FY3466: Quantum Field Theory II

H 2011

The lectures continue FY3464 Quantum Field Theory I. Aim is an understanding of quantum field theory as the underlying structure of the standard model of particle physics and as an important working tool in statistical physics.

Lecturer, time and place:

Michael Kachelrieß, email; office: E5-149
Lectures start in week 35 with a meeting Monday, 29.8. at 12.05 in E5-103 where we will discuss the schedule. Send me an email with an alternative, if this time collides with other lectures.
Lectures: Wednesday 14.15-16.00
Lectures + Exercises: Friday 12.15-14.00,
Lectures start Wednesday, 31. Aug, location E5-103



Centaurus A

Topics covered:

  • Symmetries and symmetry breaking
  • Thermal field theory
  • Renormalization group and critical phenomena
  • Electroweak theory
  • Anomalies, instantons
  • QCD: partons, DGLAP
  • Beyond the standard model
  • Gravity
  • other suggestions?

Pensum

The pensum is defined by the content of the lectures. We will not follow servilely a specific text book; some recommended ones are
  • A. Zee, Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell, Princeton University Press.
  • D. Bailin and A. Love, Introduction to Gauge Field Theory, Adam Hilger.
  • L. Ryder, Quantum Field Theory, Cambridge University Press.
  • M. Maggiore, A Modern Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Oxford University Press.
  • M. Peskin and D. Schroeder, Quantum Field Theory, Perseus Press.
  • M. Srednicki, Quantum Field Theory, Cambridge University Press. For a freely available draft click here
The project consisting in working out lecture notes for 3 weeks counts 33%, the exam 67% to the final mark. Preferably you send in a tex file of the notes.

Plan of the lectures (quite sketchy)

Week 35: Renormalization, running couplings
Week 36: Renormalization group and critical phenomena
Week 37: Thermal field theory
Week 38: Renormalization, symmetries and symmetry breaking
Week 39: Electroweak theory 1
Week 40: Electroweak theory 2
Week 41: Electroweak theory 3/ Anomalies
Week 42: QCD and the parton picture
Week 43: Partons and DGLAP evolution
Week 44: Axions
Week 45: SUSY
Week 46: Gravity 1
Week 47: Gravity 2

Notes of the lectures

Week 35: part 1.
Week 36: part 2.
Week 37: part 3 by WN.
Week 38: part 4 by PG.
Week 39: part 5 by PG.
Week 40: part 6 by PG.
Week 41: part 7 by JG.
Week 42: part 8 by JG.
Week 43: part 9 by WN.
Week 44: part 10 by WN.
Week 45: part 11 by JG.

Exercises

exercises 1
exercises 2
exercises 3
exercises 4
exercises 5
exercises 6
exercises 7
exercises 8

Exam

the written exam takes place 20.12.2011. exam with solution

Reference group:

Peder Galteland and William Naylor