Bf.18 Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
Contents: Quantum Field Theory has become the language of modern theoretical physics. The goal of this course is to familiarize the students with this language aiming primarily at the basic physical concepts and putting less emphasis on technical details and specific applications. The main topics will be:
Basic concepts of classical and quantum mechanics. Classical field theory.
Relativity principle. Lorenz transformation. Transformation properties of fields.
Quantization of free fields. CPT theorem. Spin-statistics theorem.
Interacting quantum fields. S-matrix. Feynman rules.
The standard model. Non-abelian gauge theories. Spontaneous symmetry breaking. Higgs mechanism.
Literature: Greiner and Reinhardt, Field Quantization, Springer 1996, http://www.ifa.au.dk/subatom/nucltheo/OFT
Form: 2 hrs. lectures and 2 hrs. exercise per week in
Lecturer: Dmitri Fedorov
Points/ECTS-credits: 1/5
Semester: Autumn