Master Course: Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Field Theory

dr hab. David Blaschke, prof. UWr

Part I: Summer Semester 2008
Mondays, 12-14, Room 405 (Lectures)
Mondays, 14-16, Room 405 (Exercises)

Part II: Winter Semester 2008/2009
Fridays, 16-18, Room 405 (Lectures)
Fridays, 18-20, Room 405 (Exercises)

Part I:

1. Invitation: Pair Production in e+e- Annihilation
2. The Klein-Gordon Field - Exercises [pdf], 10.03.08; Exercises [pdf], 31.03.08
3. The Dirac Field - Exercises [pdf], 07.04.08; Exercises [pdf], 14.04.08
4. Interacting Fields and Feynman Diagrams - Exercises [pdf], 21.04.08
5. Elementary Processes: e+e- and pion-pion scattering - Exercises [pdf], 28.04.08; Exercises [pdf], 19.05.08
6. Functional Methods: Path Integral Quantization - Exercises [pdf], 26.05.08; Exercises [pdf], 09.06.08
7. Systematics of Renormalization
8. The Renormalization Group
9. Quantum Chromodynamics

Part II:

1. Non-Abelian Gauge Invariance
2. Quantization of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories
3. Renormalization and Gauge Invariance
4. Gauge Theories and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking- Exercises [pdf], 17.01.09
5. Field Theory and Collective Phenomena
6. Field Theory and Condensed Matter
7. Grand Unification? Open Questions

Literature:
M.E. Peskin, D.V. Schroeder: Quantum Field Theory, (Errata)
A. Zee: Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell
B. DeWit, J. Smith: Field Theory in Particle Physics
D. Kazakov: Radiative corrections, divergences, ... (Lecture Notes)
D. Blaschke: Introduction to Quantum Field Theory and Matter under Extreme Conditions, (Script)


Last update: 3. March 2008