Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (Theory of Scalar Fields)

By Prof. Anurag Tripathi | IIT Hyderabad

Learners enrolled: 1269

INTENDED AUDIENCE : MSc. Physics and PhD students. Btech students of Engineering Physics/ Electrical Engineering in their final years will also find it useful.

PREREQUISITES : Quantum Mechanics and Classical Mechanics at MSc Physics level, Classical Electrodynamics.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Physics
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	26 Jul 2021
End Date :	15 Oct 2021
Enrollment Ends :	09 Aug 2021
Exam Date :	24 Oct 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week-1:Theory of Classical Fields, Lagrangian, Hamiltonian
Week-2:Theory of Classical Fields, Noether’s theorem
Week-3:Quantization of Klein Gordon Theory

Week-4:Quantization of Klein Gordon Theory continued
Week-5:Feynman propagator for Klein Gordon Theory
Week-6:Interacting Phi-4 Theory, local vs nonlocal theories
Week-7:Correlation Functions in Interacting theory
Week-8:Correlation Functions in Interacting theory continued
Week-9:Wick’s theorem, Feynman diagrams, Feynman rules in position space
Week-10:Feynman rules in Momentum space, Cross-section and the S-matrix
Week-11:Expansion of the S-matrix in Feynman diagrams
Week-12:Expansion of the S-matrix in Feynman diagrams continued, Quick overview of Advanced topics.

Books and references

1. An introduction to Quantum Field Theory -Peskin Schroeder (1995)

2. Quantum Field Theory -Srednicki (2007)

3. An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory - Sterman (1993)

4. Field Theory: A Modern Primer - Ramond (2007)

5. Quantum Field Theory 1 - Ashoke Sen (Video Lectures on Youtube )

Instructor bio

Prof. Anurag Tripathi

IIT Hyderabad

Dr. Anurag Tripathi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at IIT Hyderabad since 2015 and his area of research is Theoretical High Energy Physics. For more details visit https://www.iith.ac.in/~tripathi/ .

TEACHING ASSISTANT:

Dr. Neelima Agarwal is an Assistant Professor in Department of Physics at Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (A), Hyderabad since 2016. Her area of research is Theoretical High Energy Physics and Education Technology.

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Date and Time of Exams: 24 October 2021 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
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