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MIT OpenCourseWare
Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I
- Instructor
- Prof. Hong Liu
- Term
- Spring 2023
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 26 videos · 12 problem sets with solutions · 1 solution · 1 reading · 34 other files · 2 web pages
- Materials open
- Videos here · files on MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I, Spring 2023, Prof. Hong Liu — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: one course-wide sequence, verified from MIT's own lecture order and the calendar or syllabus that places each assignment and exam. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Recitations
9 files
- 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Recitation 1 Download
- 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Recitation 2 Download
- 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Recitation 3 Download
- 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Recitation 4 Download
- 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Recitation 5 Download
- 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Recitation 6 Download
- 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Recitation 7 Download
- 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Recitation 8 Download
- 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Recitation 10 Download
Other materials from this course
26 video transcripts
- Lecture 1: Classical Field Theories and Principle of Locality transcript Download
- Lecture 2: Symmetries and Conservation Laws transcript Download
- Lecture 3: Why Quantum Field Theory transcript Download
- Lecture 4: Canonical Quantization of a Free Scalar Field Theory transcript Download
- Lecture 5: Complex Scalar Field Theory and Anti-Particle transcript Download
- Lecture 6: Propagators and Green Functions transcript Download
- Lecture 7: Interacting Theories and S-Matrix transcript Download
- Lecture 8: Path Integral Formalism for Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics transcript Download
- Lecture 9: Path Integral Formalism for QFT; Computation of Time-Ordered Correlation Functions transcript Download
- Lecture 10: Time-Ordered Correlation Functions in Field Theory transcript Download
- Lecture 11: Computation of Correlation Functions in Perturbation Theory and Feynman Diagrams transcript Download
- Lecture 12: More on Perturbation Theory and Feynman Diagrams transcript Download
- Lecture 13: Introducing the Dirac Equation transcript Download
- Lecture 14: Lorentz Covariance of the Dirac Equation transcript Download
- Lecture 15: Classical Solutions of Dirac Equations transcript Download
- Lecture 16: Quantization of the Dirac Theory transcript Download
- Lecture 17: Chiral and Majorana Spinors transcript Download
- Lecture 18: Discrete Symmetries transcript Download
- Lecture 19: Path Integrals of Fermions transcript Download
- Lecture 20: Maxwell Theory and its Canonical Quantization transcript Download
- Lecture 21: Quantum Maxwell Theory (continued) transcript Download
- Lecture 22: Quantum Electrodynamics transcript Download
- Lecture 23: Cross Section and Decay Rate transcript Download
- Lecture 24: Elementary Processes in QED (I) transcript Download
- Lecture 25: Elementary Processes in QED (II) transcript Download
- Lecture 26: Quantum Fluctuations and Renormalization transcript Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Symmetries and Conservation Laws
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Lecture 3: Why Quantum Field Theory
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Lecture 4: Canonical Quantization of a Free Scalar Field Theory
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Lecture 5: Complex Scalar Field Theory and Anti-Particle
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Lecture 6: Propagators and Green Functions
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Lecture 7: Interacting Theories and S-Matrix
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Lecture 8: Path Integral Formalism for Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
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Lecture 9: Path Integral Formalism for QFT; Computation of Time-Ordered Correlation Functions
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Lecture 10: Time-Ordered Correlation Functions in Field Theory
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Lecture 11: Computation of Correlation Functions in Perturbation Theory and Feynman Diagrams
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Lecture 12: More on Perturbation Theory and Feynman Diagrams
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Lecture 13: Introducing the Dirac Equation
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Lecture 14: Lorentz Covariance of the Dirac Equation
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Lecture 15: Classical Solutions of Dirac Equations
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Lecture 16: Quantization of the Dirac Theory
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Lecture 17: Chiral and Majorana Spinors
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Lecture 18: Discrete Symmetries
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Lecture 19: Path Integrals of Fermions
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Lecture 20: Maxwell Theory and its Canonical Quantization
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Lecture 21: Quantum Maxwell Theory (continued)
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Lecture 22: Quantum Electrodynamics
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Lecture 23: Cross Section and Decay Rate
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Lecture 24: Elementary Processes in QED (I)
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Lecture 25: Elementary Processes in QED (II)
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Lecture 26: Quantum Fluctuations and Renormalization
Problem Sets · Problem Set
8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Problem Set 1
posted after Lecture 2: Symmetries and Conservation Laws, due after Lecture 4: Canonical Quantization of a Free Scalar Field Theory
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8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Problem Set 2
posted after Lecture 4: Canonical Quantization of a Free Scalar Field Theory, due after Lecture 6: Propagators and Green Functions
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8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Problem Set 3
posted after Lecture 6: Propagators and Green Functions, due after Lecture 8: Path Integral Formalism for Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
Problem Sets · Problem Set
8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Problem Set 4
posted after Lecture 8: Path Integral Formalism for Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, due after Lecture 10: Time-Ordered Correlation Functions in Field Theory
Problem Sets · Problem Set
8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Problem Set 5
posted after Lecture 10: Time-Ordered Correlation Functions in Field Theory, due after Lecture 12: More on Perturbation Theory and Feynman Diagrams
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8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Problem Set 6
posted after Lecture 12: More on Perturbation Theory and Feynman Diagrams, due after Lecture 14: Lorentz Covariance of the Dirac Equation
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8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Problem Set 7
posted after Lecture 14: Lorentz Covariance of the Dirac Equation, due after Lecture 16: Quantization of the Dirac Theory
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8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Problem Set 8
posted after Lecture 16: Quantization of the Dirac Theory, due after Lecture 18: Discrete Symmetries
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8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Problem Set 9
posted after Lecture 18: Discrete Symmetries, due after Lecture 20: Maxwell Theory and its Canonical Quantization
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8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Problem Set 10
posted after Lecture 20: Maxwell Theory and its Canonical Quantization, due after Lecture 22: Quantum Electrodynamics
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8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Problem Set 11
posted after Lecture 22: Quantum Electrodynamics, due after Lecture 24: Elementary Processes in QED (I)
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8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I (Spring 2023), Problem Set 12
posted after Lecture 24: Elementary Processes in QED (I), due after Lecture 26: Quantum Fluctuations and Renormalization
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Hong Liu, 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I, Spring 2023.
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