Quantum Field Theory I - WS 2010/11

Lecturer: A. Hebecker , Tutors: Alexander Knochel , Moritz Küntzler and Dorival Netto


Literature:

Peskin / Schröder: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Addison-Wesley, 1995

Mark Srednicki: Quantum Field Theory, CUP, 2007

L.H. Ryder: Quantum Field Theory, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1985

Itzykson / Zuber: Quantum Field Theory, McGraw-Hill, 1985

S. Weinberg: The Quantum Theory of Fields (Vol. I and II) , CUP, 1995

Bogoljiubov / Shirkov: Introduction to Theory of Quantized Fields, Wiley & Sons Inc., 1959

O. Nachtmann: Elementarteilchenphysik - Phänomene und Konzepte, Vieweg, 1992

Donoghue / Golowich / Holstein: Dynamics of the Standard Model, CUP, 1992

Burgess / Moore: The standard model: A primer, CUP, 2007

T.-P. Cheng / L.-F. Li: Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics, Oxford University Press (OUP), 1984

S. Pokorski: Gauge Field Theories, CUP, 1987

M. Maggiore: A Modern Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, OUP, 2004

Mandl / Shaw: Quantum Field Theory, Wiley & Sons Inc, 1984

Lecture notes of David Tong, Cambridge

Electrodynamics lecture notes of Michael Schmidt, Heidelberg -- Just as a possibility to recapitulate special relativity as well as the covariant and lagrangian formulation of ED.

see also literature for QFT II


Notes

1 Introduction / 2 Free Scalar Field

3 Noether Theorem

4 Perturbation Theory (Naive Approach)

5 LSZ Formalism

6 Wick Theorem and Feynman Rules

7 Electromagnetic Field

8 Spinors

9 Quantization of Spinors

10 Quantum Electrodynamics

11 Renormalization

12 Non-Abelian Gauge Theories and the Standard Model