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  • Prof. Iain Stewart
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  • 8.851
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As Taught In: Spring 2013
Level: Graduate

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Effective Field Theory
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Lecture 1: Introduction to Effective Field Theory (EFT)
Lecture 2: Dimensional Power Counting
Lecture 3: Field Redefinitions
Lecture 4: Matching and Decoupling
Lecture 5: Classic Operator Renormalization Group Equations (RGE)
Lecture 6: Chiral Lagrangians
Lecture 7: Chiral Loops
Lecture 8: Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET)
Lecture 9: HQET Matching & Power Corrections
Lecture 10: HQET Examples
Lecture 11: Renormalons
Lecture 12: More Renormalons
Lecture 13: EFT with Fine Tuning
Lecture 14: EFT with Fine Tuning Part 2
Lecture 15: Soft-Collinear Effective Theory (SCET) Introduction
Lecture 16: SCET Collinear Wilson Lines
Lecture 17: SCET Multipole Expansion
Lecture 18: SCET Beyond Tree Level
Lecture 19: SCET Beyond Tree Level 2
Lecture 20: SCET Wilson Coefficients
Lecture 21: SCET Sudakov Logarithms
Lecture 22: SCET for DIS
Lecture 23: SCET for Dijets
Lecture 24: SCETII
Lecture 25: SCET_2 Rapidity RGE
Lecture 26: SCET for LHC

Course Info

Instructor:
  • Prof. Iain Stewart
Course Number:
  • 8.851
Departments:
  • Physics
As Taught In: Spring 2013
Level: Graduate

Topics

  • Science
    Physics
    Particle Physics

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theaters Lecture Videos
notes Lecture Notes
assignment Problem Sets
group_work Projects
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