Quantum Field Theory
(fall semester):
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Elective course in the master specialization Particle and Astrophysics.
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Lectures:
Tuesday, 10h30 - 12h15, HG00.308.
Some introductory remarks as well as an outline of the course
in pdf format.
A short week-by-week overview of the lecture course during quarter 1 can be found in the
quarter 1 syllabus.
The new set of lecture notes for week 7 in
pdf format.
The complete set of lecture notes after week 7 in
pdf format.
A global course description can be found in the
prospectus.
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Exercise classes:
Thursday, 15h30 - 17h15, HG02.028 during the rest of this semester.
Assistant: Henning Bröker (email: henning.broeker@ru.nl).
Exercises for week 1 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 1 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 2 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 2 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 3 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 3 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 4+5 in pdf format,
you can already have a look at exercise 5 during week 4.
Solutions for week 4+5 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 6 in pdf format.
Solutions for week 6 in pdf format.
Exercises for week 7 in pdf format.
You can postpone the final expressions for the decay width (in 11a) and cross sections (in 11b and 11c) until week 8.
All other aspects (matrix elements, reaction channels, kinematics and scattering potential) can be covered in week 7.
Mandatory literature:
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Michael E. Peskin and Daniel V. Schroeder, ``An introduction to Quantum Field
Theory''
(Westview Press, 1995).
List of errors and corrections for this textbook
in pdf format.
Useful literature (not mandatory):
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Claude Itzykson and Jean-Bernard Zuber, ``Quantum Field Theory'',
Dover Edition
(Dover Publications, 2006).