QUANTUM FIELD THEORY II
Physics 612 - Spring 2007

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Unit 3: Quantum Electrodynamics

TEXTBOOKS: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, by Michael E. Peskin and Daniel V. Schroeder, Addison Wesley
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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. The Faddeev-Popov method
  2. Minimal coupling
  3. Geometry of gauge fields
  4. Feynman rules
  5. Elementary processes
  6. Radiative corrections
  7. Gauge-invariant (dimensional) regularization
  8. Vacuum polarization
  9. Running coupling constant
  10. Infrared divergences

REFERENCES

  • Peskin, Chapters 5, 6, 7.
  • Ramond, Chapter VIII.
  • Weinberg, Chapters 8, 11.
  • Itzykson and Zuber, selected topics in Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8.

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