Week
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Lecture 1
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Lecture 2
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Problems
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Comments
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September 8-11
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Introduction (chap 1, Sec 2.1)
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Classical Field Theory (sec 2.2)
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HW1.pdf
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Jackson 11.6+7+10 covers
relativity
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September 14-18
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The Quantum Field (sec 2.3)
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Spacetime Interpretation of Quantum Fields (sec 2.4,
pp25-29)
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HW2.pdf
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Goldstein chap 12 covers classical
field theory.
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September 21-25
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Green's Functions (sec 2.4, pp29-33)
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The Lorentz Group (sec 3.1)
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HW3.pdf
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Sep.28-oct. 2
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The Dirac Equation (sec 3.2)
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Solutions of the Dirac Equation (sec
3.3)
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HW4.pdf
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October 5 - 9
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Quantization of
the Dirac Field (sec 3.5)
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Parity Transformations (sec 3.4
pp. 49-51; sec 3.6 pp 64-67)
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HW5.pdf
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October 12-16
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C, T, CPT (sec 3.6, pp 67-71)
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Interactions in
QFT (sec 4.2)
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HW6.pdf
| HW6 due thu oct 22.
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October 19-23
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No class: fall break
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Feynman Diagrams for Correlators (sec
4.3+4.4)
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Midterm due tue oct 27.
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October 26-30
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The S-matrix and Cross-sections (sec
4.5)
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Feynman Diagrams for Amplitudes (sec
4.6)
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HW7.pdf
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November 2-6
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Yukawa Theory (sec 4.1+sec 4.7 to p 120)
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Quantum Electrodynamics (sec 4.7 pp 121-; sec 4.8)
| HW8.pdf
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November 9-13
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Electron-Positron Annihilation
(sec
5.1)
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Helicity Structure (sec 5.2)
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HW9.pdf
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November 16-20
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Crossing Symmetry (sec 5.4) |
Compton Scattering (sec 5.5) |
HW10.pdf
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November 23-27
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Feynman Rules from Path Integrals (sec
9.1) |
No class: thanksgiving
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HW11.pdf
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Nov. 30- Dec 4
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Feynman Rules from Path Integrals (sec
9.2)
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Path Integrals for Fermions (sec
9.5)
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HW12.pdf
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December 7 - 11
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Quantization of the EM field (sec 9.4) |
Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory
(sec 9.6) |
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Final due mon dec. 14.
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