Quantum Electrodynamics
Winter Semester 2016/2017
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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