Introduction to Quantum Field Theory - SS 1400-01 (2021-22)
- Lecturer: Neda Sadooghi
- Office: Room 519, Physics Department
- Time: Saturdays and Mondays 10:30 - 12:30
- Place: https://vc.sharif.edu/ch/sadooghi
- Office Hours: By arrangement (Contact: sadooghi@sharif.edu)
- Semester starts on: Saturday 1400/11/23
- Semester ends on: Saturday 1401/03/16 + at least 3 additional lectures
- Midterm Exam on: Saturday 1401/02/24 at 13:30
- Final Exam on: Saturday 1401/05/01 at 09:00
- Homeworks: 4 Points
- Midterm Exam: 6 Points
- Final Exam: 10 Points
- Written term paper (Voluntary): 1 Point (Bonus)
| Part I: Single Particle Relativistic Wave Function | |
| Classical field theory of continuous systems | |
| Global symmetries and Noether theorem | |
| Klein-Gordon equation | |
| Dirac equation | |
| Free particle solutions of Dirac equation | |
| Chiral fields | |
| Discrete symmetries | |
| Part II: Canonical Quantization and Particle Interpretation | |
| Real Klein-Gordon field | |
| Complex Klein-Gordon field | |
| Electromagnetic field (in radiation and covariant gauge) | |
| Dirac Field | |
| Part III: Interacting Fields and Feynman Diagrams | |
| Perturbative expansion of correlation functions | |
| Wick's theorem for bosons and fermions | |
| Feynman diagrams | |
| Feynman rules for scalar theory | |
| Feynman rules and integrals for Yukawa theory | |
| Feynman rules and integrals for Quantum Electrodynamics | |
| S-Matrix elements from Feynman diagrams | |
| Yukawa Potential in semi-classical limit | |
| Week 01: | L01:1400/11/23 | L02:1400/11/25 |
| Week 02: | L03:1400/11/30 | L04:1400/12/02 |
| Week 03: | L05:1400/12/07 | L06:1400/12/09 |
| Week 04: | L07:1400/12/14 | L08:1400/12/16 |
| Week 05: | L09:1400/12/21 | L10:1400/12/23 |
| Week 06: | 1401/01/13 | L11:1401/01/15 |
| Week 07: | L12:1401/01/20 | L13:1401/01/22 |
| Week 08: | L14:1401/01/27 | L15:1401/01/29 |
| Week 09: | 1401/02/03 | L16:1401/02/05 |
| Week 10: | L17:1401/02/10 | 1401/02/12 |
| Week 11: | L18:1401/02/10 | L19:1401/02/19 |
| Week 12: | L20:1401/02/24 (MT) | L21:1401/02/26 |
| Week 13: | L22:1401/02/31 | L23:1401/03/02 |
| Week 14: | L24:1401/03/07 | L25:1401/03/09 |
| Week 15: | 1401/03/14 | L26:1401/03/16 |
| Week 16: | L27:1401/03/21 | L28:1401/03/21 |
Series
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Due to
- Series 1: 1400/12/22 1401/01/15
- Midterm Exam:
- Part 1 1401/02/24
- Part 2 (Take home) 1401/02/27
- Final Exam:
- Part 1 (Take home) 1401/04/19
- Part 2 1401/05/01
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Homework Series:
1401/01/20 (4 pts) -
Midterm Exam:
1401/02/24 (6 pts) -
Final Exam:
1) Take Home part (6 pts) a) Sum up to now (16 pts)
2) Written Exam (4 pts) b) Total score (20 pts)
