Advanced Quantum Field Theory 2 (AdvQFT-II)

Spring Semester 2021 (1399-2)
Lecturer: Neda Sadooghi
Office: Room 519, Physics Department
Time: Saturdays and Sundays: 10:00 - 12:00
Place: https://vclass.ecourse.sharif.edu/ch/sadooghi
Office hours: Saturdays 13:30 - 14:30
Schedules:
Semester starts on: 09/12/1399
Semester ends on:
Homework: TBA
Final Exam: Take Home
References:
M.E. Peskin and D.V. Schroeder An Introduction to QFT - Part III
S. Weinberg The Quantum Theory of Fields
S. Pokorski Gauge Field Theory
L. H. Ryder QFT
C. Itzykson and J. B. Zuber QFT
Contents:
Part I: Spontaneously broken global symmetries
Degenerate vacua
Spontaneous symmetry breaking in particle and condensed matter physics
Goldstone theorem I
Goldstone theorem II
Spontaneously broken approximate symmetries (pseudo-Goldstone bosons)
Example: Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking
Higgs mechanism
Goergi-Glashow model
Glashow-Weinberg-Salam theory of weak interaction
Part II: Operator product expansion
Renormalization of composite operators
The expansion: description and derivation
Symmetry properties of coefficient functions
Part III: Anomalies
The π0  2γ decay
Abelian anomaly
Non-abelian anomaly (Adler-Bardeen non-renormalization theorem)
Anomaly free gauge theories (anomaly cancellation in SM)
Covariant and consistent anomalies
Wess-Zumino consistency conditions
Anomaly and Index theorem
U(1) problem
Instantons and θ-vacua
Axions in QFT
Part IV: Advanced Particle Physics
Your Score: Schedule % of your final score
Homeworks %30
Midterm Exam %70
Final Exam
Seminar talks
Lectures: pdf-files Date pdf-files Date pdf-files Date
Lecture 1 09/12/99 Lecture 10 22/01/00 Lecture 19 25/02/00
Lecture 2 10/12/99 Lecture 11 28/01/00 Lecture 20 26/02/00
Lecture 3 16/12/99 Lecture 12 29/01/00 Lecture 21 01/03/00
Lecture 4 17/12/99 Lecture 13 04/02/00 Lecture 22 02/03/00
Lecture 5 23/12/99 Lecture 14 05/02/00 Lecture 23 08/03/00
Lecture 6 24/12/99 Lecture 15 11/02/00 Lecture 24 09/03/00
Lecture 7 14/01/00 Lecture 16 12/02/00 Lecture 25
Lecture 8 15/01/00 Lecture 17 18/02/00 Lecture 26
Lecture 9 21/01/00 Lecture 18 19/02/00 Lecture 27
Prepared talks:    
22/03/00 Schwartz's Book Chapter 29 اقایان قمی و ابراهیمیان
29/03-30/03/00 Schwartz's Book Chapter 31 اقایان غلامی و اسماعیلی
05/03-06/03/00 Schwartz's Book Chapter 32 اقایان سیری و مرتضوی
Final Exam Take Home Upload on Due to
Final Exam 30/03/1400 20/04/00
Scores