Master Course: Quantum Electrodynamics
Quantum Electrodynamics

prof. dr hab. David Blaschke (Lectures); dr Thomas Klaehn (Exercises); Dipl.-phys. Aleksandr Dubinin (Exercises)

Winter Semester 2016/2017
Tuesdays, 14-16, Room 447 (Lectures)
Tuesdays, 12-14, Room 445 (Exercises)

Contents:

A. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

1. Klein-Gordon Equation
2. Dirac Equation
3. Interaction with an external electromagnetic field
4. Hydrogen atom - relativistic treatment
5. Nonrelativistic limits of relativistic equations

B. Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)

(1. Retardation problem in relativistic theories)
2. Effective approach to QED: Green's function method
3. S-matrix in QED and cross sections
4. Feynman diagrams of QED
5. Introduction to renormalization of QED

Literature:
J.D. Bjorken, S.D. Drell: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
M.E. Peskin, D.V. Schroeder: Quantum Field Theory
F. Mandl, G. Shaw: Quantum Field Theory
S. Weinberg: The Quantum Theory of Fields I
B. DeWit, J. Smith: Field Theory in Particle Physics
D. Blaschke: Quantum Field Theory. Script [pdf] Summary slides [pdf]


Last update: 05. October 2015