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Type: Optional– PEC Track – 2nd Trimester
This advanced Quantum Field Theory (QFT) course focuses on the path integral formulation as a unifying framework to describe and compute physical processes in high-energy physics. The course builds a deep understanding of renormalization in QFT, with a strong emphasis on gauge theories—both abelian (QED) and non-abelian (QCD). Students will develop technical skills to derive Feynman rules from the path integral, calculate loop corrections, and analyze the behavior of couplings via Renormalization Group (RG) equations.
A significant part of the course is devoted to the spontaneous breaking of symmetries—both global and local—and the Higgs mechanism, providing the theoretical foundation for the mass generation of gauge bosons in the Standard Model. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with the mathematical and conceptual tools needed for cutting-edge research in theoretical particle physics and related fields.
Reading List
- T. Banks, Modern Quantum Field Theory: A Concise Introduction, Cambridge University Press.
- M. Peskin & D. Schroeder, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Addison-Wesley.
- M. Srednicki, Quantum Field Theory, Cambridge University Press.
- S. Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields, Vols. I & II, Cambridge University Press.
- A. Zee, Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell, Princeton University Press.
- J. Collins, Renormalization, Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics.
- M. D. Schwartz, Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model, Cambridge University Press.
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