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Relativistic Quantum Field Theory II

Subjects: Physics · Quantum Mechanics

Art: Reinier Vinkeles / Pieter Pietersz Barbiers II, De zaal der physica van Felix Meritis, 1794 · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Hong Liu
Term: Fall 2010
Level: Graduate
What's inside: 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 41 other files · 2 web pages
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This course’s cited books, in our reading lists: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory

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Peskin and Schroeder chapter 15 and 16; Weinberg vol. 2 chapter 15; Prof. Zwiebach’s notes on Lie algebras (Courtesy of Prof. Barton Zwiebach.)PDF Download

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Relativistic Quantum Field Theory II

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Lecture 1: Symmetries, Lie Groups and Lie Algebras

Lecture 2: The Gauge Principle (Quantum Electrodynamics Revisited)

Lecture 3: Non-Abelian Generalizations: Yang-Mills Theory

Lecture 4: Non-Abelian Generalizations: Yang-Mills Theory (cont.)

Lecture 5: Quantization of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories

Lecture 6: Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) Symmetry, Physical States and Unitarity

Lecture 7: Field and Mass Renormalizations

Lecture 8: An Explicit Example

Lecture 9: Removing Ultraviolet Divergences

Lecture 10: Unstable Particles and Resonances

Lecture 11: S-Matrix Elements and LSZ Reduction

Lecture 12: Renormalized Lagrangian

Lecture 13: Renormalized Lagrangian (cont.)

Lecture 14: Vertex Function

Lecture 15: Anomalous Magnetic Moment

Lecture 16: Vacuum Polarization

Lecture 17: Degrees of Divergences

Lecture 18: Cancellation of Divergences

Lecture 19: Cancellation of Divergences (cont.)

Lecture 20: Wilson’s Approach to Field Theories

Lecture 21: Renormalization Group Flow

Lecture 22: Renormalization Group Flow (cont.)

Lecture 23: Renormalization Group Flow (cont.); Beta-Functions from the Traditional Approach

Lecture 24: Beta-Functions from the Traditional Approach (cont.)

Lecture 25: Beta-Functions from the Traditional Approach (cont.)

Lecture 26: Beta-Functions from the Traditional Approach (cont.)