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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Physics
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
English and Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof Barak Kol
Coordinator Office Hours:
Mondays at 15:00, by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Barak Kol
Course/Module description:
The course describes Quantum Field Theory which is the framework and language for the theory of fundamental interactions and particles in Nature. The course is the gateway to High Energy Physics (Particles and Fields), necessary for researchers in Theoretical Condensed Matter, and recommended for all graduate students of Physics.
Course/Module aims:
The central aim is to understand Feynman diagrams which are the central concept and computational tool in High Energy and their use is under expansion into all branches of Physics.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Compute the effective action perturbatively using Feynman diagram, including elementary processes of Quantum ElectroDynamics.
Attendance requirements(%):
0
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture and problem solving.
Course/Module Content:
Classical fields. The Field – particle correspondence (free fields). Perturbation theory for potentials and Feynman diagrams. Relativistic Quantum Fields and the Feynman propagator. Perturbative field theory. Spinor field and Dirac equation. Vector field and gauge fixing. Quantum ElectroDynamics at tree level. Introduction to evaluation of loop Feynman diagrams.
Required Reading:
None
Additional Reading Material:
Lewis H. Ryder : Quantum Field Theory.
Peskin-Schoreder: An introduction to Quantum Field Theory.
Weinberg: The Quantum Theory of Fields I.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 50 %
Assignments 50 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
None
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