Course Information
Meetings tentatively M 14:00-15:30 at University of Winnipeg 3L00B. See here for campus maps and visitor information and Winnipeg Transit for public transportation (buses 160 and 161 recommended from the University of Manitoba campus).
| Co-Instructors | ||
| Dr. Gabor Kunstatter 2L28 g dot kunstatter at uwinnipeg dot ca 786-9754 |
Dr. Andrew Frey 2L26 a dot frey at uwinnipeg dot ca 786-9215 |
Dr. Murray Alexander 2C26 mu dot alexander at uwinnipeg dot ca 786-2981 |
Office Hours by appointment
Texts
- Required: Quantum Field Theory by Mark Srednicki (pre-publication version available here)
- Suggested: David Tong's lecture notes
- Suggested: Sidney Coleman's lecture notes
- Suggested: Fields by Warren Siegel
- Suggested: Richard MacKenzie's path integral review
- Suggested: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory by Peskin & Schroeder
It is very likely that readings from the suggested or other
texts will be required or suggested at some point.
Please note: we will use the "mostly plus" version of the Minkowski
spacetime metric, but some of these references use "mostly minus." Make
sure you pay attention to conventions.
Reading Schedule
These readings must be done in advance of the indicated course meeting. You should bring your questions to the course meeting.
| Dates | Topic | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept | Review | Tong Chapter 0; suggested: Chapter 1 |
| 17 Sept | Motivation & Classical Field Theory (& Lorentz Invariance) | Tong Chapter 1; read Srednicki Chapters 1,2 as much as possible |
| 24 Sept | Lorentz Invariance (& Canonical Quantization) | Srednicki chapters 2,3; Additional: Tong §2.1-5 (minus 2.3.1,2) |
| 1 Oct | Canonical Quantization & LSZ Formula | Srednicki Chapters 3 (again) & 5 |
| 10 Oct | Path Integral Formulation | Srednicki chapters 6, 7, & 8; Suggested Tong §2.6,7 |
| 15 Oct | Feynman Rules | Srednicki §9; Additional: Siegel §V.C.1-4, Tong §3.4, Peskin & Schroeder §9.2, and/or MacKenzie |
| 22 Oct | S-matrix, etc | Srednicki §10-12; Additional: Tong §3.3-6, Coleman §11,12, Peskin & Schroeder §4.4-6 |
| 29 Oct | S-matrix & Loop Corrections | Srednicki §11, 12, 14, 16; Supplemental: please find as needed |
| 5 Nov | Loop Corrections | Srednicki §14,16-20; Please find other reading as needed |
| 12 Nov | Loop Corrections & Effective Action | Srednicki §17-21; Please find other reading as needed |
| 19 Nov | Effective Action, Resonances, & IR | Srednicki §21,25,26; Please find other reading as needed |
| 26 Nov | Renormalization | Srednicki §27,28; Please find other reading as needed (maybe P&S chapter 12). |
| 5 Dec | Wilsonian Renormalization | Srednicki §29; Please find other reading as needed (maybe P&S chapter 12). |
Homework Assignments
Policies
Homework should be essentially completed by the course meeting on the due date. Each student will present their solution to a homework problem (or problems) during the course meeting. The solutions will then be due in the labeled drop box outside U of W room 2L26 (make sure to label them with your name and "QFT") by 23:59 that night. If you prefer, a PDF of the assignment prepared in LaTeX can be substituted for a hardcopy; email it to Dr. Frey by the deadline.
Homework Sets
Solutions removed for security purposes
- Assignment 1 due 17 Sept
- Assignment 2 due 24 Sept
- Assignment 3 due 1 Oct
- Assignment 4 due 10 Oct
- Assignment 5 due 19 Oct (22 Oct acceptable if necessary)
- Assignment 6 due 22 Oct
- Assignment 7 due 29 Oct
- Assignment 8 due 6 Nov
- Assignment 9 due 12 Nov
- Assignment 10 due 19 Nov
- Assignment 11 due 26 Nov
- Assignment 12 due 5 Dec
- Take Home Exam due 14 Dec at 5PM
Last updated: 8 July 2013, 20:03