Quantum Field Theory Course (Lecture 19) by Suvrat Raju - 13 Mar 2024

GRADUATE COURSES - 2024: Quantum Field Theory Course I
Lecture by: Suvrat Raju
Venue: Feynman Lecture Hall
Class Timings: Mondays & Wednesdays from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
First Meeting: 8 January 2024
Course Description:
This is an introductory quantum field theory (QFT) course. The course will try and also cater to students who have had some previous exposure to the object. So the course will start with the basics of QFT but also seek to cover some advanced material.
Syllabus:
The need for fields; Canonical quantization of fields; Particles; Perturbation theory; Feynman diagrams; Properties of the S matrix; Renormalization; Functional Methods; Gauge theories; if time permits, we will discuss New methods for scattering amplitudes
Textbooks:
1) Introduction to quantum field theory, Peskin and Schroeder
2) Quantum Theory of Fields vol I and vol II, Weinberg
3) Notes from Sidney Coleman's Physics 253a, arxiv.org/abs/...
References to additional textbooks and notes will be provided during the
lectures.