Quantum Field Theory

Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Büchler

Wednesday, 11 April 2018

• Wednesday, 9:45 - 11:15 a.m., Seminar Room 5.331, Pfaffenwaldring 57
• Friday, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., Seminar Room 5.331, Pfaffenwaldring 57

• The lecture and the tutorials will be given in English.
• There are two types of exercises: "Written" exercises are handed in in class and graded/corrected by the tutor. "Oral" exercises are discussed in the tutorials and presented by students on the blackboard.
• Admission to the final exam requires 80% of the written scores, 66% of the oral scores, and presenting a problem on the blackboard twice.
• The registration for the exercise groups is now open. In order to register, you need the Lecture Key given in the first lecture.
• If you assign a password at the registration, you can request your current scores here.

There will be an oral examination at the end of the course. Details will be given in the lecture.

• Peskin/Schroeder: Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
• Itzykson/Zuber: Quantum Field Theory

The goal is to gain a thorough understanding of relativistic quantum field theory, the concepts of Feynman diagrams, renormalisation for quantum electrodynamics, and to extend this knowledge to non-abelian gauge theories. In particular:

• Relativistic quantum mechanics and Dirac equation
• Path integral formalism
• Quantisation - Free fields
• Interacting fields and Feynman diagrams
• Elementary processes and first corrections
• Renormalisation
• Non-abelian gauge fields