TFNPV0011 Quantum Chromodynamics

Institute of physics in Opava
summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
3/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ing. Peter Lichard, DrSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Filip Blaschke, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Peter Lichard, DrSc.
Institute of physics in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(FAKULTA(FU) && TYP_STUDIA(N))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject acquaints students with quantum chromodynamics fundamentals, present theory of strong interactions and prepares them for theoretical or phenomenological research in particle physics.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful graduation from the subject, a student will be able :
- understand fundamentals of quantum chromodynamics,
- formulate and solve fundamental problems in quantum chromodynamics
Syllabus
  • The Main topics of the subject:
  • - Experimental evidence of quarks, gluons and colors,
  • - Lie groups and algebras,
  • - Symmetry and interactions,
  • - Global and local abelian gauge invariance,
  • - Global and local non-abelian gauge invariance,
  • - Quarks, flavor families, color SU(3) group, gluons,
  • - The Lagrangian of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD),
  • - Feynman rules for vertexes and propagators in QCD,
  • - Tree diagrams and heavy scattering process,
  • - Single-loop corrections in QCD,
  • - Vertex function, quark proper energy,
  • - Renormalization, fundamental ideas and techniques,
  • - Running coupling constant,
  • - Asymptotic freedom,
  • - Non-perturbative metods in QCD,
  • - Quark confinement.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Aitchison I. J. R., Hey A .J .G. Gauge Theories in Particle Physics. Volume II: QCD and the Electroweak Theory, Taylor & Francis Group, New York, 2004
  • Ho-Kim Q., Yem X. P. Elementary Particles and Their Interactions, Springer, 1998
  • Chýla J. Quarks, Partons and Quantum Chromodynamics, Prague, 2009
Teaching methods
lecture, exercises
Assessment methods
lectures participation is recommended (can be substituted with self-study of advised literature and individual consultation), participation at exercises and homework elaboration are obligatory; credit is based on exercises participation and activity; written and oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2021, summer 2022, summer 2023, summer 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (summer 2025, recent)
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