QUANTUM FIELD THEORY II
Physics 612 - Spring 2009

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Unit 2: Gauge theories

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. Elementary processes
  3. Radiative corrections
  4. Gauge-invariant (dimensional) regularization
  5. Vacuum polarization
  6. Running coupling constant
  7. Infrared divergences
  8. Quantum Chromodynamics
  9. The Goldstone Theorem
  10. Electroweak interactions

REFERENCE

  • Peskin, Chapters 5, 6, 16, 18, 21.

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