Quantum Field Theory
(fall semester):
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Elective course in the master specialization Particle and Astrophysics.
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Lectures:
Tuesday, 10h30 - 12h15, HG01.028.
Some introductory remarks as well as an outline of the course
in pdf format.
The new set of lecture notes for week 10 in
pdf format.
The complete set of lecture notes after week 10 in
pdf format.
A global course description can be found in the
prospectus.
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Exercise classes:
Thursday, 15h30 - 17h15, Transitorium 00.008.
The Transitorium can be found to the left of the FELIX-HFML building.
Assistant: Anh Vu Phan (email: anhvu.phan@ru.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.
Solutions for week 6 in pdf format.
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:
Tuesday Oct. 29, 14h00-16h00, HG03.085.
Question hour (see the Feynman rule recap after Q1)
+ 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.
Exercises for week 10 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).