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Effective Field Theory

Prof. Iain Stewart · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

Effective field theory is a fundamental framework to describe physical systems with quantum field theory. Part I of this course covers common tools used in effective theories. Part II is an in depth study of the Soft-Collinear Effective Theory (SCET), an effective theory for hard interactions in collider physics.

Lectures

Video Lectures

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction to Effective Field Theory (EFT) 1 h 20 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Dimensional Power Counting 1 h 26 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: Field Redefinitions 1 h 25 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: Matching and Decoupling 1 h 22 min · Video
  5. Lecture 5: Classic Operator Renormalization Group Equations (RGE) 1 h 22 min · Video
  6. Lecture 6: Chiral Lagrangians 1 h 20 min · Video
  7. Lecture 7: Chiral Loops 1 h 27 min · Video
  8. Lecture 8: Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET) 1 h 20 min · Video
  9. Lecture 9: HQET Matching & Power Corrections 1 h 21 min · Video
  10. Lecture 10: HQET Examples 1 h 24 min · Video
  11. Lecture 11: Renormalons 1 h 23 min · Video
  12. Lecture 12: More Renormalons 1 h 22 min · Video
  13. Lecture 13: EFT with Fine Tuning 1 h 24 min · Video
  14. Lecture 14: EFT with Fine Tuning Part 2 1 h 24 min · Video
  15. Lecture 15: Soft-Collinear Effective Theory (SCET) Introduction 1 h 27 min · Video
  16. Lecture 16: SCET Collinear Wilson Lines 1 h 22 min · Video
  17. Lecture 17: SCET Multipole Expansion 1 h 25 min · Video
  18. Lecture 18: SCET Beyond Tree Level 1 h 22 min · Video
  19. Lecture 19: SCET Beyond Tree Level 2 1 h 23 min · Video
  20. Lecture 20: SCET Wilson Coefficients 1 h 28 min · Video
  21. Lecture 21: SCET Sudakov Logarithms 1 h 23 min · Video
  22. Lecture 22: SCET for DIS 1 h 22 min · Video
  23. Lecture 23: SCET for Dijets 1 h 26 min · Video
  24. Lecture 24: SCETII 1 h 19 min · Video
  25. Lecture 25: SCET_2 Rapidity RGE 1 h 24 min · Video
  26. Lecture 26: SCET for LHC 1 h 22 min · Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Physics
Teacher
Prof. Iain Stewart
Term
Spring 2013
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. Iain Stewart. Effective Field Theory. Spring 2013. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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