Details

Faculty	Faculty of Science and Medicine
Domain	Physics
Code	UE-SPH.04609
Languages	German , English
Type of lesson	Exercise Lecture
Level	Master
Semester	AS-2026

Title

French	Théorie des champs quantiques (cours et exercices)
German	Quantenfeldtheorie (Vorlesung und Übungen)
English	Quantum Field Theory (lecture and exercises)

Schedules and rooms

Summary schedule	Monday 10:15 - 12:00, Hebdomadaire, PER 08, Room 0.51 (Autumn semester) Tuesday 14:15 - 16:00, Bi-mensuel impaire, PER 08, Room 0.58.5 (Autumn semester)
Struct. of the schedule	2h par semaine durant 14 semaines + 2h durant 7 semaines (paires)
Contact's hours	42

Teaching

Responsibles	Leuenberger Christoph
Teachers	Leuenberger Christoph
Assistants	Morf Joël
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
Available online	No
Off field	No
BeNeFri	Yes
Mobility	Yes
UniPop	No

Documents

Bibliography

T. Lancaster, S. J. Blundell, Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur. Oxford University Press, 2014.

Oral exam - AS-2026, Session d'hiver 2027

Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Épreuve orale de 20 min. - réussite des exercices obligatoire pour pouvoir se présenter à l'examen.