No class on Friday, October 21st, 2005 !
Please go to UBLearns for information about grades and grading policy (see "Course Information").
Times and Location:
MWF 3:00-3:50 pm, 219 Fronczak
Instructor:
Dr. Doreen Wackeroth, dow@ubpheno.physics.buffalo.edu
Office hours:
Wednesday, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, 261 Fronczak
Topics:
Lagrangian field theory; discrete and
continuous symmetries, conservation laws, and Noether's theorem;
canonical quantization of the free Klein-Gordon, Dirac, and
electromagnetic fields; path integral quantization; interacting fields
and covariant perturbation theory; Feynman diagrams; ultraviolet and
infrared divergences, regularization, and renormalization; vacuum
expectation values and the S-matrix; Quantum Electrodynamics (QED);
spontaneous symmetry breaking, nonabelian gauge field; global and
local symmetries and modern gauge theory of elementary particles and
their interactions; Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), asymptotic freedom, and
quark confinement; Supersymmetry.
Pre-requisites:
Quantum Mechanics, Special Relativity
Textbook:
Quantum Field Theory by Lewis H. Ryder, Cambridge University Press (2nd edition), ISBN 0 521 47814 6 (paperback)
Remarks:
The homework assignments will consist of problems which will deepen your
understanding and/or improve your calculational skills. Problems will
be discussed during class.
The course provides an introduction to Quantum Field Theory.
There will be weekly homework assignments.
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I am looking forward to seeing you on Monday, August 29, 2005.
Last update: August 26, 2005