8.323 | Spring 2023 | Graduate

Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I

Lecture 2: Symmetries and Conservation Laws

Definition of symmetries, different types of symmetries, statement of Noether’s theorem that connects continuous global symmetries with conservation laws and its proof, concept of quantum fields

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