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Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I

Prof. Hong Liu · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This course is a one-term self-contained subject in quantum field theory. Concepts and basic techniques are developed through applications in elementary particle physics and condensed matter physics.

Lectures

Lecture Videos

  1. Lecture 1: Classical Field Theories and Principle of Locality Video
  2. Lecture 2: Symmetries and Conservation Laws Video
  3. Lecture 3: Why Quantum Field Theory Video
  4. Lecture 4: Canonical Quantization of a Free Scalar Field Theory Video
  5. Lecture 5: Complex Scalar Field Theory and Anti-Particle Video
  6. Lecture 6: Propagators and Green Functions Video
  7. Lecture 7: Interacting Theories and S-Matrix Video
  8. Lecture 8: Path Integral Formalism for Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics Video
  9. Lecture 9: Path Integral Formalism for QFT; Computation of Time-Ordered Correlation Functions Video
  10. Lecture 10: Time-Ordered Correlation Functions in Field Theory Video
  11. Lecture 11: Computation of Correlation Functions in Perturbation Theory and Feynman Diagrams Video
  12. Lecture 12: More on Perturbation Theory and Feynman Diagrams Video
  13. Lecture 13: Introducing the Dirac Equation Video
  14. Lecture 14: Lorentz Covariance of the Dirac Equation Video
  15. Lecture 15: Classical Solutions of Dirac Equations Video
  16. Lecture 16: Quantization of the Dirac Theory Video
  17. Lecture 17: Chiral and Majorana Spinors Video
  18. Lecture 18: Discrete Symmetries Video
  19. Lecture 19: Path Integrals of Fermions Video
  20. Lecture 20: Maxwell Theory and its Canonical Quantization Video
  21. Lecture 21: Quantum Maxwell Theory (continued) Video
  22. Lecture 22: Quantum Electrodynamics Video
  23. Lecture 23: Cross Section and Decay Rate Video
  24. Lecture 24: Elementary Processes in QED (I) Video
  25. Lecture 25: Elementary Processes in QED (II) Video
  26. Lecture 26: Quantum Fluctuations and Renormalization Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Physics
Teacher
Prof. Hong Liu
Term
Spring 2023
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Hong Liu. Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I. Spring 2023. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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