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SYLLABUS
| Instructor: |
George Siopsis
- Office: 210 Nielsen Physics Bldg.
- Phone: (865) 974-7859
- FAX: (865) 974-7843
- E-mail: siopsis AT tennessee DOT edu
| Office hours: | One hour after each class, whenever you find
me at the office, and by appointment. |
| Section: | 611001 |
| Grader: | TBA |
| Lectures: | MW 10:10 - 11:00, W 12:20 - 1:10, Rm # 512 Nielsen Physics Bldg. |
Textbooks:
(Recommended) |
An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, by Michael E. Peskin and
Daniel V. Schroeder,
Addison Wesley (at the UT Bookstore).
Field Theory - A Modern Primer, by Pierre Ramond, Frontiers in Physics, Benjamin/Cummings.
The Quantum Theory of Fields, by Steven Weinberg, Vols. I and II, Cambridge University Press.
Quantum Field Theory, by Claude Itzykson and Jean-Bernard Zuber, McGraw Hill.
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| Homework: |
one problem set for each unit (for list of units, see web site); due as announced (in general, one week after we are done with the corresponding unit).
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| Project:
| You need to do a project
on a topic of your choice (selected after consultation with the
Instructor by Wed., Oct. 1), write a paper on it (first draft due by Fri., Nov. 7, final by Fri., Dec. 5) and present it in class at the
end of the semester (Fri., Dec. 5, 10:15 - 12:15). This is not meant to be original work. You just
need to understand a certain subject described in one of the recommended
textbooks (see web site for a list)
and not covered in class or in a research paper you happen to be interested in.
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| Grade: |
75% homework; 25% project. |
| Disabilities: | Students who feel they may need an accommodation based on the impact of a
disability should contact the Instructor privately to discuss their specific needs. Please
contact the Office of Disability Services at (865) 974-6087 in Hoskins Library to
coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.
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| WWW: | The web site for the course is
http://aesop.phys.utk.edu/ph611/
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Department of Physics and Astronomy