Details

Faculty	Faculty of Science and Medicine
Domain	Physics
Code	UE-SPH.03607
Languages	English , German
Type of lesson	Lecture Exercise
Level	Bachelor
Semester	SP-2023

Title

French	Introduction à la théorie des champs (cours et exercices)
German	Einführung in die Feldtheorie (Vorlesung und Übungen)
English	Introduction to field theory (lecture and exercises)

Schedules and rooms

Summary schedule	Wednesday 13:15 - 15:00, Hebdomadaire (Spring semester) Thursday 13:15 - 15:00, Bi-mensuel paire (Spring semester)
Struct. of the schedule	2h par semaine durant 14 semaines
Contact's hours	28

Teaching

Responsibles	Leuenberger Christoph
Teachers	Leuenberger Christoph
Description	- Brief review of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. - The Klein-Gordon equation. - The Dirac equation. - The Maxwell equations. - Quantizing the Klein-Gordon field. - Quantizing the Dirac field: electrons and positrons. - Quantizing the electromagnetic field. - Interacting fields: S matrix, Dyson expansion and Feynman diagrams.
Training objectives	Introduction to field theory On successfull completion of the course, the student will be able to : • identify everywhere the key formulas of field theory, • apply field theory to specific physics problems, • access to more elaborate field theory like QCD.
Softskills	No
Off field	No
BeNeFri	Yes
Mobility	Yes
UniPop	No

Documents

Bibliography

Lancaster, Blundell: „Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur“, Oxford UP (2014)

Oral exam - SP-2023, Session d'été 2023

Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Épreuve orale de 20 min.

Oral exam - SP-2023, Autumn Session 2023

Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Épreuve orale de 20 min.