Quantum Field Theory
(fall semester):
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Elective course in the master specialization Particle and Astrophysics.
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The lecture series is closed.
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Exam (16/01/2024):
please go to Osiris for the results.
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Resit (02/04/2024):
please go to Osiris for the results.
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Some introductory remarks as well as an outline of the course
in pdf format.
The complete set of lecture notes including
table of contents.
A global course description can be found in the
prospectus.
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Assistants: Anh Vu Phan (email: anhvu.phan@ru.nl) and Zhuoran Feng (email: z.feng@nikhef.nl).
Exercises for week 1 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 1 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 2 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 2 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 3 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 3 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 4+5 in pdf format,
you can already have a look at exercise 5 during week 4.
Solutions for week 4+5 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 6 in pdf format,
you can postpone exercise 9 until week 7.
Exercises for week 7 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 7 in pdf format.
You can postpone the final expressions for the decay width (in 11a) and cross sections (in 11b and 11c) until week 8.
All other aspects (matrix elements, reaction channels, kinematics and scattering potential) can be covered in week 7.
Mid-term event:
Friday Oct. 27, 10h00 - 12h00, HG02.802.
Question hour + discussion session that will allow you to apply
your present knowledge to the notion of force carriers.
The corresponding discussion topic
and the summary.
No exercise class during week 8. You can complete the leftover exercises of week 7.
Exercises for week 9 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 9 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 10 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 10 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 11 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 11 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 12 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 12 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 13 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 13 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 14 in pdf format.
Scanned solutions for week 14 in pdf format.
Mandatory literature:
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Michael E. Peskin and Daniel V. Schroeder, ``An introduction to Quantum Field
Theory''
(Westview Press, 1995).
List of errors and corrections for this textbook
in pdf format.
Useful literature (not mandatory):
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Claude Itzykson and Jean-Bernard Zuber, ``Quantum Field Theory'',
Dover Edition
(Dover Publications, 2006).