Quantum Field Theory II (QFT-II)

Spring Semester 2009 (1387-2)

Lecturer:	Neda Sadooghi
Office:	Room 333, Physics Department
Time:	Saturdays and Mondays, 8:30-10:30
Place:	CEP Seminar Room 517, Physics Department
Office hours:	Saturdays 12:30-13:30
Schedules:

	Semester starts on:	Monday 14 of Bahman 1387
	Semester ends on:	Saturday 9th  of Khordad 1388
	Homework:	Every two weeks
	Midterm exam:	Monday 24th  of Farvardin 1388
	Final Exam:	Saturday 20th of Tir 1388

References:
	M.E. Peskin and D.V. Schroeder	An Introduction to QFT - Part II
	S. Weinberg	The Quantum Theory of Fields
	S. Pokorski	Gauge Field Theory
	L. H. Ryder	QFT
	C. Itzykson and J. B. Zuber	QFT
See also:	D.I. Kazakov	Radiative corrections, arXiv:0901.2208
Contents:
	Part I: Quantum Electrodynamics; Regularization and Renormalization
	Feynman Rules
	Radiative Corrections; Perturbative Series
	Power Counting; Dimensional Regularization
	One-Loop Renormalization
	One-Loop beta-Function; Asymptotic Behavior
	Two-Loop Calculation; An Example
	Electromagnetic Form Factor; Anomalous Magnetic Moment
	Callan-Symanzik Renormalization Group Equation
	Special Topic: Composite Operator Renormalization and Operator Mixing
	Special Topic: Spectral Function; Kaellen-Lehmann Representation
	Part II: Path Integral Quantization; Functional Methods
	Path-Integral in QM and QFT
	Path-Integral Quantization and Feynman Rules for Bosons and Fermions
	Generating Functional for Free Fields
	Generating Functional for Interacting Fields
	Generating Functional for Connected Diagrams
	Generating Functional for One Particle Irreducible (1PI) Diagrams
	Ward-Takahashi Identities in QED
	Functional Determinant
	Part III: Non-Abelian Gauge Theory
	Mathematical Tools: Lie Groups
	Yang-Mills Action and Non-Abelian Gauge Invariance
	Gauge Fixing and DeWitt-Faddeev-Popov Ghosts
	One-loop Radiative Corrections and beta-Function
	BRST-Symmetry
	Slavnov-Taylor Identities

Your Score:			Schedule		% of your final score
	Homeworks		Every two weeks		%30
	Midterm Exam		02/02/88		%70
	Final Exam		TBA
	Seminar talks		TBA
Lectures:	pdf-files	Date	pdf-files	Date	pdf-files	Date
	Lecture 1		Lecture 10	Conference	Lecture 19	05/02/88 Midterm-Ex
	Lecture 2	19/11/87	Lecture 11	24/12/87	Lecture 20	07/02/88
	Lecture 3	21/11/87	Lecture 12	26/12/87	Lecture 21	12/02/88
	Lecture 4	26/11/87	Lecture 13	15/01/88	Lecture 22	14/02/88 Ex-Class
	Lecture 5	03/12/87	Lecture 14	17/01/88	Lecture 23	19/02/88
	Lecture 6	05/12/87	Lecture 15	22/01/88	Lecture 24	21/02/88
	Lecture 7	Conference	Lecture 16	24/01/88	Lecture 25	26/02+28/02/88
	Lecture 8	Conference	Lecture 17	29/01/88	Lecture 26	02/03+04/03/88
	Lecture 9	Conference	Lecture 18	31/01/88	Lecture 27	09/03+11/03/88
Lecture Notes:	pdf-files
	Lecture Notes
Homeworks:	Problem Set				Due to:
	Set 1		28/11/87		05/12/87
	Set 2 and 3		26/12/87		17/01/88
	Midterm Exam		05/02/88
	Set 5		14/02/88		21/02/88
	Set 6		28/02/88		04/03/88
	Final Exam		TBA

The Scores:
	Final Scores

Term Papers:
Topics:
[1]	Wilsoninan Renormalization
[2]	Effective Action for Composite Operators

[3]	Epsilon Expansion

[4]	Renormalization and Effective Lagrangians

[5]	Effective Field Theory

[6]	Non-Perturbative Renormalization Flow in QFT and Statistical Physics

References:

[1]	Peskin and Schroeder Chapter 12 and 13

[2]	J.M. Cornwall, R. Jackiw and E. Tomboulis, Phys. Rev. D10, 2428 (1974)

[3]	K.G. Wilson and J. B. Kogut, Phys. Rept 12, 75 (1974)

[4]	J. Polchinski, Nucl. Phys. B 231, 269 (1984)

[5]	D. B. Kaplan, arXiv: Nucl-th/9506035

[6]	J. Berges, N. Tetradis and C. Wetterich, Phys. Rept. 363, 233 (2002), [arXiv: hep-ph/0005122]

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