Quantum Field Theory II (QFT-II)
Spring Semester 2014 (1392-93-2) |
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Lecturer: | Neda Sadooghi |
Office: | Room 333, Physics Department |
Time: | Saturdays and Mondays, 10:30-12:30 |
Place: | F4, Physics Department |
Office hours: | Sundays 11:30-12:30 |
Schedules: |
Semester starts on: | Saturday 12 of Bahman 1392 | |
Semester ends on: | Khordad 1393 | |
Final Exam: | Take Home + Term paper |
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 | ||
QCD beta-Function (perturbative method) | ||
QCD beta-function (background field formalism) | ||
One-loop Effective action of linear sigma model and its renormalization | ||
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking (Goldstone Mechanism + Classical Proof of Goldstone Theorem) |
Your Score: | Schedule | % of your final score | ||||
Midterm Exam | TBA | 35% | ||||
Final Exam | TBA | 35% | ||||
Term paper | TBA | 30% | ||||
Lectures: | pdf-files | Date | pdf-files | Date | pdf-files | Date |
Lecture 1 | 12/11/92 | Lecture 10 | 12/12/92 | Lecture 19 | ||
Lecture 2 | 14/11/92 | Lecture 11 | 17/12/92 | Lecture 20 | ||
Lecture 3 | 19/11/92 | Lecture 12 | 19/1292 | Lecture 21 | ||
Lecture 4 | 21/11/92 | Lecture 13 | 24/12/92 | Lecture 22 | ||
Lecture 5 | 26/11/92 | Lecture 14 | 16/01/93 | Lecture 23 | ||
Lecture 6 | 28/11/92 | Lecture 15 | 18/01/93 | Lecture 24 | ||
Lecture 7 | 03/12/92 | Lecture 16 | 23/01/93 | Lecture 25 | ||
Lecture 8 | 05/12/92 | Lecture 17 | 25/01/93 | Lecture 26 | ||
Lecture 9 | 10/12/92 | Lecture 18 | 30/01/93 | Lecture 27 | ||
Lecture Notes: | pdf-files | |||||
Lecture Notes | ||||||
Homeworks: | Problem Set | Due: | ||||
Set 1 | 10/12/92 | |||||
Set 2 (70% of the Midterm Exam) | 13/02/93 |
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 |
[4] | J. Polchinski, Nucl. Phys. B 231, 269 (1984) |
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