SUBJECT
Title
Relativistic quantum electrodynamics I
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
4
Recommended in
Semester 2
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
Canonical quantization. General theory of symmetries, space-time symmetries. Quantum theory of free scalar, fermion, photon and vector fields. Interaction Lagrangeans. Interaction picture, LSZ reduction, S matrix. Transition probability and cross section. Wick's theorem and Feynman diagrams. Examples for the calculation of specific processes. Functional integral formalism. Non-abelian gauge theories.
Readings
recommended readings:
- M. Kaku: Quantum Field Theory, a Modern Introduction (Oxford Univ. Press 1993)
- S. Weinberg: The Quantum Theory of Fields I, II (Cambridge Univ. Press 1995)