulation of QM
- Path Integral formulation of QFT
- Non-Abelian Gauge Theories
- Path Integral formulation of gauge theories
- Symmetries and the Effective Action
- The Renormalization Group
- Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
Announcements
- No tutorial on Wednesday 20.2 and Friday 22.2
- On Monday 27.5 there will be no lecture.
Prof. Lance Dixon (SLAC) will give the Schroedinger Lecture:
"Particle Scattering and Number Theory" in HPH G3 at 2.15pm
Timetable
Lectures
Monday 13:45 - 15:30 in HCI J7
Friday 10:45 - 11:30 in HCI J3
Exercises
| Group | Time | Room | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wednesday: 8:45 - 10:30 | HIT J 52 | |
| 2 | Friday: 8:45 - 10:30 |
HCI J3 |
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| 3 | Friday: 8:45 - 10:30 |
HCI J8 |
Exercises
| Text | Solution | Given on | To hand by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 (PDF, 208 KB) | Solution 1 (PDF, 652 KB) | 18.02.2019 |
25.02.2019 |
| Series 2 (PDF, 188 KB) | Solution 2 (PDF, 249 KB) | 25.02.2019 |
04.03.2019 |
| Series 3 (PDF, 175 KB) | Solution 3 (PDF, 1 MB) | 04.03.2019 |
11.03.2019 |
| Series 4 (PDF, 186 KB) | Solution 4 (PDF, 362 KB) | 11.03.2019 |
18.03.2019 |
| Series 5 (PDF, 177 KB) | Solution 5 (PDF, 993 KB) | 18.03.2019 |
25.03.2019 |
| Series 6 (PDF, 128 KB) | Solution 6 (PDF, 260 KB) | 25.03.2019 |
01.04.2019 |
| Solution 7 (PDF, 568 KB) | 01.04.2019 |
08.04.2019 |
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| Solution 8 (PDF, 198 KB) |
08.04.2019 |
15.04.2019 |
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| Solution 9 (PDF, 220 KB) |
29.04.2019 |
06.05.2019 |
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| Solution 10 (PDF, 276 KB) |
06.05.2019 |
13.05.2019 |
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| Solution 11 (PDF, 288 KB) |
13.05.2019 |
20.05.2019 |
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| Solution 12 (PDF, 330 KB) |
20.05.2019 |
27.05.2019 |
Handwritten Notes
- Introduction (PDF, 75 KB)
- Path Integral in Quantum Mechanics (PDF, 421 KB)
- Path Integral for Scalar Fields (PDF, 602 KB)
- Path Integral for Fermi Fields (PDF, 378 KB)
- The effective action (PDF, 309 KB)
- The analogy between QFT and Statistical Mechanics (PDF, 177 KB)
- Non abelian Gauge Theories (PDF, 802 KB)
- Path Integral for Gauge Fields (PDF, 545 KB)
- Unitarity and Ghosts (PDF, 273 KB)
- The BRST Symmetry (PDF, 503 KB)
- Symmetries of the Path Integral and the Effective Action (PDF, 257 KB)
- Systematics of Renormalisation (PDF, 419 KB)
- Wilson's Approach to Renormalisation (PDF, 301 KB)
- Renormalisation group (PDF, 495 KB)
- The beta function (PDF, 475 KB)
- Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking (PDF, 495 KB)
- Higgs Mechanism (PDF, 234 KB)
Lecture Notes
- QFT2_Script_2019 (PDF, 958 KB) (preliminary version, August 13, 2019)
Suggested References
- M. E. Peskin, D. V. Schroeder, "An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory", Westview Press (1995)
- S. Pokorski, "Gauge Field Theories" (2nd Edition), Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- M. Schwartz, "Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model", Cambridge Univ. Press (2014)
- P. Ramond, "Field Theory: A Modern Primer" (2nd Edition), Westview Press (1990)
- S. Weinberg, "The quantum theory of fields", vol. I and II, Cambridge Univ. Press (1995)
- J. Zinn-Justin, "Quantum Field Theory and Critical Phenomena", Oxford Science Pub. (1996)
- C. Itzykson, J.B. Zuber, "Quantum Field Theory", McGraw Hill (1985)