Quantum Field Theory - Département de Physique de l'Ecole Normale supérieure

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Quantum Field Theory

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Parcours Physique Theorique = cours obligatoire
Enseignant : Brando Bellazzini
Chargé des TD : Dan Israel
ECTS : 6
Langue d’enseignement : Anglais
Examen : Ecrit
examen en cas de confinement lié à la pandémie de la Covid-19 : Examen oral portant sur le contenu du cours et des TDs.
Durée : 45 minutes maximum par étudiant.
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Descriptif du cours

This course will provide an introduction to quantum field theory. We will discuss the observables of quantum field theory, canonical and path integral quantization of fields of different spin, perturbation theory and its infinities in the context of abelian gauge symmetry. The course will roughly follow the textbooks “Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model” by Matthew D. Schwartz and "The Quantum Theory of Fields", volume 1, by Steven Weinberg.

Prerequisites

quantum mechanics, including perturbation theory (Fermi’s golden rule, …)

special relativity, in particular the Lorentz transformation and relativistic kinematics

analytical mechanics (Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism)

complex analysis, in particular the computation of residues, and a passing familiarity with distributions (roughly at the level of the corresponding Wikipedia page entry)

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