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Course Information
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Quantum Field Theory |
| Course Unit Code |
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01FEN5164 |
| Type of Course Unit |
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Level of Course Unit
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Second Cycle |
| Year of Study
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Preb |
| Semester
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255.Semester |
| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated
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6,00 |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Mode of Delivery |
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Face-To-Face
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| Prerequisities and Co-requisities Courses |
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Unavailable
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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Unavailable
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| Course Contents |
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Week 1: The Schrodinger, Heisenberg and Interaction Pictures ?Relativistic Notation
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 1- pages 20- 22 and chapter 2-pages 25-26.
Week 2: Classical Lagrangian Field Theory
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 27-30.
Week 3: Discussion of problems 2.1 and 2.2 - Quantized Lagrangian Field Theory
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2 page 37 and pages 30-31.
Week 4: Symmetries and Conservation Laws
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 31-37.
Week 5: The Real Klein-Gordon Field
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 3-pages 39-43.
Week 6: The complex Klein-Gordon Field
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 43-46.
Week 7: Covariant Commutation Relations-Discussion about some problems
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 46-48 and chapter 2 page 53.
Week 8: The meson Propagator
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 48-53.
Week 9: The Number Representation for Fermions ? The Dirac Equation
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 4-pages 55-60.
Week 10: Second Quantization
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 4-pages 61-65.
Week 11: The Fermion Propagator
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 4-pages 66-69.
Week 12: The Electromagnetic Interaction and Gauge Invariance ? problem discussion
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 4-pages 70-72.
Week 13: general Overview and problems discussion
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 27-30.
Week 14: General Overview and problems discussions
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| Course Goals |
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Learning some basic concepts and techniques in quantum field theory such as the concept of field theory, field Lagrangian, Field Hamiltonian, Noether? theorem and quantization of fields.
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Course Aims |
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Learning some basic concepts and techniques in quantum field theory such as the concept of field theory, field Lagrangian, Field Hamiltonian, Noether? theorem and quantization of fields.
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WorkPlacement |
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Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
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Personal lecture notes of the lecturer himself.
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Lectures, Practical Courses, Presentation, Seminar, Project, Laboratory Applications (if necessary)
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Student workload surveys utilized to determine ECTS credits.
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Weekly Detailed Course Content
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Week
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Topics
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1
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The Schrodinger, Heisenberg and Interaction Pictures ?Relativistic Notation
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Study Materials: Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 1- pages 20- 22 and chapter 2-pages 25-26.
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Classical Lagrangian Field Theory
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Study Materials:
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 27-30.
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Discussion of problems 2.1 and 2.2 - Quantized Lagrangian Field Theory
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Study Materials:
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2 page 37 and pages 30-31.
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Symmetries and Conservation Laws
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Study Materials: Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 31-37.
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The complex Klein-Gordon Field
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Study Materials: Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 43-46.
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Covariant Commutation Relations-Discussion about some problems
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Study Materials: Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 46-48 and chapter 2 page 53.
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The meson Propagator
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Study Materials:
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 48-53.
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The meson Propagator
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Study Materials:
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 48-53.
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The Number Representation for Fermions ? The Dirac Equation
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Study Materials:
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 4-pages 55-60.
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Second Quantization
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Study Materials:
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 4-pages 61-65.
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The Fermion Propagator
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Study Materials:
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 4-pages 66-69.
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The Electromagnetic Interaction and Gauge Invariance ? problem discussion
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Study Materials:
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 4-pages 70-72.
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13
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General Overview and problems discussion
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Study Materials:
Study Materials: Quantum Field Theory, Franz Mandl and Graham Shaw, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chapter 2-pages 27-30.
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14
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General Overview and problems discussions
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