MU:MU08106 Quantum Electrodynamics I - Course Information

MU08106 Quantum Electrodynamics I

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 (in Czech)

MU08100 Foundations of Quantum Mech.

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 electrodynamics is presented in the context of general quantum theory using canonical quantization.

Syllabus

• Lagrangians and symmetries
  Relativistic Field Theories
  Scalar fields
  Spinor fields
  Vector fields
  Canonical quantization
  Geometric interpretation of canonical quantization
  Dirac quantization
  Fock quantization
  Quantization of spinor fields and scattering in the external potential
  Quantization of electromagnetic field
  Compton scattering
  Feynman rules
  Radiative corrections
  Renormalization
  Gauge invariance
  Ward-Takahashi identities

Literature

recommended literature
• J. Formánek. Úvod do kvantové teorie I., II. Academia, 2004. info
• L.H. Ryder. Quantum Field Theory. 1996. 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.

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