Quantum Field Theory (428-2-1)

Instructors

Francis John Petriello
847/491-5453
Technological Institute Building (2145 Sheridan Road), Room F-321, Evanston

Meeting Info

Technological Institute L168: Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

Spin-half relativistic Quantum Field Theory focusing on topics selected from the following: Representations of the Lorentz group, spinors and canonical quantization, CPT conservation, fermionic propagator, fermonic path integrals, gamma matrices, and Yukawa theory.

Registration Requirements

PHYSICS 428-1

Teaching Method

Two lectures per week

Evaluation Method

Homework Assignments, Take-home Final

Class Materials (Required)

None

Class Materials (Suggested)

1] Mark Srednicki's QFT textbook,
PDF of the initial draft sufficient: https://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~mark/qft.html

2] An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory, by Peskin and Schroeder