Quantum Field Theory II (QFT-II)

Spring Semester 2014 (1392-93-2)
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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