MU:MU08107 Quantum Electrodynamics II - Course Information
MU08107 Quantum Electrodynamics II
Mathematical Institute in OpavaSummer 2011
- Extent and Intensity
- 4/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Artur Sergyeyev, Ph.D., DSc.
Mathematical Institute in Opava - Prerequisites
- MU08106 Quantum Electrodynamics I
MU/08106 - 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
- Mathematical Physics (programme MU, N1101)
- Course objectives
- Quantum field theory using the Feynman path integral; topological methods.
- Syllabus
- Path integrals
Perturbation theory
$\phi^4$ theory
Renormalization of the $\phi^4$ theory
Fermions
Gauge Fields
Gauge invariance and the choice of gauge
Quantum electrodynamics
Fiber bundles
Anomalies
Anomalies and Topology
- Path integrals
- Literature
- recommended literature
- J. Formánek. Úvod do kvantové teorie I., II. Academia, 2004. info
- M. Nakahara. Geometry, topology and physics. Taylor and Francis, New York Tokio, 2003. info
- S. Weiberg. The quantum theory of fields, vol. I, II, III. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. info
- L.H. Ryder. Quantum Field Theory. 1996. info
- M. Peskin, D. V. Schroeder. An introduction to quantum field theory. Addison-Wesley, 1995. info
- G. Scharf. Finite Quantum Electrodynamics. Springer, 1995. info
- F. Mandl, G. Shaw. Quantum field theory. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 1993. info
- C. Itzykson and J. B. Zuber. Quantum Field Theory. McGraw-Hill Education, 1980. info
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- Oral exam; further requirements to be specified in the course of the semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2011, recent)
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