Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Classical Field Theories and Principle of Locality
2	Symmetries and Conservation Laws	Problem set 1 out
3	Why Quantum Field Theory
4	Canonical Quantization of a Free Scalar Field Theory	Problem set 1 due    Problem set 2 out
5	Complex Scalar Field Theory and Antiparticles
6	Propagators and Green Functions	Problem set 2 due    Problem set 3 out
7	Interacting Theories and S-matrix
8	Path Integral Formalism for Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics	Problem set 3 due    Problem set 4 out
9	Path Integral Formalism for QFT, and Computation of Time-Ordered Correlation Functions
10	Time-Ordered Correlation Functions in Field Theory	Problem set 4 due    Problem set 5 out
11	Computation of Correlation Functions in Perturbation Theory and Feynman Diagrams
12	More on Perturbation Theory and Feynman Diagrams	Problem set 5 due    Problem set 6 out
13	Introducing the Dirac Equation
14	Lorentz Covariance of the Dirac Equation	Problem set 6 due    Problem set 7 out
15	Classical Solutions of Dirac Equations
16	Quantization of the Dirac Theory	Problem set 7 due    Problem set 8 out
17	Chiral and Majorana Spinors
18	Discrete Symmetries	Problem set 8 due    Problem set 9 out
19	Path Integrals of Fermions
20	Maxwell Theory and its Canonical Quantization	Problem set 9 due    Problem set 10 out
21	Quantum Maxwell Theory (continued)
22	Quantum Electrodynamics	Problem set 10 due    Problem set 11 out
23	Cross Section and Decay Rate
24	Elementary Processes in QED (I)	Problem set 11 due    Problem set 12 out
25	Elementary Processes in QED (II)
26	Quantum Fluctuations and Renormalization	Problem set 12 due