Physics 526: Quantum Electrodynamics
General Information
Lectures:
Hennings 301
Tue+Thu, 9:30-11:00am
(Sept.11-Dec.13, 2012)
Instructor:
David Morrissey
TRIUMF, MOB 129
(604) 222-7697
dmorri_att_triumf.ca
Make sure to fill out the online course evaluation!
Teaching Assistant:
Nikita Blinov
Office Hours:
Fridays, 10am-12pm
Hennings 319
Textbooks:
An introduction to quantum field theory
Michael E. Peskin, Daniel V. Schroeder. (required)
Quantum Field Theory
Mark Srednicki. (very strongly recommended)
Quantum Field Theory
Lewis H. Ryder. (recommended)
Online Notes on QFT:
David Tong, Lectures on QFT
Outline
- Essential background
- Classical field theories
- Quantum theory of a free scalar field
- Interactions between scalar fields
- Feynman rules
- Cross sections and decays
- Symmetries
- Particle species and the Poincaré group
- Fermions and their interactions
- Quantum electrodynamics
- Path integrals and quantizing the photon
- Introduction to renormalization
Prerequisites
- Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics
- Electromagnetism
- Quantum Mechanics
Grading Scheme
- 70% Homework Assignments
- 30% Final Project
Course Notes
- Notation and Background
- Classical Field Theory
- Quantizing the Scalar
- Interacting Scalars
- Feynman Rules and Scattering
- Poincaré and Particles
- Fun with Fermions
- Quantum Fermions
- Interacting Fermions
- Quantum Electrodynamics
- Path Integrals and the Photon (under construction)
- Comments on Renormalization (from PHYS-528)